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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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WhentheRabbitsWentWild · 25/02/2020 11:27

@Highlighta Grin Grin

Co0kPassBabtridge · 25/02/2020 11:25

You know your children are people and not just flagpoles upon which to advertise your own interests, right? You don’t have to thematise them like some sort of movie franchise.

ParsleyPot · 25/02/2020 11:23

If they identify as male:

Cactus (nn Cacka)
Weed - cool name for festivals
Giant Redwood

If identifying as female:

Belladonna
Canary Date Palm
Aloe Vera (nn Aloe Aloe)

EmmaOvary · 25/02/2020 11:23

Dahlia

Autumn2019 · 25/02/2020 11:22

Philodendron

NameChangeNugget · 25/02/2020 11:22

Desmodium

FuckPolitenessSSDGM · 25/02/2020 11:22

I'm sorry, I shouldn't mock you. My husband is into computer programming so we called our first born Python C++.

81Byerley · 25/02/2020 11:21

www.scientificlatin.org/botnamemean.html

Drybird2020 · 25/02/2020 11:20

Tamarisk or Tansy for a girl

Ash or Basil for a boy

81Byerley · 25/02/2020 11:19

Quercus for a boy?

Walkthedinosauuuuur · 25/02/2020 11:19

Weed.

Pedagoogle · 25/02/2020 11:19

How about Dionaea muscipula? Dion for short? 😁 🎍🦟

81Byerley · 25/02/2020 11:18

Amaryllis for a girl Fiorello for a boy (Little flower, Italian)

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 25/02/2020 11:18

Pohutukawa

Sweet William for a boy

Marcipex · 25/02/2020 11:17

Kalanchoe is nice.

Marcipex · 25/02/2020 11:15

Salix great for a boy.

Marcipex · 25/02/2020 11:14

Oh not Bougainvillea in case they are called Bogey, sorry.

TheLarkDescending · 25/02/2020 11:13

Clitoria?

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 25/02/2020 11:13

Honeysuckle. Gardenia.

Marcipex · 25/02/2020 11:13

Bougainvillea

Idontkowmyname · 25/02/2020 11:13

I’m another that likes Amaryllis.

Marcipex · 25/02/2020 11:13

Jacaranda

FuckPolitenessSSDGM · 25/02/2020 11:11

What about Japanese knotweed? Cow parsley? Corpse flower? Deadly nightshade? Blue green Algae? Pansy?

Highlighta · 25/02/2020 11:11

Crepidiastrixeris denticulatoplatyphylla

Shorten to Astrix

Spartonian · 25/02/2020 11:10

Amaryllis