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I dislike it. It seems like a grandfather's nickname, which is diametrically opposed to the name's actual connotations.

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There are far more attractive flower names than Poppy.

It works for a specific kind of person - a plucky redhead in a LBD.

I used to have a bloodhound named Poppy. I guess it wasn't meant to have been in reference to the flower, but I assumed it was when I was a kid. He was adopted.

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It doesn't sound bad to me as a girl's or woman's name. I think it's garish, but kind of in the way Piper, Prudence, Daisy, Lola are...it's not as established as Lily but doesn't strike me as less mature...and it seems better to me than Scarlett, Paisley, Pippa, Winnie, or Birdie, even despite poppycock being a word.

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It's easy for me to imagine someone I'd like to meet named Poppy.

This message was edited 6/16/2023, 8:19 PM

I agree with you. The flowers are nice, but it reminds me too much of the endearment term for grandfather. And what would the nickname be? Pop? Pee? No thanks.

This message was edited 6/16/2023, 3:41 PM

Simultaneously both two cutesy and too tied to the opioid epidemic

Gorgeous name. Love it.

It's a bit ridiculous, but I'm charmed by it.

Don't like it, too much like a nn and a grandfather's nn

I go back and forth. Kind of love it, kind of don’t. It’s a difficult one for me. On one hand, I think it’s youthful and fun. On the other, childish and annoying.

It’s… a bit inconsistent?

It sounds like what two year olds might call their grandpas.

I hate it too. It's so pwecious and babyish.

I know so many young girls and women with this name. I think it is much more accepted as a name in the UK than in the US. We wouldn't use Poppy for a grandfather here.

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I don't like it. The sound is very juvenile I think, although it is a lovely flower.

I dislike it. I feel like the appeal of it is that it's bright and summery, and yet has a somber symbolic edge. I think I get it ... I almost liked it, once. But that's just on paper. In real life, to me, it doesn't seem admirable. Seems childish on a child, kinda loud and cheap on a woman. And the fact that it sounds like a way to refer to one's father or grandfather, buries it, for me.

I’m sorry, but I’ve never been able to warm up to Poppy; something just doesn’t sit well with me.

I think Poppy is sweet for a little girl and kind of punchy for a woman. I just see it as a botanical name and figure that if others work, then why not Poppy? There’s never much love for it on this board though sadly.