Is this middle name strange?

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Thinking of calling our daughter Olivia, middle name Bloom.

Is Bloom an acceptable middle name or is it too strange?

We wanted something unique and simple for her middle name to pair with Olivia, which is obviously very popular and thought Bloom was quite sweet.

Trying to avoid the more common single syllable names ie: Rose, May, Grace, Jane etc.

Thank you

It's very strange sorry

It's a bit odd, sounds like a surname and/but if you're having a flower first name it goes quite nicely?!
Just go with what you like!
I did that and like my kids middle names but in hindsight they are used so rarely and as my kids grow up and get to know wider family/cousins kids etc I wish I'd gone for a family middle name that tied them to their ancestors better. Didn't bother me at all when I was younger but now I think it was a wasted opportunity to keep the family connection going. Only relevant if you like your family/wider family I guess too!

It doesn’t really matter what middle name is, as they can easily avoid if they don’t like it in future.

Olivia Laurel
Olivia Pearl
Olivia Delphine

It’s fine, because everyone will assume it’s a family surname.

I think it's quite cute

I think it’s lovely.

A somewhat similar alternative might be Blossom?

Middle names are often strange. It's where you put the name you weren't brave enough to use as a first name 🤷‍♀️

I agree with a pp that, due to Orlando, it sounds like a surname so if it's regularly used people may think it's part of a double barreled surname.

I also thought of Blossom as a similar alternative

I think it's fine. Most people won't know her middle name and those who do, might assume it's a family surname carried forward.

I think Blossom is nicer as Bloom does sound a bit surnamey.

I know kids with middle names Blossom, Meadow, Fox… rather go a bit wild in the middle than the first name, that’s what the middle is for if you ask me.

Blossom as a first name is painfully twee - once was at a place and this little Blossom was being soooo naughty and the parents very ineffectual and it just sounded pathetic ‘blossom sweetie no! Blossom don’t!’ Etc 😄 but middle I think is lovely.

I thought mr Bloom!

go with blossom instead

Olivia Bloom. I like it, but it is very similar to Orlando Bloom.

I really like it

Blossom is better

I think Bloom is really sweet and works well as a middle name.

It's a surname. Makes me think of Ulysses (James Joyce).

There are loads and loads of names out there that aren't Grace/Rose etc and aren't surnames.

Oh, and nobody calls their children Jane any more. That's your best bet for unusual tbh. If it has to be single-syllable or short, how about Ruth, Zoe, Joy, Mary, Fern?

Fleur or Flora?

I really like it. Yes, it is a little surname like. But it's actually very cute

Olivia Bloom sounds like a character from a Jane Green "novel"

I know a little girl called Bloom. I think it's sweet, but not sure how it will sound when she's an adult. I think it would make a lovely middle name.

I like it!

It’s unusual - but not weird or offensive or embarrassing in any way. And it’s pretty.

It's a surname. It's a bit strange but no more so than other popular names

Bloom is fine.
Blossom is ok if you're a pony.

I love it. It sounds confident and someone you're unlikely to forget. I imagine an author or someone on the tv credits in the future...