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Rosemary as a middle name? too old?

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totalmisfit · 14/12/2009 10:23

I'm due in 5 weeks and although i've chosen a first name for a girl, middle names are eluding me. Sat up in bed the night before last and woke dh up with a very loud 'what about Rosemary?!' he mumbled something about old ladies and rolled over. So what do you think?

What i like about it is that its a plant name, combines both of my late grandmothers names (she was Mary Rose), and goes v well with the first name we've settled on, as well as being v unusual nowadays. What i don't like about it is it also makes me think of some grouchy old dear who used to lock up the church where we used to live... what do you think?

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displayuntiltwelfthnight · 14/12/2009 10:25

I think it's a lovely name and I have a very good friend called Rosemary who is a lovely lovely person, so I would say go for it!

pranma · 14/12/2009 10:52

Its really pretty I think

Biscuits28 · 14/12/2009 12:37

Lovely lovely name

birdofthenorth · 14/12/2009 17:20

Rosemary is my middle name -I'm 28. In my case it's after my auntie. I grew up not being crazy about it thinking it was old fashioned but now I love it. It's a good middle name, pretty but easy to spell, good with short first names especially!

Doozie · 14/12/2009 18:48

It's lovely, but prefer Mary Rose - have two middle names.

skihorse · 14/12/2009 19:34

Beautiful name.

deepdarkwood · 14/12/2009 19:37

Love it - in fact, dd might well have been Rosemary if we hadn't already wasted the name on ds's favourite cuddly

MrsBadger · 14/12/2009 19:42

I like it

dd has a similarly pretty yet grouchy-old-lady middle name

MrsJamin · 14/12/2009 19:43

i love it. go for it.

LetThereBeRock · 14/12/2009 20:25

Love it.

CitizenPrecious · 14/12/2009 20:28

love it

wanted it for one of my dds, and to call her Romy for short

bf wouldn't let me

still a bit and she's 6 now

totalmisfit · 15/12/2009 11:09

wow, i wasn't expecting such positive responses! Thanks everyone, i'm a bit less tentative about using it now.

Just have to talk dh round. at the moment he's saying 'it's alright, dont' have any strong feelings about it'. He prefers Beatrice. I don't mind the latter, but again don't like Beatrice for any particular reason, it's just ok.

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rosiefean · 17/12/2009 12:37

I'm a Rosemary, but I shortened to Rosie when I was about 5... my choice, nobody elses! Ma n Pa said they chose it because "everyone we knew called Rosemary was nice" Mum calls me Rosmarinus (the latin name for the Rosemary plant) when I'm poorly or when I need a bit of extra affection and I love it!

gibba8 · 17/12/2009 18:50

My 13 year old niece is called Rosemary. It is a beautiful name.

thesecondcoming · 17/12/2009 19:00

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YorkshireTeaDrinker · 17/12/2009 21:02

I love it. Particlarly like your short and long versions rosiefean.

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