We are expecting our 3rd in [name_f]October[/name_f] & many family members have flower names. We are planning to continue this as all our kids have subtle plant references. I was just wondering other ppls favorites. Common or unusual, male or female, obvious or subtle. Currently in our family we have [name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_f]Olive[/name_f], [name_f]Rosa[/name_f]/ [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] & [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f], [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] & [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], [name_m]Ramon[/name_m] (a type of tree), [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Alyessa[/name_f] (after alyssum flowers), [name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_u]Angel[/name_u] (angels trumpets). Our current list includes [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] (a type of daffodil), Aven (a wild rose), [name_u]Romy[/name_u], Eirlys, [name_f]Briar[/name_f], [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f].
Aven is beautiful!! I also like [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f]. I’ve never heard of Eirlys, it sounds intriguing.
Some more subtle ones I can think of are:
Oleander (Nerium oleander is a shrub or small tree) - it is toxic though so this might not appeal!
[name_u]Florian[/name_u] (Short form of [name_m]Roman[/name_m] Latin Florianus, meaning “flower.”)
[name_m]Heath[/name_m]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f] (twinflower, lime tree)
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]
[name_f]Calla[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiora[/name_f]/[name_u]Fiore[/name_u]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Acacia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_u]Clove[/name_u]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Laurel[/name_f]
[name_f]Coco[/name_f] (a stretch but it makes me think of coconut trees)
[name_f]Basilia[/name_f]/[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
Alder
[name_u]Cedar[/name_u]
[name_f]Jacinta[/name_f]
[name_f]Tulip[/name_f]
[name_f]Madelief[/name_f] (means [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] and has the leaf sound)
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m] (sounds like pasque like pasque flowers)
[name_u]Oak[/name_u]
[name_f]Maple[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] (Eucryphia lucida is a species of trees)
[name_m]Edel[/name_m]/Edelweiss
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]/[name_f]Margarita[/name_f]/[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]/[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_u]Sunny[/name_u] (for sunflowers)
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_u]Penrose[/name_u]
[name_f]Lark[/name_f] (for larkspur)
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]/[name_m]Cosimo[/name_m] (for cosmos flowers)
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Bryony[/name_f], [name_f]Linnea[/name_f], [name_f]Laurel[/name_f], & [name_f]Acacia[/name_f] but my husband vetoed them early on, along with Ixia, Moraea, & [name_u]Aspen[/name_u].
Didn’t know [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] was one but that’s my husbands grandmothers name.
Eirlys is Welsh if i remember correctly. It means snow drop blossom
boys- [name_f]Jonquil[/name_f], [name_m]Basil[/name_m], Oleander, [name_m]Birch[/name_m]
girls- [name_u]Juniper[/name_u], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Briar[/name_f], [name_f]Dahlia[/name_f], [name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
I really love [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] out of your list. And then, to add a couple of my own… maybe [name_f]Heather[/name_f], [name_f]Fern[/name_f], or [name_f]Iris[/name_f]?
I love Aven!
My suggestion is [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], which means [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]. I also knew a [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] in university, I thought it was a lovely name.
For a boy maybe [name_m]William[/name_m], it’s a type of flower.
I love [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f]!
Other ideas:
[name_f]Narcissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilac[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavender[/name_f]
[name_f]Shoshana[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Calla[/name_f]
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Camillia[/name_f]
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Pansy[/name_f]
Lupin
[name_m]Narcissus[/name_m]
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_u]Yarrow[/name_u]
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_u]Ash[/name_u]
[name_u]Cedar[/name_u]
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_m]Jarred[/name_m]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Azalea[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
Thanks for teaching me my LO’s name is a type of daffodil!