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I was soooo close to naming my second daughter Heather, but opted for Cecily in the end as it got a better reception on here! I think it's a beautiful flower and a beautiful name :)

Thoughts and impressions:

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It was very very popular.

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Why?

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I don't know.

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It's very harsh sounding and not pretty at all.

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I've known a ton of people with this name.

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It's my niece's name, but that doesn't cause me to like it any more.

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Would I use it? HELL NO. Even if I liked it, it was way way too popular, and it's sunk like a stone. All popular names sink eventually, but Heather has sunk faster than most, so it has become very dated very quickly.

I think it's very pretty. It is definitely dated in the US, but still sounds youthful. I understand that in UK, Heather is very much a grandmother's name, which is funny. Heather and Jennifer were popular there a long time before they were here, but Jessica is now way more popular there, having already hit its peak twenty years ago in the US.

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I wouldn't mind using Heather, though there's lots of other names I'd choose first.

Its nice. I would only use it for a character
It is nice but just not amazed by it. A bit plain

I actually think it is really pretty. I wouldn't use it myself because it is the name of my mom's stepsister and it is very dated.