I went today to get my daughter her first dollhouse at a custom boutique. A mom there had a 3 year old named Mum. I asked her if it was a nickname for Chrysanthemum, a name I adore but could stand the idea of using [name]Chrys[/name] as a nickname. She said no that her daughter was named after the common name for the flower which is simply Mum. The name seemed to suit her, but if I hadn’t met them I don’t think I could have invisioned an actual person with the name. Her middle name was [name]Calliope[/name] for anyone who was curious.
I think naming your daughter Mum is pretty strange. I mean, it means '‘Mother’!
I love flower names but that may be pushing it for me. The middle is cute though.
Here in [name]Oz[/name] (and in the UK) mum is how we say/spell the US’s ‘mom’…definitely not working for me as a name for a little girl! Same as naming your little baby boy ‘Dad’ in my mind!
That seems so weird to me – in NZ, as in [name]England[/name] and Australia, we say Mum. Not Mom. I’d never heard of that shortening for Chrysanthemum either. Odd!
Haha - looks like wer were typing much the same thing at the same time 
Haha - looks like we were typing much the same thing at the same time
I think it’s really cute, but it’ll be very awkward for her if she ever travels to one of the countries where people call their mothers “mum.” Cute in theory, but not actually very wearable.
This is how I feel.
I think it’s cute but more of a mn. Chrysanthemum is too much for me. I’m American so I don’t have the Mum/Mom connection. People name their daughters [name]Abby[/name] and many of my Spanish speaking friends call their grandmothers “[name]Abi[/name]”
Americans are not aware that every country in the world that speaks British English (and there are a lot of us) use the spelling 'Mum"? With all due respect, I find that so hard to believe.
Poor kid. Too bad if she ever wants to travel outside the US, because nobody is going to connect that to ‘Chrysanthemum’. [name]Ever[/name]. If her parents had any sense, they would have at least given her the full name Chrysanthemum and used ‘mum’ as a nickname.
I think (hope) most Americans are well aware that most other English speaking people say ‘mum’ for mom.
For that reason, I find the name completely unusable. I also don’t like the homecoming connection, which is the only place I’ve ever heard mum used instead of the full chrysanthemum.
Wow! Really? Where did I say I (or Americans in general) are unaware? I said “I don’t have the connection” not “I’m totally unaware of the connection”
I don’t call my mother “Mum” so I don’t see the name Mum as equal to Mom. [name]Just[/name] as I’m not a Spanish speaker so I don’t consider [name]Abby[/name] equivalent at grandmother (“[name]Abi[/name]”) or [name]Poppy[/name] equivalent to Dad (“Papi”).
it seems a little strange bc of the mom/mum connection. if it was chrysanthemum nn mum i would have liked it although still a bit out there
I’ve heard Mum being short for Chrysanthemums - that’s why the shops are full of them at Mother’s [name]Day[/name] as gifts! 
I quite like Chrysanthemum as a name, and can understand why you wouldn’t be so keen on the plainer [name]Chrys[/name] as a nickname when you have chosen such a different, elaborate name. I’d be wanting to use Santhe (said xanth) or [name]Xanthe[/name] (xanth-ee) as nicknames, much prettier and less strange than calling your daughter mum. Plus, I think a girl might find it annoying to have mum as a nickname, especially in her teens.
Mum is what I call my mother. I never knew it was a flower.
I’m American and I automatically thought Mom…