Thoughts on Buttercup?

Girl Names
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– What are your thoughts on buttercup? Have you ran into any buttercups or know of anyone named buttercup? If you were to use this as a Christened name, what would be your nickname choice? Would you even use it?

  • If I used it as a name, I would definitely half to be willing to go this bold, which I am not. Setting this aside, I personally would choose to go the British route for a shorter name and choose a funny quirky shorter names like: Popcorn,[name_u]Reece[/name_u], Butter or some cutsy name like [name_f]Goldie[/name_f] or [name_f]Golda[/name_f], [name_f]Fleur[/name_f], maybe something fancy but off the beaten path like Goldive (pronounced gold-yee-va)…
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The only Buttercups I know of are a cat and a horse. I’m afraid I can’t see this as a child’s name at all. Plus kids can be cruel and the name starts with Butt.

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Mmmm… Butt did cross my mind. I was trying to be a bit more optimistic, considering [name_m]Henry[/name_m]/[name_m]Harry[/name_m]/Seaborne and many other names have the same connection. It seems any names can be misconstrued into anything… I knew a little girl in my nieces class named [name_f]Liberty[/name_f] and the kids called her Libertard and fatty watty [name_f]Libby[/name_f]. One girl I went to school with was named summer, and they called her bummer. It seems futile to some extent. But the princess connection does sit better than butt, if all kids were familiar with the princess from the movie/book/ :slight_smile:

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The only [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] I know if from the book/movie The [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Bride[/name_f]. Sorry, but I also think this is a pets name. I can’t even think of an NNs to go with this.

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Honestly, I think [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] as a name is a terrible idea. I can’t think of any good nicknames for it, maybe [name_f]Bea[/name_f]? Depending on where you’re from, she would be bullied and teased all throughout school. (I say depending because I am basing this on what would happen where I live) Yes kids can making something bad out of anything, but why give them the ammunition? Unfortunately not all kids will know the princess (I don’t think a lot of them will) so the “good connection” will not be there most of the time. As a nickname, [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] may be a bit more “acceptable” but as a given name, I don’t see it turning out too well, sorry!

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I was reading some old [name_f]England[/name_f] /[name_m]Wales[/name_m] census that showed it as a real name with much use from the Edwardian/Victorian era. It seems hard to be seen in today’s times because more people seem less open. Here is the [name_m]Link[/name_m]: http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2013/08/victorian-and-edwardian-floral-siblings.html?cid=6a014e87d88579970d01a51168aea0970c#comment-6a014e87d88579970d01a51168aea0970c

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I think it’s far too cutsie to use as a first name, but if you love it then why not use it as a middle name? I’ve never met anyone called [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f], and frankly I can’t imagine ever meeting anyone called [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f].

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Here is a list of Floral names in the Past:

The Willats:
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] (1877)
[name_m]George[/name_m] (1880)
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] (1883)
[name_u]Leslie[/name_u] (1885)
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] (1888)
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] (1890)
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] (1893)

Bunnels:
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] (1882)
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f] (1884)
[name_f]Snowdrop[/name_f] [name_f]Olive[/name_f] (1885)
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] [name_f]Pansy[/name_f] (1889)

The Letts:
[name_f]Acacia[/name_f] [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] S (1872)
[name_u]Linden[/name_u] [name_m]Fritz[/name_m] [name_m]Barnabas[/name_m] (1874)
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] (1876)
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] (1878)
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Zilpah[/name_f] (1879)
[name_f]May[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (1881)

The Oakhills:
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] (1885)
[name_u]Christie[/name_u] [name_f]Rosanna[/name_f] (1888)
[name_f]Jasmine[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (1890)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (1893)
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Winifred[/name_f] (1895)
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] (1897)

The Youngs:
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Kirk[/name_m] (1878)
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] (1881)
[name_m]Tom[/name_m] (1882)
[name_m]Fred[/name_m] [name_m]Archer[/name_m] (1884)
[name_m]Herbert[/name_m] [name_m]Gladstone[/name_m] (1886)
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u] (1888)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] (1890)
[name_f]Pansy[/name_f] [name_f]Blossom[/name_f] (1892)
[name_m]Corbett[/name_m] [name_m]Mitchell[/name_m] (1894)
[name_f]Snowdrop[/name_f] (1896)
[name_f]Heather[/name_f] (1899)

