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Original poster

Need a boys name to go with my five 'flowery' girls names!

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cherrycocacola · 09/04/2011 18:42

Am currently expecting DC6(!). Bump will be much longed-for DS1. Already have:

Saffron
Dahlia
Violet
Tulip
Blossom

We would love to carry on the 'flower' theme for DS, but we don't mind branching into 'nature theme. Any ideas?

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serin · 11/04/2011 22:56

Cedar
Moss
Fox (foxglove)
Basil
Timber
Thistle
Thorn (No one would mess with him!)

QueeferSutherland · 11/04/2011 22:44

I have a Blossom, and always thought I'd call a boy Berry if I had one. Like Berry Gordy.

I like;

Berry
Acer
Rowan
Sylvan

ValiumBandwitch · 11/04/2011 22:42

I know a gardener who named his daughter Hyacinth because "it is the sweetest smelling flower". I had tears in my eyes! no idea what the flower smells like. I wouldn't recognise it either tbh

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bemybebe · 11/04/2011 22:37

Isn't 'Hyacinth' the first name of Mrs Bucket from "Keeping up appearances"?...

freesias · 11/04/2011 22:31

sorrel
cedar
sylvan/sylvester meaning of the woods
linden

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womma · 11/04/2011 22:03

My gran's family were all flowery girls and the only boy was (sweet) William, aah.

Their dad used to have a little posy of each flower in his buttonhole on special occassions. So my vote is William!

devonsmummy · 11/04/2011 21:00

Not heard of Tannon before, rather like it!

blueberrymoon · 11/04/2011 20:48

I'm watching this thread with interest as my DS's middle name is River which we love, and have wondered about carrying on the nature theme for future DC. I am liking Reef at the moment for middle name of possible future DS!

ResurrectionByChocolate · 11/04/2011 20:33

Jonquil is used for a boy's name (daffodil).

CheerfulYank · 11/04/2011 19:12

I like River and Rowan a lot. Ash and Thorne are all right. :)

(I love it when people choose nature-y names...I'm a Jack/Sam/Annie kind of girl myself, but I enjoy other peoples' choices. :) )

minipie · 11/04/2011 19:07

Rowan and Ash are by far the best so far.

blackeyeddog · 11/04/2011 18:53

herbert nn herb/herbie

RumourOfAHurricane · 11/04/2011 18:52

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cherrycocacola · 11/04/2011 18:50

Wow! Thank you all so much. Tarragon seems to be a no-no now, as is Bracken. New shortlist:
Forrest (am not worried about Gump)
Moss
River
Rowan
Thorne
Ash
Oakley

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freesias · 11/04/2011 18:49

jonquil a girls name possibly but at least he could shorten it to jon

ValiumBandwitch · 11/04/2011 18:47

Rowan

gallicgirl · 11/04/2011 18:40

Weed?

Newjobthankgod · 11/04/2011 18:31

I went to school with a kid called Thorne who was uber cool.

freesias · 11/04/2011 18:25

bamboostalks i think at one point briony like rowan was unisex but has become feminised . definitely knew a male briony back in the 70s

ResurrectionByChocolate · 11/04/2011 18:20

Heathcliff? or Birch

CheerfulYank · 11/04/2011 18:17

Oh and really like Kiefer.

CheerfulYank · 11/04/2011 18:17

Aspen is nice, Cedar ok. Indigo lovely. Phoenix? Robin?

Heath is nice and not too out there.

bamboostalks · 11/04/2011 18:13

Surely Briony is a girl's name by anyone's judgement?

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