Benedicte is a Norwegian and Danish feminine form of Benedict
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wow! Thank you for that article, it was very interesting. I’m trying to find a concise way of wording the definition and origin of the name. Not sure if I should keep the “beautiful land” meaning. And yes I’m very curious what other how the other states got their names. thank you for looking into it <3. hope it can be added to the name database!
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I had a classmate named Avinash too! We were kids but he looked Indian to me so I think it’s an indian name? He pronounced the first syllable as AH though
I am what, the 5th or 7th person who likes unusual botanical names? However, I don’t typically see them on the extended SSA list so I figured that’s why they haven’t been added after listing them in this thread. However, while I have not met one, Lunaria did make it to the extended SSA list last year!! 
So I think it’s finally time to add her to the list! 
Here’s some of the other botanical names I like that I previously mentioned What names have we missed? - #1684 by KaiLun Also Lavatera (mallows), Nolana, Calendula (Marigold), Aiglentina / Aiglentine (sweet briar rose in French), and Torenia (wishbone flower)
I met a guy named Carol the other day so I looked up this name and noticed Carol only had a page for girls. Carol for a boy was in the US top 1000 from about 1910 to 1960 so I think that definitely warrants Carol to have a male page. Especially since Caroll has never been in the top 1000 yet it has a boy page…
In 1940 for example, there were 253 boys named Carol, 46 boys named Carolyn, 23 for Carole and Caroll, and 8 for Caroline. That’s 10 times more Carols than Caroll
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And that’s what I find funny, because Arthur for a girl’s entry says…
Yes, it’s hard to see Arthur as a girls’ name, but our database pulls in every name that appears on every name popularity list from anywhere ever.
How did we miss Carol?!? 
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Faegan (g)
Origin: [name_f]English[/name_f], Irish
Meaning: Joyful
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Oaken. There is a puppy down the street from us named Oaken. He is named after Oak trees and even though he’s a dog, I think it would be cute on a kid.
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That is adorable 
Oaken is also the shopkeeper in Frozen 
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They really should add it. It seems like is has 3 votes now.
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i think a male entry should be added for Fern. not only are most nature / word names unisex, but Fern has usage as a male name; in 1903, it was rank 710 for boys
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make that four! Oaken is a legit name.
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Is Weather a name? Idk, but if it isn’t, it needs to be one. It’s really cool
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[name_f]Lauren[/name_f] has ranked for males multiple times before
It kind of bothers me that the system works so perfectly about masculine names on females but not the other way round.
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More obscure botanicals! bolded names are new as of this edit
Amabilis: “lovely”
Cassinia: after Alexandre de Cassini
Dalea: after English botanist Samuel Dale (pronounced /deɪ’liə/, like how I believed Delia was pronounced when I first read it)
Dionaea: aka Venus flytrap, after an epithet of Aphrodite
Dracaena: “dragon”
Elisena: after Elisa Bonaparte (sister to Napoleon); also a character in the medieval Iberian tale Amadís de Gaula
Gloriosa: “glorious
Hedera: Latin for the ivy plant
Kaliphora: “beauty-bearing”
Lutea: “yellow”
Moonflower
Morinda: “Indian mulberry”
Nandina: from the Japanese name nanten
Nemophila: “grove-loving”, aka baby blue eyes
Olyra: grass named after an ancient grain similar to spelt
Pellaea: “dark”
Peppermint
Philisia: “to love”
Polyantha: “many flowers”
Roella: after Dutch anatomist G. Roelle
Solandra: after Swedish explorer Daniel Carlsson Solander
Sophora: from the Arabic name for a pea-flowered tree sophera
Tamarix: after the Tamaris (now known as Tambre) river in Galicia, where some species grow
Tilia: the classical name for the linden tree
Ursinia: after Johann Heinrich Ursinus
Arum: from the Greek aron possibly meaning “cane, reed”
Cedrus: from the Latin for the cedar tree, said to be derived from the name of the river Kedron in Judea
Dryas: “oak”, for the leaves resemble oak leaves
Ferox: “fierce”
Foxtail
Hemlock
Ilex: the holly genus
Leonotis: “lion’s ear”, as the shape was compared to
Phlox: “flame”
Pyrus: the classical name for pear trees
Rubus: “red”, like the berries of many species
Corydalis: “crested lark”
Raspberry
Xyris: “razor”
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[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
Solandra
[name_f]Adeluna[/name_f]
Oaken
[name_f]Abcde[/name_f]
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Amora: female portuguese name that means berry. It’s also a variation of amor (love, in some romance languages - portuguese and spanish). The most famous person is a brazilian scriptwriter Amora Mautner.
Draguta: is a very old school feminine romanian name. Which means precious. Draga is a common variation of the name.
Cornel: is a name derived form Cornelius, also a surname. The surname is common in welsh countries while the name is used in Romania.
Argante: is the name of a female character in arthurian legends. Often shared the role of the lady of the lake depending of the version. The name means “silver”.
Elyon: name of a princess of a comic book, Witch. The name comes from the bible, one of the names of god. The name is probably unisex.
Treveri: A rare unisex name and surname. It means flowing river. It’s the name of an ancient community in Gallia, that originated the surname. info on wikipedia
Trevere is a variation of the name (I know an english man with this given name even tough I suppose it’s unisex given the origin)
Saleh: arab masculine given name meaning pious or virtuous. A variation of Salih.
Nitara female given name meaning “deeply rooted”
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I noticed you missed Fond. It’s a boy’s virtue name
Anfisa (Ann-fee-suh)
Meaning: Flowering
Origin: Russian
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Liadh - Irish
pronounced the same as Leah, from the word ‘liath’, which means ‘grey’ in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic.
can be treated as an Irish variation of Leah or a derivative of Liadan.
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Frith (u) archaic word for peace