The Osbornes:
[name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] (1883)
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f] (1884)
[name_f]May[/name_f] (1886)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] (1888)
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] (1890)
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f] (1892)
[name_m]William[/name_m] (1895)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] (1897)
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] (1899)
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] [name_f]Primrose[/name_f] (1891)
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] (1903)
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] (1905)

The Castles:
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] (1886)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] (1888)
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Zinnia[/name_f] (1890)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Camelia[/name_f] (1892)
[name_m]Cecil[/name_m] [name_m]Rodney[/name_m] (1893)
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f] [name_f]Mignonette[/name_f] (1896)

The Paskes:
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (1891)
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] (1894)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Rosina[/name_f] (1896)
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f] (1897)
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] (1899)

The Woodmans:
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] (1882)
[name_f]Lilian[/name_f] (1886)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] Lobelia (1893)
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] (1895)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] (1898)
[name_f]Mignonette[/name_f] [name_f]Verbena[/name_f] (1899)

The Palmers:
Rosebud [name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Esther[/name_f] (1902)
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Rondel[/name_m] (1904)
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_m]Rondel[/name_m] (1906)
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Rondel[/name_m] (1908)
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Rondel[/name_m] (1910)
[name_m]Harold[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Rondel[/name_m] (1913)
[name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Rondel[/name_m] (1916)
[name_m]Cyril[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Rondel[/name_m] (1917)

The Dodmans:
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Edward[/name_m] (1884)
[name_m]Frank[/name_m] [name_m]Victor[/name_m] (1886)
([name_f]Marie[/name_f]) [name_f]Violet[/name_f] (1888)
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_u]Clare[/name_u] (1890)
[name_f]Mignonette[/name_f] [name_f]Ethel[/name_f] (1892)
[name_u]Vernon[/name_u] [name_m]Edgar[/name_m] (1894)
[name_f]Snowdrop[/name_f] [name_f]Gladys[/name_f] (1896)
[name_m]Henry[/name_m] [name_m]Ernest[/name_m] (1900)
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] (1903)

The Hartes:
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] C (1888)
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] M (1889)
[name_f]Camellia[/name_f] [name_f]Theresa[/name_f] M (1895)
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] [name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] M (1897)
[name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Herbert[/name_m] (1900)
Gladiolus [name_m]Bernard[/name_m] & [name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f] [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] (1904)

  • I suspect [name_f]Camellia[/name_f] is [name_f]Camellia[/name_f] [name_f]Theresa[/name_f] Megri after the flower as “[name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]” is also a plant variety.

The Stanleys:
[name_f]Una[/name_f] [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] (1884)
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] (1885)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f] (1889)
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f] (1892)
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] (1894)
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f] [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] (1896)
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] (1899)
[name_f]Myrtle[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] (1902)
[name_f]Clematis[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] (1905)

The Birds:
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f] (1890)
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] (1892)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_m]Narcissus[/name_m] (1894)
[name_m]Charles[/name_m] [name_m]Cecil[/name_m] C (1896)
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_m]Narcissus[/name_m] (1899)

The Watsons:
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] (1892)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Emma[/name_f] (1893)
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] [name_f]Doretta[/name_f] (1900)

The Gilberts:
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] (1888)
[name_m]Victor[/name_m] [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m] (1890)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Maria[/name_f] F (1895)
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f] [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] M (1899)
[name_f]Lilac[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] R (1902)
Laud [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] J (1903)

The Borrowsons:
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] (1895)
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f] [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f] (1898)
[name_f]Olive[/name_f] [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] (1901)

The Churchills:
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]John[/name_m] (1894)
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f] [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] (1897)
[name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] & [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] (1899)
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f], [name_f]May[/name_f] & [name_f]Violet[/name_f] (1902)

