Need some creative ideas

Im looking for potential middle names based on names/things that remind me of my grandma.

*Johnny-Jump-Ups (a type of flower, pansy if i remember correctly)
*Tiger [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
*Hummingbird

These are all things that specifically make me think of my grandma but none of them make good middle names :confused: What are some creative alternatives that somehow embody these names/things?

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The technical name for Johnny-Jump-Ups is viola tricolor, and [name_f]Viola[/name_f] is a name. So is [name_f]Violet[/name_f]. It is the progenitor of the cultivated pansy, and [name_f]Pansy[/name_f] is a name. [name_f]Lola[/name_f] could be a stretch from [name_f]Viola[/name_f]. [name_u]Or[/name_u] you could do something like [name_f]Jeanie[/name_f] if you want something reminiscent of the sounds of [name_u]Johnny[/name_u] instead.

[name_f]Lily[/name_f] is also a name. You could do something like [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], [name_f]Lillie[/name_f], [name_f]Liliana[/name_f], or [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] if you like those better.

While [name_u]Hummingbird[/name_u] isn’t a name, [name_f]Birdie[/name_f] is used occasionally. [name_u]Or[/name_u] you could do something like [name_f]Avis[/name_f] or [name_f]Aviana[/name_f].

[name_f]Flora[/name_f] and [name_f]Florrie[/name_f] are generalized flowery names.

[name_f]Pansy[/name_f] is a name that I think is really cute and springy, however it has some not so great connotations that you should consider. You could also use [name_f]Viola[/name_f] as suggested above, or a name like [name_f]Tomke[/name_f], Acintya or Yochana, which mean the same thing that the [name_f]Pansy[/name_f] flower symbolizes (thought.)

[name_f]Tigerlily[/name_f] I would also consider a name, and I think it would be especially cool as a middle. In [name_m]Peter[/name_m] [name_m]Pan[/name_m], the name of the Native princess of Neverland is [name_f]Tigerlily[/name_f], so it feels established. However, I second the suggestion that you could also use [name_f]Lily[/name_f], or any other variation (Lilibet, [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], [name_f]Lillemor[/name_f], Lilias…etc.) [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], [name_f]Shoshana[/name_f], [name_f]Susan[/name_f], and [name_f]Suzette[/name_f] also mean LIiy. The names [name_u]Tora[/name_u], [name_u]Taika[/name_u], and Nimra mean [name_u]Tiger[/name_u].

As for hummingbird, in Spanish the word for hummingbird is [name_f]Colibrí[/name_f], which is also a name meaning hummingbird, and I think it’s super cute. [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_u]Ruby[/name_u], [name_f]Calliope[/name_f], [name_f]Beryl[/name_f], and [name_f]Violet[/name_f] also connect because of the different kinds of hummingbirds (Anna’s hummingbird, etc.)

There’s a type of hummingbird called a Violetear… could this be used? It would tick two boxes. Not sure how it’s pronounced. You’ve had plenty of other amazing suggestions so not sure I can really add anything else. I concur the [name_f]Tigerlily[/name_f] would make a fun middle :blush:

[name_f]Viola[/name_f] (official name for johnny-jump-ups)
[name_u]Juno[/name_u] (combining the sounds of 'Johnny-Jump-Ups?)
[name_f]Tilly[/name_f] (combing [name_u]Tiger[/name_u] and Lily)
Susannah/Susan (means Lily)
Flora/Florence/Fleur
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] (via the line '“There’s pansies, that’s for thoughts” from Hamlet)
Jane/Joan/Joanne/Johanna (from ‘Johnny’)
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] (means bird)
[name_f]Avis[/name_f] (bird meaning)
[name_f]Deryn[/name_f] (bird meaning)
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] (as in, red-throated hummingbird)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] (violet-throated hummingbird - and a nod to Johnny-Jump-Ups via [name_f]Viola[/name_f] too?)
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f] (Calliope hummingbirds)
[name_f]Summer[/name_f] (tigerlilies flower in summer; Johnny-jump-ups are used in A Midsummer’s [name_u]Night[/name_u] [name_u]Dream[/name_u])

[name_f]Tigerlily[/name_f] would be so cute

[name_f]Lily[/name_f] (of course!)
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] / [name_f]Susannah[/name_f] (means lily from Biblical/Ancient Hebrew, שׁוֹשָׁן shoshan)
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f] (Lily in Russian and a variant of Lilia)
[name_u]Merle[/name_u] (means “songbird” in [name_u]French[/name_u] and German)
[name_f]Johanna[/name_f] (Johnny → Johanna)
[name_f]Merel[/name_f] (Dutch form of Merle)
[name_f]Ava[/name_f] / [name_f]Avis[/name_f] (means bird from Latin)
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
[name_u]Yuri[/name_u] (lily in Japanese 百合)
[name_f]Lilas[/name_f] (Lily in [name_u]French[/name_u], in [name_u]French[/name_u] you read it as “lee-LAH”.)
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] (Viola tricolour is the official name of Johnny-Jump-Ups.)
[name_f]Birdie[/name_f] (referring to hummingbirds)
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] (means “songbird”)
Cecily/Cecilia/Cecelia / [name_f]Cicely[/name_f] (One of the possible etymologies is “lily of the sky”, from celo lilia, celis lilia, which combines both birds and lilies.)
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u] (a species of hummingbird)
[name_f]Anna[/name_f] (Another species of hummingbird)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] (Violet crowned hummingbird; reference also to [name_f]Viola[/name_f] tricolour)
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] / [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] “Bee” (Bee hummingbird; violet [name_m]Tri[/name_m]colour → [name_f]Bea[/name_f]TRIx/ce)
[name_u]Lilian[/name_u] / [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] / [name_f]Liliana[/name_f] (“of the lily/lilies”(

I would totally use [name_f]Tigerlily[/name_f] or [name_u]Hummingbird[/name_u] as middles.