Would this be absolutely ridiculous as a middle name?

[CheerfulYank]

Marigold.

Also I'm not pregnant but plan on trying soonish. I just think it's sweet.

But also possibly unbearably twee.

[msrisotto]

If you think you could live with people thinking you'd named her after a rubber glove...

[BitOutOfPractice]

Yes, that's the first thing I thought of too

[foolishpeach]

I like it!

[Nereida]

I agree it's quite sweet -I'd like to see it used!

[CheerfulYank]

We don't have Marigold gloves in America, or if we do they're not a household name :)

I loved the book "Magic for Marigold" when I was little, did anyone read that?

Also I seem to really like the more unusual flower names...I really wanted Primrose for DD's middle but was talked out of it. :(

[AcrossthePond55]

Depends on the first name you choose

[CheerfulYank]

Across I like Phoebe. :)

[Wishfulmakeupping]

Primrose is lovely

[squoosh]

As they're so rarely used I think anything goes as far as middle names are concerned.

[CheerfulYank]

It is Wishful! But I got talked into Rose instead so now I can't use Primrose really.

She's Margaret. Margaret Primrose would have benb gorgeous IMO.

[NadiaWadia]

Pretty and unusual, so why not?

[Rhubarbgarden]

I adore Marigold. If ds had been a girl it would have been his middle name.

[BreeVDKamp]

Love it!

[FinDeSemaine]

Phoebe Marigold is lovely. Primrose is also gorgeous. I wanted Clover for DD but DH hated it.

[SomeSunnySunday]

Lovely!

I'm a huge fan of Clover, Fin. There is no way that my DH would ever even let it on to a list, though.

[CheerfulYank]

I love Clover too Fin. :) I have a friend who has a beautiful little Clover.

[lettertoherms]

It's lovely!

[AuntieStella]

It's a very Jilly name (in The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous) and "let's cal, her Marigold and perhaps she will"

If you want a jolly hockey sticks vibe, it'll be splendid.

[Rhubarbgarden]

I wanted Clover too, but it doesn't work with our surname. Bah.

[CheerfulYank]

I'm American AuntieStella so I only have a vague idea of the jolly hockey sticks vibe but I think I like it! :o

Rhubarb not many things work with our surname actually. It's the same as a "journalist" who married a Frenchman and thinks she's gorgeous...

[TessOfTheFurbyvilles]

My friend's first name is Marigold (named after the flower, not the rubber gloves), and she has gotten through life OK, so I'm sure the same would apply with it in the MN spot.

[HibiscusIsland]

I love Marigold and Clover

[Provencalroseparadox]

I love it. It was a nn of mine at one point

[Marcipex]

I love Marigold, really beautiful.

Sadly in the UK it's a well known brand name.

[Rhubarbgarden]

I don't think the brand name matters. To me, anyway, marigold is a flower first and a rubber glove second. If I had my eyes closed, and someone said "here's a marigold" I would assume they were holding a flower not a glove. It's not like the brand names Hoover or Andrex which just conjure up the product.