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Well, I live in the U.S., so I don't know it as a margarine brand. :b And yes, it's a name I happen to love. But what bothers me about it--though no one here has mentioned it yet--is that it makes me think of bacterial flora, and I worry about a child with the name getting teased because of that. Is it because I'm a nurse that I think of this, and I'm just being silly to worry? :-

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~Heather~

It's a margarinebrand in Finland too, sadly. Maybe it would work as a middlename, because it's a very very wonderful name. And lovely meaning. Though Flossie is a nice nn to use.

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I love Flora, it's in my top five. I don't care that it's the nameof the margarine (and I live in England), it both sounds and looks pretty.

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~Louise x

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Pretty. I like it a lot.

I don't like it.

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Flora is a very pretty and attractive name, distinguished, and not terribly common. It has a pretty meaning, too, despite the fact that it's very generic. I do quite like it!!!

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This message was edited 11/24/2005, 3:23 PM

Flora is a beautiful name. My favourite actor, Alex Walkinshaw, (of the bill fame) apparently named his daughter Flora. That adds a bit of sentiment to the name.

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I really hate it, sorry. It's ugly and harsh to me, and so generic. Why not name her a particular flower? My favorites are Lily, Rose, Ivy, Iris, and Liana (okay, so it's a vine).

Flora is one of my favorites. It's sweet and elegant, and would age well.

I like Flora. It's grounded and simple sounding like Laura, but it seems more vivid & effusive. I think it could seem either nerdy or stylish depending on the bearer, and it seems to me to defy the usual categories - it could be antique-chic like Emma & Iris, or it could be unusual-hip like Fiona & Livia, but it isn't exactly either.

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ETA: Obviously, I'm underexposed to UK trademarks. I think it's a pretty well-chosen name for butter, actually - but not a good name for a cow. ;-) I don't think the butter name would stop me from using it if I wanted to, even if I did live in England.

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- chazda

This message was edited 11/24/2005, 11:10 AM

Thats a make of butter in England(M)

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Well I think that says it all . I destest it.

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This message was edited 11/24/2005, 11:07 AM