I didn’t think this would happen, but sadly I’m falling out of love with the name [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]. It was my all time favorite girl name and I was so set on using [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], but now I’m just not into it anymore. I still like it and love the nickname [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]. Other [name_f]Rose[/name_f] names just don’t appeal to me. The only positive thing about this is I could use [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] in the first name spot now.
Any suggestions on names like [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]?
I would love to hear similar stories about falling out of love with your favorite names.
I’ve fallen in and out of names before, [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] being one of them. I used to not like it, but now it’s my favorite again. Also I’ve been making a list of names that I like since grade school, and recently I had to tear up that list and start over because my taste in names has changed. Which just meant me having to do several hours on websites to rebuild a new list of names.
For you I feel like you like nature inspired names, so I used that criteria while picking the following names (click on the names to read about them):
I know the feeling. [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] used to be my all time, hands down favorite girls’ name and I swore up and down I would christen my first daughter [name_u]Sutton[/name_u] [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]. Now, I’m just not feelin’ it. That’s okay. My only fear is that one day I’ll wake up and gulp hate my kids’ names with a passion.
The same thing happens to me. My husband and I chose a name for a girl when I was pregnant with our son. The name was chosen before we were even married. You gotta love when your boyfriend of six months talks about names with you swoon. Now, I’m not sure about the name. It’s pretty common and the nicknames aren’t the best but he loves it so we’ll see
Similar names to [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] (too cute!)
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] “[name_f]Maggie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] “[name_f]Betsy[/name_f]”
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] “[name_f]Cate[/name_f]”
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] “[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] “[name_f]Dottie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Diana[/name_f] “[name_f]Anna[/name_f]”
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] “[name_f]CeCe[/name_f]”
Good luck!
Unfortunately, it never happened to me. My husband would not agree to the girls name I loved my whole life. So, it ended up in the middle. I am still a little sad even though I love my daughter’s name.
I would be wary of tossing the name too quickly. There’s totally such a thing as name fatigue…that goes away once you get some space from the name. Pretty sure this is what happened with my DS’s name. By the time he was born our favorite had been our favorite for so long that we were just sick of looking at it - and we got wooed by a shorter, peppier name that we ultimately used for his first (with the other name in the middle).
I still regret not using the longtime love as I’ve totally come around to it again. It makes me wary this time of all the bright, shiny, new ones I see here - that I love but may not be my usual style.
Oh, I hate when that happens! It’s like… soul-crushing, especially when it’s really special. That nearly happened to me this summer–I have dreamed of sponsoring a little child through an organization called Compassion International. It works in developing countries to sponsor children to get a better education, all the while providing medical care, immunizations, spiritual mentorship, parenting classes for the children’s parents, etc. I heard about it in high school and I’ve wanted to sponsor a child ever since. And I came across a beautiful little girl from [name_u]Peru[/name_u] whose name was [name_f]Isabel[/name_f], and she just clicked as the one I was supposed to sponsor. For weeks I struggled with whether or not this meant I should let go of [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]. Honestly, it’s probably too close, but I wanted to honor her, anyway, and I like that [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] sort of honors two of the most important people in my life outside of my family now. Besides, I love that little girl to pieces. A couple times I’ve thought [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] might slip through the cracks (I went through a period of really loving [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f] as an alternative, or [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]), but I can’t imagine myself without an [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], and every time I think she’ll slip through the cracks, there she is again, all lovely and shimmery and radiant and perfect, and I just can’t let her go. I was so crushed when I fell out of love with my first favorite boys’ name and girls’ name ([name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]) when I seriously started loving names. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]'s back on my list and I adore her, but I doubt I’ll use [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], since my cousin did, and I see [name_m]Ben[/name_m] several times a year. I went through about a month-long stage of having [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] and [name_u]Noah[/name_u] as my top picks, too, but I feel like I didn’t get invested in them long enough to love them that deeply. But I’ve loved [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] and [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] for YEARS; if I ever fell out of love with them I feel like I’d be crushed. I loved [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] for about a year, but [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] and [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] have been my top name for each gender for nearly 4 years now.
As for [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]–it’s very pretty. I like the versatility of it, and the nns [name_f]Rosie[/name_f], [name_u]Romy[/name_u], and even [name_u]Ari[/name_u]. I’ve really grown to love [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]–it’s so sweet, and there are so many beautiful longer variants. I really love [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], but if you don’t… I’m honestly not sure. What about just [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] instead? It’s so lovely! If I had more room on my list [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] would be there for sure–I just don’t want a list a mile long. I lovelovelove the suggestion of [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], too–floral, sweet, and it sort of has a similar vibe to [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] to me, except that it’s a wee bit cutesier? Maybe [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] nn [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], or [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] nn [name_f]Poppy[/name_f]? I feel like [name_f]Clara[/name_f] and [name_f]Susanna[/name_f] and [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] all have that lush, romantic, beautiful feminine feel of [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], too.
This has happened to me so many times. It’s usually when I get scared that the name I have loved forever ([name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]) may be too common. Then I start branching out to other names and eventually rediscover my original favourite, wondering why I ever lost faith.
Regarding [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] (beautiful name btw):
In Germany we have the version [name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f] which is pronounced rather prettily as ROH-zuh-ma-[name_f]REE[/name_f].
We also have Heidemarie ([name_f]HYE[/name_f]-duh-ma-[name_f]REE[/name_f]) where [name_f]Heide[/name_f] means [name_f]Heather[/name_f].
I fell out of love with my entire girls lists bar two names earlier this year. [name_m]Just[/name_m] find names you love as much as [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] and I’m sure you’ll find a name you love just as much.
I was just discussing how I felt like I was “breaking up with” [name_f]Zoe[/name_f]. [name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], have for years, but lately [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] just hasn’t been giving me the same spark. [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] and I are in counseling…I haven’t dumped her just yet, but I do understand what you’re describing.
Thanks everyone for the advice. I think I’m going to keep it for now and hope that the name fatigue goes away. I do love it, but I don’t [name_f]LOVE[/name_f] it.
I lovelovelove the suggestion of [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], too–floral, sweet, and it sort of has a similar vibe to [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] to me, except that it’s a wee bit cutesier? Maybe [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] nn [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], or [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] nn [name_f]Poppy[/name_f]? I feel like [name_f]Clara[/name_f] and [name_f]Susanna[/name_f] and [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] all have that lush, romantic, beautiful feminine feel of [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], too.