oh...no

[ladyfuzzums.livejournal.com]

Apparently someone on BBC is going to name her little boy "Lotus".

I personally wouldn't even like that name for a girl, but on a boy that just seems cruel. What do you think?

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[pirahan.livejournal.com]

Awful.

[gf-girlie.livejournal.com]

Ew.

[virtue.livejournal.com]

Terrible!

[charuby.livejournal.com]

I quite like flower names for girls, but not for boys, and of course, a lot of flower names just aren't name material at all, this being one of them.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Future yoga instructor.

[smittenlotus.livejournal.com]

As if my user name didn't give it away, I really like the name. I think it works better for a girl though than it does for a boy, though for a boy concerning flower names it's not the worst choice ever. But yeah, not a fan.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

If its a euphemism for vagina, you ought not make it your sons name.

[ladyfuzzums.livejournal.com]

Haha, I didn't even know "lotus" was a euphemism for a vagina. The more you know... /rainbow

[aislincalum.livejournal.com]

I do like it, and it is on my list, but for a girl.

[liltxangel83.livejournal.com]

I could see it as middle name, for a girl.

[ladyfuzzums.livejournal.com]

This was my thought too! It would be a neat and unique middle name on a girl. But yeah... first name on a boy...I feel sorry for him for the amount of teasing he will endure already.

[gemmagic.livejournal.com]

I honestly used to have a cat (female) named Lotus. I don't like the name for a human.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Question is, is she using the name after the flower, or the car?

[ladyfuzzums.livejournal.com]

The flower.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Ick.

[serenebean.livejournal.com]

Someone above mentioned the car...that was my first thought too, that maybe the couple likes fast cars. And in that case, yeah, I could see how it might be a masculine name.

Actually, if you take away all object connotations and just look at the name itself, it really is a masculine name, with the Latin "-us" ending.

But let's be honest here, most people are going to think of the flower. And society says that makes it feminine.

[ladyfuzzums.livejournal.com]

She said in her post it would be after the flower.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I see nothing wrong with the name... naming your son after a flower doesn't seem wrong either. Narcissus was a guy (according to mythology)