I have been thinking about how some of my favorite places in the world are associated with some of my favorite names. There is a large, beautiful garden that I often visited with my beloved grandpa, step grandma, and my sister when I was young that we all loved so much. The garden is still there and is filled with trees, plants, brooks, flowers, animals and birds that inspire beautiful names which I associate with my grandpa. There was also a little Japanese garden within the larger garden where we could buy tea and little almond cookies. We could sit at a wooden table and have our tea next to a dark green pond with a view of a curving red bridge.
If you love a certain place and associate it with someone you love, that place can inspire wonderful names. If I wanted to name my son after my grandpa, but didn’t like my grandpa’s first or middle name, then I could still honor my grandpa by naming my son after a place we both loved. Or I could name my son after a tree, a bird, or an animal in that place. If I had a little daughter, I could give her a feminine or even a unisex name that reminds me of my grandpa, and it wouldn’t have to be [name]Bernadette[/name] (my grandpa was named [name]Bernard[/name]). It could be a name from that garden or even another place that my grandpa and I both loved.
[name]Do[/name] you have a very favorite place in the world? Does that place remind you of a beloved person? What names do you associate with that place?
Descanso Gardens Names
[name]Oak[/name]
[name]Fern[/name]
[name]Brooke[/name]
Flowers:
[name]Camellia[/name]
[name]Azalea[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
Animals and birds:
[name]Ava[/name] (means bird)
[name]Drake[/name] (means male duck)
[name]Paloma[/name] (means dove)
[name]Penelope[/name] (means duck)
[name]Roscoe[/name] (means deer forest)
A few Japanese names to represent the little Japanese garden:
[name]Hiroshi[/name] (generous)
[name]Keiko[/name] (happy child)
[name]Kenzo[/name] (strong and healthy)
[name]Miko[/name] (flower stem)
[name]Suki[/name] (loved one)
One of my favorite places in the world is [name]Concord[/name], MA, although it’s not associated with any relatives. I felt drawn to [name]Concord[/name] when I first visited as a little girl, which makes sense, as I love American [name]History[/name]. When I walk by [name]Louisa[/name] [name]May[/name] [name]Alcott[/name]'s house in [name]Concord[/name], I feel so at home with the area’s historic sites and names.
The names I love are all classic, and feel as though they came straight from [name]Concord[/name]/ New [name]England[/name]:
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Annabelle[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Tess[/name]
[name]Celia[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]
Your list is so beautiful! I went to [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Mae[/name] [name]Alcott[/name]'s house, too, and loved it so much that I could hardly breathe. Then we went to see an old graveyard. I love your list of names-many of them are my favorites!
Thanks, [name]Susan[/name]! Out of curiosity, which names are your favorites? I’m so glad to hear you love the [name]Alcott[/name] home, too! It’s so neat how [name]Emerson[/name] lived right across the street! (I love his house, too.) I can’t wait to move back to [name]Boston[/name] soon!
[name]Jill[/name], these are my favorites (the ones I comment on):
[name]Rose[/name]-love this for a first name or as a nn for [name]Rosemary[/name].
[name]Annabelle[/name]-I love this so much spelled [name]Annabel[/name]. I tend to like less frilly.
[name]Genevieve[/name]-I just love this.
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]-so opulent.
[name]Charlotte[/name]-loved this until [name]Lola[/name] pointed out it has the word “harlot” inside it. Now I just like it.
[name]Cora[/name]-I love this because it reminds me of coral. [name]Love[/name] the color. [name]Love[/name] beautiful things in the ocean. Plus coral is a soft, warm color in the desert.
[name]Louisa[/name]-I love this so much, too and I love [name]Lulu[/name]. I used to buy a soft drink in Mexico called “[name]Little[/name] [name]Lulu[/name]”.
[name]Grace[/name]-My aunt’s name. She was really nice, so I might use this for a middle.
[name]Caroline[/name]-adore this.
[name]Blythe[/name]-I love this because there is a small town out in the [name]California[/name] desert called [name]Blythe[/name].
[name]Lydia[/name]-It’s nice for other people’s kids.
[name]Catherine[/name]-I am in love with [name]Catherine[/name] with a “C”. reminds me of pearls and pink frosting.
[name]Eliza[/name]-love because of [name]Eliza[/name] Doolittle.
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]-It’s funny. I really love [name]Julie[/name], but not for a young girl. For someone my age.
[name]Susannah[/name]-love it. Sounds like my name.
[name]Tess[/name]
[name]Celia[/name]-love it because of “The Importance of Being [name]Earnest[/name]”. [name]Cecily[/name] is a girl in the play.
[name]Maude[/name]-for someone else, it is lovely.
[name]Edward[/name]-love because of Mr. [name]Rochester[/name] in [name]Jane[/name] Eyre
[name]Henry[/name]-love because of the character in the [name]Beverly[/name] [name]Cleary[/name] books. She wrote “[name]Ramona[/name]”.
[name]Oliver[/name]-I love [name]Oliver[/name].
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]-I love [name]Samuel[/name] in the bible. He is one of my faves!
[name]Charles[/name]-I love [name]Charles[/name], maybe because of [name]Laura[/name] Ingalls’ father.
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Joseph[/name]-I love [name]Joseph[/name] because of [name]Jesus[/name]’ father. He was open-minded and kind to women.
I live in Southern [name]CA[/name] and have only been to the [name]Boston[/name] area maybe three times. It is very exotic to a Californian.
Woot Woot! first [name]Baby[/name] Name Game Post Evahh!!! (I think…)
My grandma’s house, and names I could associate with it:
[name]Beverly[/name]
Doulton (perfume)
[name]Kelly[/name]
[name]Erica[/name]
[name]Pamela[/name]
[name]Ginger[/name]