Flora?

[moonbird]

Hi,

I just love the name Flora and have been thinking about this for months and cannot pick another name over it. But my mum and sister both think it unwise due to the obvious connection with the margarine and say that she may be bullied about this when she is older.
I am pretty sure we will go ahead with Flora but just wanted to know other opinions as nobody else knows we are expecting another girl, so have no one else to ask.
Thanks

Flora is a great name - albeit one it's taken me about 25 years to appreciate

I was teased a bit at school (ooh, bet you spread well and flora are you proactive? being two of the more memorable 'insults'), but name teasing wasn't so bad. Microbiology lectures at uni were a bit awkward, and I was nicknamed 'gut flora' for a while, but it was never particularly offensive - just silly teasing. Now my name makes me stand out, as it's not very common. My DP loves my name, as he thinks it's really pretty and unusual

Oh, and back in Glasgow (where I used to live) it was often shortened to flo, whereas it's ALWAYS flora whilst down south!

Lovely name.

Very cross about that margerine company what on earth is the connection between margarine and a pretty name like Flora?

Our daughter is a Flora, she is 12 and has never suffered for it. She has never had to put up with there being lots of Floras at school or pre school, in fact I don't think there have ever been any others. Her friends also call her Flo which really suits her too.

We love it

Really good to hear that and others' opinions! Thanks.

Flora it will be!

My sisters middle name is Flora and never once till I read this thread did I think of Margarine.

My middle name is Flora and I did get teased at school with it and suffered, of course, the spreading comments! As a grown up though, I love it. I do live in the USA now though and they don't have the margarine!

lovely x