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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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Floribundance · 25/02/2020 12:39

Ahem

^ points at name

theoriginalmadambee · 25/02/2020 12:38

Those poor kids, whose parents have to show up their qualifications. Wondering if this is a botanist thing. We have a distant relative, who married a botanist, she also insisted in calling their dc horrible, horrible tree names.

But if op has a career, surely next dc should be named accordingly? Kind of hope she's a cook, then name the dc 'frying pan'.

CandyCaneLeBonBon · 25/02/2020 12:37

How about Myparentsarebonkers?

ifIwerenotanandroid · 25/02/2020 12:35

btw, DH's initials are SC & we were both programmers when we met, so we decided if we had a son he'd be Alexander [DH name] the Second, so ASCII.

BoreOfWhabylon · 25/02/2020 12:35

Heracleum-Mantegazzianum

or Giant Hogweed for short.

Suitable for a boy or girl

PleasantVille · 25/02/2020 12:33

I don't usually click on baby name threads so have no idea if this is a piss take on another thread but surely no one would give a child a name that all teachers will curse and will mean they have to spend their whole like spelling, explaining and smiling politely when people comment on it.

My name is fairly normal but can be spelled in two different ways, it gets tiring always have to spell it out.

OhWellThatsJustGreat · 25/02/2020 12:33

It's actually very pretty when you say it. But a bit Shock to read.

I like Taraxacum or Persicaria for a girl.
Dandelion and Devils-Tail

I like Malus or Pyrus for a boy.
Apple and pear.

64sNewName · 25/02/2020 12:32

I once came across someone in an 1890s newspaper whose occupation was related to volcanos and whose numerous children had names like Etna and Vesuvia.

I then looked them up in census records out of sheer curiosity, and they were real.

ifIwerenotanandroid · 25/02/2020 12:32

Silybum?

Nuttyaboutnutella · 25/02/2020 12:30

Olivia or James, obviously.

HelenUrth · 25/02/2020 12:30

Trachycarpus if it's a boy.

Given it's a little bit fern-like, it's perfect to go with little Sequoiadendron's middle name.

Windyone · 25/02/2020 12:30

Hahaha “UK Deed Poll Service” just came up as an advert 😀

HelgaHere1 · 25/02/2020 12:29

Garrya Elliptica

bananahood · 25/02/2020 12:27

BOG MYRTLE. Bog for short.

Flutteringsatlast · 25/02/2020 12:26

Cleaner here.
Dd is Windy. Nn for windolene.
Ds's - twins - are Sheen and Cifton, Cif for short...
Grin

MisguidedAngel · 25/02/2020 12:26

Let's have more occupation-related baby names. My children's father was a maths teacher, so we could have had
pythagorus
algebra
hypotoneuse
maybe simultaneous first name, middle name equation
decimal first name middle name point

Thank goodnes that fifty years ago it was only narcissistic celebrities who were this deluded/selfish. Apologies to the OP if this is a joke. The trouble is that there are so many batshit parents out there that maybe it isn't.

Michelleoftheresistance · 25/02/2020 12:24

If your first child is the largest tree in the world then the second child will need to be called Pennantia Baylisiana, obvs.

Although Grondagronda Aspidistra is an absolute classic, that was a thing of joy to see suggested.

SisyphusDad · 25/02/2020 12:24

Another one for the expectant computer-minded parents: Robert'); DROP TABLE students;--, Little Bobby Tables for short.

xkcd.com/327/

AnneKipanki · 25/02/2020 12:23

I know a hygienist with children called Floss and Brush.

Alsoco · 25/02/2020 12:23

Gillyweed

FakeFraudSquad · 25/02/2020 12:23

Must have been a big baby @FamilyOfAliens, hence the name #ouch

DonKeyshot · 25/02/2020 12:23

Sequoia has Native American connotations and it's shame the new name has to be plant related as that rules out Pocohontas, Mitena, Sacajawea, Olathe, Chenoa, and many others, but Aiyana means 'forever flowering' Of course, if it's a boy Geronimo, Sitting Bull, or Powhatan might suit as would Dances With Wolves. Smile

Perhaps Liriodendron with or without tulipifera or Cerciscanadensis would be more to your taste with Acerrubron or Cornusflorida for a boy?

Take no notice of the naysayers, OP. Narrow minds are a natural breeding ground for contempt and there's always the odd keyboard warrior who write things they'd never dream of saying to your face. That said, some of the responses have given me cause to chuckle.

FamilyOfAliens · 25/02/2020 12:22

Isn’t a Sequoia a large, thick tree with a very wide trunk?

Miriel · 25/02/2020 12:21

Dracula Simia?

Jobseeker19 · 25/02/2020 12:20

I like Bafta and Emmy