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Don't like it at all

I like it! I also don’t understand the disdain for it. I prefer longer names in general, so I wouldn’t use it on its own. SO and I have Calliope “Posy” or “Pia” on our list, with “Calla” as a backup nickname that’s more common and mature-sounding.

This message was edited 5/12/2021, 9:25 AM

It isn't as awful as Poppy and Pansy, but it has a similar cutsy childishness. Posy would work as a name for a newborn lamb or a bunny.

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It also has some dark undertones since medieval people would stuff their pockets with posies during the plague.
Ring-a-ring-a-rosies
A pocket full of posies
Ashes, Ashes
We all fall down

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It might lend itself to a horror flick. Posy would be the winsome girl who is all ribbons and bows until it is revealed that she is trying to kill everyone. *que horror music*

Not a fan. It sounds childish. So do Poppy and Lily to a certain extent.

I rather like it. I don't understand the hate either. It's just like other floral names, only less common. I see that as a good thing.

I dislike Posy, it is very infantile in my mind and I cannot imagine a person possessing it past the age of four. It's still a suitable cat or other pet names but that's about the extent of it. It's not quite as bad as Pansy but it's a close second to last. A lot of the cutesy old lady two syllable P names are just gross in general.. Patsy, Patty, Polly, Pammy, Perdy, just all blah.

This message was edited 5/12/2021, 5:57 AM

I love it! One of my all time favourite names. It has a very youthful, hippy vibe.

Thank you! Thank you for seeing the beauty in this delightful and vintage feeling floral name. I agree that it’s just like any other flower name, so I don’t understand all the hate either. I don’t find it infantile or nickname-ish at all. The meaning of the word, “a small bunch of flowers” is also cute to me, nothing wrong with that. I would definitely consider using it, it’s lovely.