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Gardening related names

157 replies

AmpleSwan · 16/09/2025 12:26

Hello all,

DH and I are keen gardeners and currently expecting DC1 (sex as yet unknown).

I am very keen on plant names and honestly am struggling to balance a name I love with a plant I love (for example I adore Rhododendrons as plants but wouldn't wan't to saddle a child with that as a name, whereas Poppy and Daisy are very cute names from a baby but don't particularly meet my horticultural tastes.) I am looking for people's immediate, extremely judgemental and biased opinions on what they would think of a girl named 1. Ivy 2. Ivy-Rose 3. Dahlia 4. Violet 5. Violet-Rose 6. Azalea 7. Amaranth.

Suggestions for boys names other than Ash very welcome.

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Smartiepants79 · 16/09/2025 12:34

Pansy
lavender
fern
elder
willow
olive
holly

I don’t like dahlia, azalea or amaranth myself.

Lafufufu · 16/09/2025 12:31

Iris is a fave of mine

ItsFineReally · 16/09/2025 12:31

Rowan
Basil
Heath

Personally, not a fan of hyphenated names so 3, 4, 1, 6 in order of preference for your girl names.

Harrysmummy246 · 16/09/2025 12:30

Rowan for either sex
Willow
Fern

Honestly, no to Amaranth. JUST NO. Not overly keen on Azalea either but that might be my horticultural preferences showing through...
Might be worth looking at Botanical rather than common names

CrackingOn50 · 16/09/2025 12:29

But, more sensibly:

Leander
Rowan
Primrose

BarnacleBeasley · 16/09/2025 12:29

I don't love hyphenated names anyway, but if you are planning to have more botanically-named children in the future, you probably shouldn't use up two plants in one go. Otherwise they're all fine except Amaranth and I don't think I'd like to be called Azalea either. Iris is quite popular?

Mumsnet loves Rowan for a boy.

CrackingOn50 · 16/09/2025 12:28

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