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

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spiderpig · 07/04/2009 18:08

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?

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Hangingbellyofbabylon · 21/07/2009 23:40

so where are we on the whole Bluebell thing these days? I'm currently considering Bluebell for dd3 due in September and have to say I obviously live on another planet as I hadn't realised that Geri had called her babe Bluebell . I just think it is such a pretty name.

MamaLazarou · 22/07/2009 07:21

I love Bluebell, it's a beautiful name. The only thing that would stop me using it is that awful Halliwell woman.

abitclueless · 22/07/2009 08:44

It's lovely, just a shame about the Geri connection - I couldn't do it

MrsBadger · 22/07/2009 08:58

depends on your surname

Bluebell Jones, yes possibly

Bluebell Fotherington-Thomas, no, call her Anna

Bluebell Halliwell, give a dog a bone...

PuppyMonkey · 22/07/2009 09:11

Ooh, I was just about come come on and post something really positive in favour of Bluebell and noticed I've already done it in April. That's ok then. As you were.

magbags · 22/07/2009 09:49

Not keen. How about Iris instead?

Hangingbellyofbabylon · 22/07/2009 09:56

Iris seems a bit harsh for some reason, not sure why. We have a Heather already which I just love, but Heather is much more 'mainstream' than Bluebell I know and I'm not sure as an adult I would like to be called Bluebell. This is really bothering me as my first two dd's had there names by about 25 weeks. I'm now 32 weeks with this one and we just can't decide at all. Our surname is very short and a lot of names sound odd with it. I'm getting myself into a real pregnant flap about all of this. (at myself).

oysterpots · 22/07/2009 10:23

Mirabelle? Bluebell as nickname?

I like the cow names though, Buttercup is beautiful! And Clover is top of my list for girl names

Scorpette · 22/07/2009 11:05

Bluebell is lovely, but the Geri Halliwell link spoils it. If you love it though, go for it. It's actually on my long-list, but DP says NO. Not everyone will link it to GH and it is very sweet. oysterpots I love Clover too, but again, DP hates it

JemL · 22/07/2009 11:15

I like Bluebell, but even without the Geri Halliwell thing, I would still think of cows...Belle is lovely.

Celebrities do have the potential to ruin names...I'm scared about being due at the same time as Colleen Rooney, and hoping they pick something typically "celebrity" rather than a name on my shortlist, thus ruining it!!

notsoteenagemum · 22/07/2009 11:27

There is a Bluebell at the school I work in, everyone including her Mum calls her Belly though

PuppyMonkey · 22/07/2009 11:31

Mirabelle and Iris in place of Bluebell? Are ya mad?

listenglisten · 22/07/2009 11:36

I think Bluebell is lovely, so is Blossom, Honey, Iris - in fact loads of the names mentioned.

My dd has a tree name and I think it's beautiful. So nice to have someting a bit different.

MrsMattie · 22/07/2009 11:39

Revolting name.

thedolly · 22/07/2009 11:51

Not good, don't do it.

LadyThompson · 22/07/2009 12:52

I think it's charming. Would've been a contender for my DD had it not been for Geraldine sodding Halliwell.

gloomysue · 22/07/2009 13:07

I know a Bluebell surname is Wood. Lovely name.

vess · 22/07/2009 21:16

No to Bluebell.
Apart from everything else already mentioned, it sounds... unimaginative.
Can you really not think of any other flower names?

PuppyMonkey · 22/07/2009 21:19

Unimaginative how?

CDMforever · 22/07/2009 21:40

What about Celandine? A beautiful and very unusual flower name. Only ever met one.

vess · 23/07/2009 09:24

Puppy Monkey - it just screams "I like unusual flower names but can't think of anything myself so I'll just copy a celebrity!"

PuppyMonkey · 23/07/2009 11:41

No it doesn't. It sounds nice. Much nicer than bobbin Iris for instance. Or Celandine if I may say so.

I used Esme Bluebell because she was born in the spring when there were a lot of bluebells around. And it suits her cvos she has big bright blue eyes. Geri Halliwell did not even enter my mind. Geri Halliwell is not a current celeb anyway and nobody will have heard of her in a couple of years. And so what anyway even if they have?

Fillyjonk · 23/07/2009 15:57

It is somehow too close to bluebottle for my liking

It is one of those names I really want to like and I think both Blue and Bell are very nice. And it is a strong name.

But still, I would think of bluebottles.

maggievirgo · 23/07/2009 16:22

I don't see why it's bad. I like it. It's got a bit more backbone than LIly and it's more original than Rosie. NOt knocking those two names, but why is one flower name so completely OK and another flower name too weird by far.

I don#t think of it as trying too hard. If I were looking for something unusual, I could do better than Bluebell.

RetroMum1 · 23/07/2009 17:46

It is more unusual than Poppy, Daisy and Lily but as long as you like it enough that it wouldn't bother you when others have strong opinions of it (not always positive) then i think it's fine.

For what it's worth I like it.

If we have another DD it will be Berry which lots of people don't like and others really love. We know that we both love it and that we don't care about others opinions of it so we feel confident enough to use it.

As long as your happy to shout it in the middle of a crowded playground then I think it's fine to use whatever you want. (Well unless it's some sort of swear word!)

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