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Name for sibling of Sequoiadendron?

341 replies

claudethelad · 25/02/2020 10:56

I'm expecting a second child and struggling with name ideas. Not sure of the gender yet but would like something unique that you don't find often. My husband is a botanist which is why we called our daughter Sequoiadendron (Sequoia for short!) and we're looking for something similar that's plant related.
Thanks in advance for the help fellow mums!! :)

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ScarlettBlaize · 25/02/2020 12:19

My husband is a dentist. Our kids are Sapientia, Calculus and Kynodontes.

OhCaptain · 25/02/2020 12:19

Planty mc-flower bush

😂😂😂😂

AnneKipanki · 25/02/2020 12:18

Pampas Grass ( inspired by another thread )

Bluetrews25 · 25/02/2020 12:17

I'm a physiotherapist, so mine are called Scaphoid (NN Scaff) and Pisiform (NN Pi).
DH was working in TV and film at the time wanted to call them Bafta and Emmy, but they were boys, so I won.

You seem to like trees....
Araucaria araucana could perhaps work for both?
(Monkey Puzzle Tree)

Aridane · 25/02/2020 12:17

(now runnng out of plants in my garden to refer to)

Aridane · 25/02/2020 12:16

Hebe Veronica - either name for short

Aridane · 25/02/2020 12:16

Cotoneaster - Cotton or Asta for short

handbagsatdawn33 · 25/02/2020 12:16

Stinking Ragwort. Drop the "stinking" after potty training.

Aridane · 25/02/2020 12:15

Garya eliptica - Gary For short Grin

Aridane · 25/02/2020 12:14

Jasminoides - Jasmine for short

Aridane · 25/02/2020 12:14

Sempervivum - Viv for short

Aridane · 25/02/2020 12:13

Echeveria - Vera for short

Fere · 25/02/2020 12:12

to be accurate it has to be either Sequoia or Metasequoia

ElphiasDoge · 25/02/2020 12:12

Azalea
Chrysanthemum
Tansy
Sorrel
Delphinium
Daphne

ThisIsM · 25/02/2020 12:11

This thread has had me in stitches. Esp - 'unfortunately it's a bag fungus' *vag fungus 🤣

Chinks123 · 25/02/2020 12:11

Thatcher
Darwin
Rain
James-but only if it’s a girl
If it’s a girl Phoebe, it’s a boy phoebo

HerRoyalFattyness · 25/02/2020 12:10

Neil for a boy.
And Jane for a girl.

corduroyal · 25/02/2020 12:09

I know a sequoia! I think it's nice. Pretty sure she's not got the dendron bit tho

Oak or Fig for boy
Or you could go for Everest because you've already got the biggest tree, might as well do a mountain

BarbaraofSeville · 25/02/2020 12:07

I don't know, Nigel is probably one of those names that's ripe for a comeback.

Call a baby boy Nigel and next thing you know, they'll either be in a class full of Nigels, or at the very least, that's what all their younger brothers will be called.

VideographybyLouBloom · 25/02/2020 12:04

You need to go really 'out there' and call him Nigel.

FagAsh · 25/02/2020 12:04

Sativa??

GingerGill · 25/02/2020 12:04

Aster - very pretty flower x

CandyApple1995 · 25/02/2020 12:02

I know a little girl called Artemissia and I think that's lovely, she gets Artie for short x

drspouse · 25/02/2020 12:02

I'm so sorry we didn't see this before having our two, as we would definitely have called them Sassy (NN Sas) and Rory (NN R).

DontCallMeShitley · 25/02/2020 12:02

Atropa Belladonna, Deadly for short.

Or Ridiculosaparenta