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Find me the perfect name?

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popsicle1984 · 14/05/2012 18:47

I've realised that most girls names I like fall in to 2 categories:

Old fashioned nature names - Pearl, Clementine, Iris
European girls names ending in A - Athena, Flavia, Valentina

I thought that maybe if I could find a name that fitted in to both categories it might be the perfect name!

can you think of any that fit in to both? I did think of Flora (old fashioned, nature, Roman goddess of flowers and spring and ends in A!) but... well the margarine thing holds me back!

So there's your challenge!

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MagdalenaAlec · 29/05/2012 22:01

Petunia and Azalea are the only two I can think of

Matryoschka · 29/05/2012 21:29

Have you decided OP?

SunsandRoses · 15/05/2012 13:42

cassia the cinammon tree

MarySA · 15/05/2012 09:37

Venetia

Idratherbeknitting · 15/05/2012 09:08

My DD3 is a Flora.
Don't discount it! It's a fabulous name.
Its beautiful without being difficult to spell, and we've found it really doesn't shorten. She's also the only one I've come accross (in a really big school where flowery names are very prominent).
I only had the 'margerine' comment once, and it soon doesn't matter, my DD3 calls it 'my' butter!

poppy283 · 15/05/2012 09:04

Paloma means 'dove' in Spanish

poppy283 · 15/05/2012 08:56

Violetta?

TheSecondComing · 14/05/2012 22:34

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Stellan · 14/05/2012 22:20

Clementina.

Tannhauser · 14/05/2012 21:31

Aethra (bright sky)

BringBack1996 · 14/05/2012 20:46

Floriana is lovely and fits the bill perfectly!

Matryoschka · 14/05/2012 20:41

Azalea
Rosalia (with the accent on the "i")
Rosella
Tea (as in Tay-a)
Viola
Lilia
Floriana
Begonia
Amaranta
Mandola
Melissa

I've weeded out (pardon the pun) all the really awful ones like Pimpinela and Gigliola

Concordia · 14/05/2012 20:39

i think Thea, although i'm surprised Lockets hasn't been on to say this already Grin

LicoriceComfit · 14/05/2012 20:37

Ambrosia

Matryoschka · 14/05/2012 20:36

Ambra
Ametista
Camelia
Dalia
Gelsomina
Giada
Mimosa
Perla

Geranium3 · 14/05/2012 20:34

Lamorna, a beautiful wooded valley in the far west of cornwall that leads down to a tiny, unspoilt sandy cove with the bluest of seas, often both seals and dolphins can be seen.
You can't get more nature than that in a name and Lamorna is a lovely traditional cornish name.

Floggingmolly · 14/05/2012 20:34

Fodhla?

BringBack1996 · 14/05/2012 20:27

No she didn't, as I said I'm really not on the ball today!

PestoPenguin · 14/05/2012 20:23

Zinnia's a great name Grin

PercyFilth · 14/05/2012 20:21

sorry, Fuchsia (I always get that the wrong way round)

PercyFilth · 14/05/2012 20:19

OP didn't specify southern Europe, did she?

A lot of Latin-sounding flower names incorporate the name of a botanist - Magnolia is another (Magnol - French)
Zinnia (Zinn - German)
Fuschia (Fuchs :)

jeanjeannie · 14/05/2012 20:14

I've got an Iris (so obviously love that!) and Valentina was on the list - I applaud your taste! I also have a Verity.

Love Saskia and Marina. DH's Serbian side of the family have some great names like Patunia (which I believe is from the flower, Petunia) Daphna and Jelena, which I like too.

A great source of European names for inspiration is a model agency website such as Models One, as the women are from all over the world. Just looking now at the first page of women whose names start with A has yeilded
Alicia, Anais, Alba, Alyssa and Amber Smile

PestoPenguin · 14/05/2012 20:14

Delia is also derived from Island (if that's naturey enough!)

Tallulah means leaping water, but isn't European and doesn't end with the letter 'a', only the sound.

Dora is sweet, but doesn't fit most of your criteria (and then there's 'the explorer' issue Wink)

SunsandRoses · 14/05/2012 20:13

Nigella i think that's the latin for the flower love in a mist
anthea means flower
angelica is a herb

OhTinky · 14/05/2012 20:13

Cordelia?

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