";s:4:"text";s:3092:"My favorite names. We almost called DD Florence but being in the NW with extremely broad Lancashire accents we decided against it Juliet, Felicity, Annabel, Beatrice, Verity, Constance, Helene ( Hel-ay-nee pronunciation), Elisabeth, Alice all on our listTo comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.Take this survey on nutrition and diet - £100 voucher to be wonShare how you’ve been reuniting with your family with McCarthy & StoneShare your favourite places to visit in the UK with Parkdean Resorts As well as Florence's consistent use as a boy name throughout history, right up until around about 1914 and, even now, it's still used quite commonly as a name for boys in West Cork.While not a bad name for girls, I personally think it leans more towards the masculine side of the spectrum. Simply enter names you like and let this genius technology inspire you to find the perfect name. We call her Flo. To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.You will receive an email (no more than once per day) summarizing any new mentions of Florence on Nameberry. Boys names like Florence: William, George, John, Arthur, ... Magic Baby Names is a unique search site with 100,451 names collected from 2,395,513 family trees, containing 118,281,924 people. Great! Love Constance, Flora, Edith, Esther. THESE are the baby names that grandparents HATE the most, according to a new survey. Florence is a lovely name. Sister is Evelyn. Save big! Girls names like Florence, Thomas: Mary, Elizabeth, Alice, Margaret, Edith, Ethel, Sarah, Annie, ... Magic Baby Names is a unique search site with 100,170 names collected from 2,348,661 family trees, containing 115,968,523 people. Strange how people names so differently.I find this very surprising. But you don't need to trawl through long lists of baby names any more! Most people don't use their middle names anyway, except filling in forms, but there are letter combinations that flow easily or really badly in a signature if it includes two initials followed by the surname, eg FJBabyname would be an easier and quicker signature than FTBabyname or FHBabyname. Save money on clothes, holidays, days out, pregnancy and baby gear, homeware, garden furniture and more with exclusive deals! you are in luck. I love the name, particularly because it's so important to the family since her parents met in Florence and it's such a dear city to them.Florence has a positive association in my mind for being the name of strong inspirational women, as I think of Florence Nightingale, and one of my favorite artists Florence Welch of Florence+The Machine. Thanks To add a few more, also like Frances, Elizabeth (but as it is, not shortened), Hester, Meriel.