The Blunts:
[name_m]Eddie[/name_m] [name_m]Walter[/name_m] (1902)
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Violet[/name_f] (1904)
[name_f]Snowdrop[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] (1907)
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m] [name_u]Stanley[/name_u] (1911)

The Monroes:
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f] (1903)
[name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] (1906)

The Taylors:
[name_m]George[/name_m] (1883)
([name_u]Bertie[/name_u]) [name_m]Lovell[/name_m] (1886)
[name_f]Happy[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] J (1888)
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] M (1890)
[name_m]Lemon[/name_m] Playford (1892)
Mignionette [name_f]Rhona[/name_f] (1895)
[name_f]Prudence[/name_f] Vie (1899)
[name_u]Claude[/name_u] [name_u]Oak[/name_u] (1901)
[name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] (1902)
([name_u]Elm[/name_u]) [name_m]Oliver[/name_m] (1905)
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Rhoda[/name_f] (1909)

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I can’t see it working very well for a grown woman. I don’t think it’s terrible for teasing, but there is the butt thing. [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] just seems like such a childish name. Sure it was used in the past, but women had limited roles back then. Can you imagine someone wanting to be a professional with it? It doesn’t really seem like a name to inspire confidence and respect.

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I had a barbie doll named [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f]. I thought she looked like [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] from the [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Bride[/name_f] movie. Other than that I would think it’s a cute name for a pet.

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I had a barbie doll named [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f]. I thought she looked like [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] from the princess bride movie. Other than that I would use [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] for a horse or a cat or some other animal. I don’t think it’s a good name for a human because they might get made fun of for so many different aspects of the name.
Completely unrelated:when I was little I used to think dandelions were buttercups so I would hold them up to people’s chins and say “oh do you like butter?”

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I wouldn’t use [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] as a first because of the butt thing and because [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] from The [name_f]Princess[/name_f] [name_f]Bride[/name_f] is really, really dumb (not so much in the movie, but it’s explicitly stated in the book) and passive, neither of which are traits I’d want my kid to have. I like it as a GP or quirky middle, though.

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I’m not wanting to use it, and I’m curious everyone thoughts on the name today.

It certainly is much different than today’s names, its not my name style, mine is more old fashioned and archaic such as: [name_f]Astrid[/name_f], [name_u]Vesper[/name_u], [name_f]Ethel[/name_f] and sofonisba.

I think any name could command respect if you own it and the name too, at least this is what i have come to learn. I met a [name_f]Summer[/name_f] who named her daughter [name_f]Snowdrop[/name_f], she was an Accountant, I have no idea what her siblings were career wise and their names were [name_f]April[/name_f] (girl) [name_u]Winter[/name_u] (boy). The lady named [name_f]Summer[/name_f], told me the exact statement above, own it, that is what she did and once she understood that, it gave her the confidants. Perhaps it might depend on the person and their perspective. :slight_smile:

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Definitely not as a name. Perhaps a NN for say, [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]?

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that sounds like a darling idea. I think buttercup would be a great nn for goldive or sunniva. :slight_smile:

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Am I the only one who thought of the Powerpuff Girls?? But yeah, [name_f]Buttercup[/name_f] isn’t a name I can imagine a woman being too thrilled to bear.

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Wasn’t there a [name_f]My[/name_f] little pony?

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I thought of this too! I think it would be an adorable nn, but it might be hard as a first name to pull off. I would find it awkward if my boss called me buttercup, but if it was your name I guess you’d get used to it.

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[name_m]How[/name_m] on earth did I forget them?!

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maybe tweak it into a usable ageless name…and tell them how the name buttercup inspired their name…buttercup flowers are simple and gorgeous, lovely imagery, but the letters arent quite there to use as a first name for a human…ok for middle name or pet name, or even your childs unofficial nn…great sentimental nn!

you could tweak both butter and cup into a first and middle name which is odd like betta caro…or combine into a similar sounding first name like bianca, beatha, beatrice,

or you can pick another nature name that could stand ageless…

or find another name thats meaning is buttercup, yellow flower, sun, light, summer, etc…