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Frances and Petunia
These are the names of my new neighbors' little girls. They're adorable and I think the names are lovely! Petunia is 3, I don't know her middle name but the newborn is Frances Elizabeth. WDYT?
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Petunia is one of those names that I would have never in a million years thought I could take seriously until recently. I sort of like it, but still fear it seems too cartoon-ish to use on a real kid. I really like Petra which is somewhat similar, but more within my comfort zone.
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I love flower names, and although Petunia is not one of my favorites, it's quite nice. I'd be unexplainably thrilled to meet a little girl named Petunia. Frances is nms, but goes with Petunia quite well.
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I love Frances. It's cute and classy.Petunia is one of the few flower names that I don't like. It reminds of Aunt Petunia from Harry Potter.
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Frances Elizabeth is refreshingly uncomplicated. Lovely.Petunia is a cute name for a 3 year old character in a children's book. But I wouldn't want to go through life as a Petunia. Nn Tutu?
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Petunia?No. Just no. That name has waaay too much teasing potential. Frances I can somewhat get behind but not Petunia. Together? Not so much.
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Petunia is a bit NMS. I love Frances Elizabeth, though. I will say that I would take Petunia any day before Madison or Emily. It's extraordinarily nice to hear about this as opposed to the God-awful names in Sabrina Fair's BA posts.
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I don't really like Petunia, but I like Frances. It's nice to see some names that are older and less trendy on younger people. I'm a little worried that trends are changing, though, and by the time I have kids, there will be a rash of older or classic sounding names and my list will have to go. *g*
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My grandmother & her sister were Frances and Petunia!Well, Petunia's name was really Mary Ann, but she was given the nn Petunia from a song called "Petunia in the Onion Patch" because she was the littlest and cutest. Close enough, though. =)I like the combo. My one complaint is that Frances sounds so much more serious than Petunia.
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Wow, I wish I knew kids with names as interesting as those! I think both are very, very lovely, though I don't think they go together, oddly enough.
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Wow.Those are both quite dated in my mind, but it's nice to see (or head of, I guess in this case) two little girls with older names. It's almost like they've gone so far around the bend that they're fresh again.
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