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Pretty and slightly unusual flower names?

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CheerfulYank · 26/01/2013 03:52

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!

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RooneyMara · 26/01/2013 08:25

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 Sad

birdofthenorth · 26/01/2013 08:23

Iris
Orchid
Fuschia
Calla (Lily)

greenandcabbagelooking · 26/01/2013 08:10

Pansy
Tansy
Alyssa (sweet Alyssum)
Heather

Seabright · 26/01/2013 08:05

Kangaroo Paw? It's very pretty.

Maybe not

Wereonourway · 26/01/2013 07:56

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

Badvoc · 26/01/2013 07:56

Heliotrope

DizzyPurple · 26/01/2013 07:55

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!

solittletime · 26/01/2013 07:52

Sage
Even though not a flower!

BikeRunSki · 26/01/2013 07:50

Jonquil
Rosita
Tiger Lily
Magnolia
Laurel
Rowan

sashh · 26/01/2013 07:04

Jonquil
Hebe

LeMousquetaireAnonyme · 26/01/2013 06:23

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

TanteRose · 26/01/2013 05:56

Oh what about Rosalind?

Margaret Rosalind is beautiful

TanteRose · 26/01/2013 05:54

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) Smile

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CheerfulYank · 26/01/2013 05:50

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. :(

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TotallyEggFlipped · 26/01/2013 05:34

Dahlia

Yakshemash · 26/01/2013 05:33

Primrose Shipman

Lavender Patten

Don't do it!

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

ScumbagCollegeDropout · 26/01/2013 05:31

Not strictly a flower but I love the name Fern.

Primrose is awesome too.

TheSloppelganger · 26/01/2013 05:24

Aster
Laurel
Clover
Flora
Daisy
Delphine
Calla

ohfunnyhoneyface · 26/01/2013 05:17

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!

RiaOverTheRainbow · 26/01/2013 04:57

Lavender
Heather
Freesia
Rosemary
Jasmine
Pansy

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DrRanj · 26/01/2013 04:30

Violet

Bearandcub · 26/01/2013 04:28

I like Maggie May. No I love it.

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CheerfulYank · 26/01/2013 04:27

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. :)

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deleted203 · 26/01/2013 04:18

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