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Girly names....Clover?

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GiveMeVegemite · 17/07/2013 10:42

I like unique, but girly names. I did like Lola, but have seen it completely overused and am now pretty off it.

What are your thoughts on Clover? Does it sound like a horse's name? Or a leprechaun? Another suggestions for girly, but different names?

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Furzella · 17/07/2013 10:43

Hmm. Think it's a cow's name, albeit a nice cow. What about Posy?

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Choccyhobnob · 17/07/2013 10:45

There was a girl in my school called Clover, really suited her (she looked a bit like Ginny Weasley from Harry Potter!)

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miaowmix · 17/07/2013 10:47

Love it, wish I'd slipped it in as an extra middle name for dd (still might). I just think of what Katy Did.

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Choccyhobnob · 17/07/2013 10:48

Actually just facebook stalked her a bit out of interest Blush as I'd totally forgotten about her and she is stunning these days!

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MarianneBrandon · 17/07/2013 10:52

Tastes great on toast

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willyoulistentome · 17/07/2013 10:56

I know a dog called Clover. Just saying....

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whyno · 17/07/2013 11:32

Really, really, pretty.

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squoosh · 17/07/2013 11:37

Mooooooo

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FingersCrossedLegsNot · 17/07/2013 11:39

Gorgeous name

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Pobblewhohasnotoes · 17/07/2013 12:37

No, makes me think of cows.

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silverangel · 17/07/2013 12:44

Clover the Cow? Sorry!

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daddoinghisbest · 17/07/2013 12:57

Crazy! It's bovine, it's a cheap butter substitute and a pest in the lawn. The only good clover is a four leaf clover. How about buttercup? Smile

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GiveMeVegemite · 17/07/2013 14:36

Haha mixed responses! I am open to suggestions, but so far still loving Clover :)

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BeCool · 17/07/2013 14:39

a friend of a friend is called Clover- lovely name, lovely lady.

Ignore all the cow & spread comments (Disclaimer I called DD Stella - got a run of beer jokes..............yawn!)

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soontobeslendergirl · 17/07/2013 15:01

Hmmm - not keen.

How about:

Amarys
Carenza
Tamar/Tamara
Loni
Lori
Clara

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othersideofchannel · 17/07/2013 15:08

Sounds masculine, like Rover. Also reminds me of a cow and butter, sorry.

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NotGoodNotBad · 17/07/2013 15:13

Cow for me too!

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CecyHall · 17/07/2013 15:44

Yes I love Clover! DH wouldn't agree.

(A What Katy Did fan, hence my name on here!)

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daddoinghisbest · 17/07/2013 15:45

If my son had been born a girl she would have been named Trixie Matilda. My mum still thanks god every day that we had a boy. But I still like it. What do you think?

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soontobeslendergirl · 17/07/2013 15:56

Trixie is surely a yorkshire terrier?

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PipkinsPal · 17/07/2013 16:03

It might be a good idea to give your child a cutesy name but imagine them being an old person and having the indignity of being in the Doctor's waiting room and the Doctor calling Tigerlily Smith over the tannoy and all eyes watching an old lady shuffling in with their zimmer frame. IMO Clover is the name of a cow or a rabbit.

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squoosh · 17/07/2013 16:05

Trixie Matilda is certainly ummmm, attention grabbing. But I have to say, it makes me imagine a woman called Matilda who performs 'tricks'.

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8thplace · 17/07/2013 16:53

I don't thinks its a pretty name, or a very girly name either. Sounds quite hard to me and I'm not keen at all , sorry.

(I am of an age where it brings to mind ermintrude, marigold and buttercup)

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tammytoby · 17/07/2013 18:27

Are you sure it is a girls' name - sounds masculine to my ears, like Grover or Rover.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 17/07/2013 18:33

LOVE it. Classic, feminine but not too frilly. Really, really lovely.

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