Ok so how terrible would it be to use Bluebell, really?

[spiderpig]

Because I love it

It is very very unusual, in fact the only one I know of is Geri Halliwell's daughter (and that's not why I like it)

H thinks it'd be cruel, but I think that as it's a flower name it's not that weird surely?

So what do you think?

I'm with your DH....

good lord, don't do it. YABVVVVVVVU.

i am with your DH as well

everyone will assume you have used Geri Halliwell as inspiration anyway

I would snigger if I heard you calling her in Waitrose.

That is my test of crap names as you can get away with more out-there names when shopping in Waitrose and less chavvy names. I would think Bluebell was a bit too out there but not chavvy like Britney or Lola.

Just asked DH and he agrees but also pointed out that it is a Cow's name??????

Ermintrude?

Sorry, no offence but i cannot see her thanking you for it when she is 15, or 55

it is pretty, but pretty unusable due to the Geri Halliwell connection methinks.....but don't let other peoples sniggers put you off if you like it....some people would snigger at any name...

I actually think its a really pretty name but afraid the ms halliwell connection would put me off too much.

Damn celebs - they can just ruin names so easily!

Pretty name but always makes me think of cows too. Nice cows, with big eyes, but cows all the same.

We wanted Felix but everyone said Cat. I'd rather my child was thought of as a cat than a cow.

Belle?
as a compromise?

bluebell is awful.

It is pretty but utterly silly and the Geri Halliwell connection kills it off entirely for me.

Middle name if you absolutely must.

Oh bugger, I knew you'd all say that

I hadnt made the cow connection before though

I really don't know why I like it so much, I'm usually one for very sensible names, I just think it sounds so pretty

Cruel

I LOVE the name Bluebell and it was top of my list if we had a girl but we didn't.

I like it because you can call them Blue or Bell for short so three great names in one.

Bluebell is lovely but agree doesn't pass the Waitrose test. Belle is lovely, but that may not either
[Is Lola chavvy - eek! It's all the rage with very smart folk round here - not me BTW!]

Lola isn't chavvy.
Lola in this day and age is what Kate and Charlotte and Sarah were in the 70s and 80s.

It's a lovely name.

For a rabbit.

Lovely second name. Dd's friend is Eliza Bluebell.

I would assume you copied Geri Halliwell.
Nice as a middle name with a more classic first name

People will undoubtedly associate the name with Geri Halliwell, depends if you mind that or not.

If DH won't budge, could you use it as a middle name? Or get a cat and call it Bluebell.

Argh - Blue is even chavvier than Lola - and I think Lola is extremely chavvy!

It is a traditional cow name -like buttercup-I wouldn't do it!

No - it's bad imho. Belle is nice; Blue is not nice.

Plenty of lovely flower-type names:
Daisy
Posy
Violet
Lily
Clover
Maybe even Ivy but maybe a bit 'hard' sounding