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Would be a middle name. I thought a flower name would be nice for a spring baby. (Am due in May)

I quite like Primrose but don't know if it's too, well, prim!

Bluebell
Hyacinth
Petal
Blossom
Petula
Iris
Zinnia
Petunia

Primrose Violet Anemone Iris Magnolia narcissa Larkin!

I think Primrose is very nice.

How about ' May'? It is the middle name of two of my family members and I think it is lovely. And apt for the timing of your little one.

Blossom nice too

Second for May here. Just re-read my posts and am incoherent, sorry. Sleep, must have sleep.

I like Primrose. How about Marguerite (which is French for Daisy)?

We may name her Margaret soworn, so Marguerite wouldn't do!

I do like May but our preferred nickname is Maggie and Maggie May is a bit...something.

I like Maggie May. No I love it.

Violet

Camellia, Calantha

Lavender
Heather
Freesia
Rosemary
Jasmine
Pansy

Ohhhh I like Lavender!

We're having Ivy-Rose if it's a girl (still haven't decided if that's a first name or first and middle name) and a flower middle name could be overkill- but Lavender is now a contender for the potential DD2!

Aster
Laurel
Clover
Flora
Daisy
Delphine
Calla

Not strictly a flower but I love the name Fern.

Primrose is awesome too.

Primrose Shipman

Lavender Patten

Don't do it!

I'd go for Viola or Columbine. [romantic]

Dahlia

So many great choices here, thanks!

Our surname is rather...prosaic. Think a journalist quite convinced of her own gorgeousness. So I don't know if a flowery middle would sound odd? But I love them!

Columbine is beautiful Yak but unusable in America due to the school shooting.

Primrose is lovely (the Shipman connection mentioned above would be unknown in the US)

Maggie Rose is also spectacular!

I do quite like Maggie May (even though I was sort of joking when I wrote to you before)

Oh what about Rosalind?

Margaret Rosalind is beautiful

Sakura (cherry blossom) very apt for a may baby...

Jonquil
Hebe

Jonquil
Rosita
Tiger Lily
Magnolia
Laurel
Rowan

Sage
Even though not a flower!

Amaryllis. I love it but wasn't right for us to use. I called dd that through most of my pregnancy though. Beautiful flowers too!
I know someone called Primrose and its always shortened to Prim. Not quite so lovely!

Heliotrope

I knew a Sorrell once, it's a wild woodland flower

Kangaroo Paw? It's very pretty.

Maybe not <gets coat>

Pansy
Tansy
Alyssa (sweet Alyssum)
Heather

Iris
Orchid
Fuschia
Calla (Lily)

Oh I was going to suggest Columbine - it was going to be my girl's middle name, but I had another boy. But even here I wondered about using it due to the sad events in the USA.

The flower is lovely and the name - it wants reclaiming imo. But I understand why you can't

Iris is beautiful.

Rosebay Willowherb
Rosemary
Bluebell
Rosamund
Sorrel
Saffron (stems of crocuses, very expensive herb)

Sorrel not a flower ...do herbs count ??? Love this name

How about Jessamine. Think it's old English for Jasmine.

Primrose is lovely & love Jessamine. How about tulip or cherry?
Or you could go or a flower that blooms in may: www.flowers.org.uk/flowers/flowers-by-month/may/

I know a little girl called Maggie May. Not sure if the parents knew of the song of the same name...!

I like Amaryllis. My DD's middle name is Lily because its my mums favourite flowers.

Lotus

Hazel-spring catkins
Bryony

Nemesia?

Aster - I have a friend in Belgium whose daughter is called that

Azalea
Daisy
Dahlia
Aster
Honeysuckle
Bluebell
Snowdrop
Lily

I've always secretly wanted to use Bloom as a middle name. Haven't had the chance yet. Please use it.

Has anyone said Hebe yet? It's so cute and pretty (rhymes with Phoebe).

love Margaret primrose! Definitely go for that!

I've taught a Posy. She suited her name beautifully!

Viola
Violet
Pansy
Petal
Blossom
Cherry (blossom!)
Buttercup
Clover
Hyacinth
Bluebell
Poppy
Delphi (nium)
Jasmine
Laurel

Azalea
Dahlia
Clover
Fern
Poppy
Violet
Amarantha
Amaryllis
Camellia
Hazel
Iris
Poppy
Pansy

(Congratulations on having a girl! )

Fleur

Posy - I love, love, love this but dp wouldn't let me use it.

Indigo - Love it but clashes with my surname :-(

Fleur! I love that name!

Acacia.

I love it but DP says Bananaman.

Thanks for all the suggestions...some lovely names here!

It has been so cold here (-20, snow covering everything, wind that'll knock you down) that I'm really looking forward to spring! I've been looking at all kinds of flowery, bunny-bedecked things for the nursery too. All these flower names feel like a bit of sunshine.

Yes, Acacia = Bananaman. Sorry but it always makes me think of Eric! We have an Acacia Road near us and it always makes me smile. I think Eric lived on Acacia Drive.

Blossom?

A good spring flower is Tulip!

I went to school with a Sunflower.

I was going to suggest Fleur too!

Love the name Primrose, it's very cute, and the names others have suggested - Lavender, Jasmine and Rosalind.

Jonquil

Lilac? Margaret Lilac..
The DDs gave me a little tin of Pacifica lilac rub-on perfume for Christmas and I think of spring every time I pry it open.

Or would the Welsh Eirlys be too far out and unexplainable or unpronounceable? Eirlys is 'snowdrop'.

Zytka is Polish for rosebud.

Linnea? Popular in Scandinavia.

Aven - a small mountain flower.

anémone,
angélique,
Azalée,
Erica (heather)
Camelia,
Viorica (violet)
Veronique
Capucine,
Hortense, hortensia
Jacinthe,
Narcise,
garance,
églantine,
Mélissa,
Lilas,
Gentiane,
Marjolaine/marjorie
Valeriane
Amaranthe,
Myrtille

I went to school with a Jacinth and used to teach a Summer (and a Song).

Margaret Cassia -- that is cinnamon

Or what about Margaret Ivy?

Peony

Jonquil

Marigold

There are some great suggestions so far.

How about Madelief (Ma-de-leaf)? Which is the Dutch version of Daisy.

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Oh, and Rosmarijn (Rose-mar-yne) which is Rosemary.

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Linden- one of my favourite smells

There was a Cloudberry at my school, always kind do admired her parents's nerve.

Like Linden.

Rowan

Fearne

Phlox! I so so so wanted Phlox for DD but have a deeply dull DH.

Bryony is awesome

Katniss

Honeysuckle [like the actress Honeysuckle Weekes]
Briony
Heather or Erica

Bryony is awesome, she's also hyper cute.

She's a friends DD

Poppy

I wanted Primrose, we had a boy. My mum said if we had used Primrose she would never have called her by her name, would have refused