Please or to access all these features

Add post

Watch this thread

Save thread

Start a new thread

Unflip thread

Hide thread

My feed

Active Unanswered threads

Getting started FAQ's

Unanswered threads Acronyms Talk guidelines

Hide shortcut buttons

Talk

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Unflip

1 2 3 4 5

Original poster

Different flower names?!

112 replies

lvra · 14/08/2019 18:58

Hi, I'm looking for a different flower name for a little girl. I already have a primrose so looking for something that goes well with her name. Thank you in advance!

OP posts:

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

FenellaMaxwell · 28/08/2019 01:20

Pansy has a very unfortunate record of being used as a homophobic slur so I really wouldn’t use it!

How about:
Clover
Catkin
Daffodil
Marguerite
Flora
Sage
Willow
Sorrel

Verily1 · 28/08/2019 01:12

Cherryblossom
Ivy
Thistle
Heather
Clover
Honeysuckle

Lyingonthesofainthedark · 23/08/2019 22:45

Veronica

BoggiesBonnieBelle · 23/08/2019 19:59

If you like Violet, what about Vinca? I know a Vinca in her 30s. When she was born someone described her eyes as "Vinca blue" and her parents decided that was the perfect name for her.

Butterflycookie · 23/08/2019 16:59

Thought of a few more....
Bluebell
Petal
Blossom
Poppy
Hyacinth
Flora
Marigold
Ivy
Iris
Belladonna
Bellerose
Callaia
Camellia
Cassia
Clover
Cynthia
Lavender

nameberry.com/list/97/Flower-Names-for-Girls?page=6
There’s loads on this website

WinterHare · 23/08/2019 14:03

Pansy is beautiful and quite an uncommon name

Antonin · 22/08/2019 17:07

I knew a little girl called Pansy about 35+ years ago. Beautiful child and the name suited her. I thought it a bit strange until I got used to it as she was just the first of only 2 people I’ve met called that.

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 22/08/2019 16:27

That's so sweet! 🌸

Original poster

lvra · 22/08/2019 15:14

My name is jasmine and my mum is called fleur, that is what started the flower theme! I do really like pansy, I think it's pretty.

OP posts:

WinterHare · 22/08/2019 13:57

Fleur, Jasmine or Pansy.

Original poster

lvra · 22/08/2019 13:24

So many beautiful names!!

OP posts:

Lahlahfizzyfizzydoda · 22/08/2019 13:03

Lahley (pronounced lar-lay) is the Persian name for tulip.

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 21/08/2019 21:49

Winston Churchill had a daughter called Marigold

These have probably been said:

Alcea
Rose/a
Róisín
Lily
Jasmine
Ivy
Fraoch (Irish for heather)
Heather
Holly
Daisy
Bluebell
Dara (Irish for oak)
Ger(anium)
Lilac
Petunia

greyblue · 18/08/2019 22:53

I love the flower peony, but whenever I buy peonies I do think it sounds like penis.

miamiibiza · 17/08/2019 21:02

Posy

WeshMaGueule · 17/08/2019 20:40

Peony > weeny peeny. Don't do it.

MrsKittyFane1 · 17/08/2019 15:31

I love Fleur and Iris

Flamingosnbears · 17/08/2019 15:20

Floria
Amarantha
Magnolia
Gardenia

Ninkaninus · 17/08/2019 14:03

It’s already been mentioned but I like Bryony. I think it goes well with Primrose.

Ninkaninus · 17/08/2019 14:01

I’m sure it’s been said but Fleur Is rather nice.

Otherwise Peony, or is that too matchy matchy?

Oh dear just saw the comments on Peony...

Hmmm, let me read the thread first!

Original poster

lvra · 17/08/2019 13:57

I do agree with the name peony, the more I think about it the more I think of 'pee on me' 🙈

OP posts:

Antonin · 17/08/2019 12:41

I wouldn’t use Peony (though I love the flower) because it is open to teasing— pee on me etc
I always think of Bluebell when I think of Primrose.
Both relatively unusual without being too out there.

FartnissEverbeans · 15/08/2019 21:48

I love these threads! And I love Primrose.

Peony is very sweet but it sounds too much like ‘pee on me’

I’ve come across children named Campion, Bracken, Bramble and Samphire (not all flowers but there aren’t many that haven’t been mentioned already!).

Ffion (fee-on) means ‘foxglove’ in Welsh.

Honesty is a flower name too. I actually kind of like it with Primrose.

Willow is lovely but has probably already been mentioned.

Sakura means ‘cherry blossom’ in Japanese.

BikeRunSki · 15/08/2019 20:22

Fair enough, good point @Hopefullysmart.

Lara53 · 15/08/2019 20:01

Zenobia

Unflip

1 2 3 4 5

Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

Join Mumsnet Log In

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.