Right now I have a major crush on the name Rue.
I love that it's the name of a pretty little flower, but a couple things bother me...
1. With how popular the Hunger Games has become, is the association too much? I definitely don't think it's as bad as Katniss. I have this same problem with Primrose, another name I adore, though I'm even more fond of Rue.
2. Rue is also a word name that means 'regret.' It's interesting to me, but I don't like the idea that it brings up that if I used it as a first or middle it would be like calling my beautiful daughter a regret, which will never be true.
3. I also like Rue as a nickname for the boy name Rudy, which I'm not sure I would ever use, but still. I'm usually set in stone about the gender of names, so this throws me off a bit.
I'm most likely to use Rue as a middle for a girl, because it's so short, but what do you think of it? Usable or not so much?