[name_m]Hi[/name_m]! We are TTC#2 right now so just planning ahead. I love the name [name_f]Posy[/name_f] but I am curious if “you” think it ages well? It’s adorable for a baby and girl, but because I have never met anyone with this name, I am wondering if it would fit an adult? Maybe you great people of [name_f]England[/name_f] can give your two cents? (I hear it’s more common over there?)
I’m in [name_u]America[/name_u], and I love the name-it’s adorable, unique, fresh, cuter than [name_u]Josie[/name_u] [name_f]IMO[/name_f]…But I have to be honest, I don’t see it aging well.
It’s like [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]: beautiful and established but not something you wanna put on a resume.
I suggest [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_f]Philippa[/name_f] [name_f]Cecily[/name_f], and [name_f]Posy[/name_f] as a nickname.
Good luck! I hope I helped.
To be honest, I don’t think it would age well at all, sorry
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Pomona[/name_f], or [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] are full name suggestions, and I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] the name [name_f]Posy[/name_f]. It will age fine.
I think [name_f]Posy[/name_f] is very sweet, but I can’t imagine it on a teenager or an adult. I think it definitely works better as a nickname
I like it and it will age well. It’s had over thousand years of use, so it is well established. I like it as well. Also [name_m]Ive[/name_m] know women named [name_f]Ivy[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Heather[/name_f], [name_u]Penny[/name_u], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], and [name_f]Chloe[/name_f], all of which are floral names, and had aged well on them. Some of these women were in their 70’s and the others were toddlers and tweens. So I think you should be fine. Plus, I’m considering [name_f]Peony[/name_f], which has even less use than most floral names. [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] and [name_f]Posey[/name_f] are really popular in [name_m]Britain[/name_m]. Check out [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] at British [name_u]Baby[/name_u] names.com … she has complete sibset spotlights on all floral names and plenty of birth announcements current with Floral names on it. [name_f]Elea[/name_f] would be able to give the exact popularity of [name_f]Posey[/name_f] in [name_m]Britain[/name_m] incase your interested.
I think it’s sweet for a baby but I’m 16 and, no offence, I would hate to be called [name_f]Posy[/name_f]. I would go for something it could be a nickname for if you love it. An alternative would be a [name_f]Rose[/name_f]- name with the nickname [name_f]Rosey[/name_f] when they’re young and a different nickname when they’re older.
I’m in the UK and I have never met a [name_f]Posy[/name_f]. I like it and I think it will age fine - no differently to [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] etc.
I think it will age just as well as all of the other flower names. I’ve known adults named [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Pansy[/name_f], and [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] so what’s wrong with [name_f]Posy[/name_f]?
I’m from [name_f]England[/name_f] and I’ve never met a girl called [name_f]Posy[/name_f], sorry. I think it’s an adorable nickname but I don’t think it ages well past the teen years, if that. However, saying this the names [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Poppy[/name_f] and even [name_f]Maisie[/name_f] (they all have the same ‘feel’ in my opinion) age wonderfully so I think my attitude towards [name_f]Posy[/name_f] will change if I ever meet one.
[name_f]Posy[/name_f] wouldn’t age well at all. It would sound quite silly on an adult in my opinion.
[name_f]Posy[/name_f] is a very sweet name. It’s easy for me to imagine a young girl and an older woman with the name, but teen - middle age it’s a bit more difficult. I’d have a hard time picturing it on a resume or taking it seriously if i did see it on a resume. As a nickname, though, it is lovely.
I can see [name_f]Posy[/name_f] on a baby, child or teen. I can even imagine a young woman named [name_f]Posy[/name_f] - the ‘lead in a romantic comedy’ type, a teacher, a young doctor fresh out of medical school. And I can see it on an old lady in a rocking chair. But I have trouble with the middle-aged woman with a fluffy perm working in a cubicle, or the stern housewife who plans all of the church socials. But if I DID know a [name_f]Posy[/name_f] like that, I’d be able to picture it I guess!
It’s not so much that [name_f]Posy[/name_f] sounds young, it’s that it sounds cute, fun, and imaginative, so it’s hard to imagine on someone who doesn’t have those qualities. [name_f]Posy[/name_f] is OK for any age; it’s just harder to envision on some types of people before you’ve met someone with the name.
FWIW, I do really like [name_f]Posy[/name_f]. It might be best to have as a nickname in case your [name_f]Posy[/name_f] wants options, but I don’t object to it as a given name if you love it.
I’m in [name_f]Canada[/name_f]. I like it a lot as a nickname. Where I think [name_f]Posy[/name_f] differs from most of the floral names ([name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f]) is that it isn’t exactly a flower itself, but more like a term for a bouquet. (This has been my understanding - someone please correct me if I’m wrong or if it means something else elsewhere.) It makes me picture a little girl grasping a bunch of forget-me-nots and daisies and whatnot that she picked in a field. This is a sweet, adorable image, but not one that for me easily translates to picturing the girl as a teenager in a rock band, or the girl, grown up, in a business suit. (I can imagine her at about age 75 in a rocking chair on a porch.)
This could all change if I met someone named [name_f]Posy[/name_f], and objectively it’s not far off from [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] or [name_u]Josie[/name_u], but the image it evokes for me is pretty juvenile and I haven’t met or read about anyone named [name_f]Posy[/name_f] that shakes that up at all.
I think of [name_f]Posy[/name_f] as more of a nickname though I do love short names on its own. [name_m]How[/name_m] about using something like [name_f]Mariposa[/name_f] or [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] as names so you can still use [name_f]Posy[/name_f] as a nickname?
I think that most names have the ability to grow with the child wearing them. A person named [name_f]Posy[/name_f] can alter how the name is perceived. It is difficult to imagine a name on adults until we’ve actually seen that name on an adult. [name_f]Posy[/name_f] is cute, but so are [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Tilly[/name_f] and [name_f]Daisy[/name_f].
Yep I can imagine it all ages
I think it would age fine. Tbh, I think most people suit their names throughout their lives, and I know a teenage [name_f]Rosie[/name_f], who suits her name really well, and I can’t imagine her growing out of it, and [name_f]Posy[/name_f] is really similar.
Whether a name “ages well” is purely subjective so I’m not surprised by all of the differering opinions on [name_f]Posy[/name_f] that you’re receiving from Berries. For me, a posy is not only a bouquet of flowers but it’s also a comfort food. When I was younger, my mother used to treat us kids on a [name_f]Sunday[/name_f] morning by frying some dough and making “posies”. We would then slather on the butter, bacon or anything else we wanted and pigged out until we felt ready to bust. It’s a fond memory for me but the name just reminds me of fried dough. That’s one reason I don’t like [name_f]Posy[/name_f] as a full name. The name doesn’t pass some other tests.
- I wouldn’t want to bear the name myself
- it sounds cute and sweet with sugar on top (eg. the sound of it = an overkilling of cuteness)
- it’s not suitable for all stages of life (a baby or a girl named [name_f]Posy[/name_f] would be fine. However, after a certain age, it just sounds like it’s stuck in childhood and doesn’t want to grow up)
Names age with a person for me, a child named [name_f]Posy[/name_f] will grow into an adult name [name_f]Posy[/name_f], and the name will age with her. I think [name_f]Posy[/name_f] is beautiful by the way.