Primrose?

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What are everyone's views on Primrose?

I like it.

I like it

Beautiful!

I like it, I really like Clover, but the spread put me off (Flora is also nice to me and has a similar problem!)

Love it

The 'prim' bit is not nice.

I don’t like the “prim” bit!

I think it’s beautiful. My daughter’s middle name is Primrose. I have also met a Primrose who was shortened to Posy.

I love it.

Oh I love it

Not a fan sorry, as just like similar Rosemary it still reads “buttoned up old lady” to me -plus even The Hunger Games can’t make “Prim” as a nickname cool.

Rose is so lovely though and I don’t dislike elaborations like Rosalie, Rosanna etc either (or Rosamund or Rosalind). I also like May which to me has similar vibes to Primrose as well.

Another one who immediately thinks of the little sister who dies in the Hunger Games books I'm afraid.

Not sure she’ll thank you as a teen. No one aspires to being prim !

It’s too sickly-sweet for me. Adorable on a baby? Sure. But I’d hate to be called Primrose as an adult.

Rose is lovely.

Love it

Primrose Shipman and Rosemary West. Lovely choices…

I agree. It's a really old fashioned name and not in a good way. It's quite a frumpy name, unfeminine and associated mostly with old ladies. I can also imagine a strapping girl named Rosemary striding around in wellies at a Young Farmers event. Primrose on the other hand is v pretty and feminine.

It's not my taste, sounds very twee.
Rose is gorgeous on its own.

And all I can think of is Primrose Hill on London.

I know a Primrose, she's in her sixties and absolutely hates her name. She goes by Rosie.

I love Rosemary, Clover and Marianne which have a similar vibe I think. 2 of those were my choices but I opted for another name for dd2 and then we had a boy!

Primrose is sweet.

Rosemary
Clover
Prudence
Rose
Lilac
Floribunda

I think Rosie is a very likely nickname and certainly better than Prim!

I'm not keen. My first association was a mouse in a children's book series called Brambly Hedge. Beautiful illustrations, but very twee.

Awful, sorry I really don't like it