What do you think of Prunella?

[patchj76]

What do you think of Prunella as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

awful

Bloody awful

I prefer Laxativia.

I hear Prune is very popular in France right now, its not going on my shortlist :S

oh I didn't know that MadamDeathstare, thats EU rules I suppose.

What did you think they were?

Prunella is hideous btw.

Ewww, it sounds like the name of an ugly stepsister in a fairytale.

I love it as a name but there are too too many associations as mentioned above eg prune juice (effective but gross) and Sybil Fawlty. Having said that, if you were to use it it would quickly become your DC's name above all that and those other associations would become less important IYSWIM. Prue is sweet as nn as well.

Agree with JoKettle.

I like Prue as a nickname, but prefer Prudence. Prunella just sounds like a bit of a comedy name.

Prudence is nice

I like Prunella a lot.
Don't care about the Prune comments, it still is beautiful.

prefer Sybil