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Unusual flower names

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backgardengirl · 28/09/2010 22:29

Any thoughts on Lupin (ok strictly speaking it's a boy's name, but it's also a flower) or Zinnia (one of the twins in the Darling Buds of May)? Looking for something botanical that isn't 'flowery'. Any other suggestions?

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foreverastudent · 29/09/2010 12:17

Hyacinth
Peony
Lavender

telsa · 29/09/2010 13:09

Sorrel is a nice botanical name. Bit like Laurel, I guess - and apparently related to the name Burnett.

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expectingno3 · 29/09/2010 14:05

Delphine, Hebe, Fern

Pasiphae · 29/09/2010 14:17

Also...
Marigold, Petunia, Fushia, Dahlia, Ellebore, Amaranth, Artemisia, Clematis, Lobelia, Mapel, Perrywinkle, Marjoram, Mulberry, Orchid Olive, Verbena, Tamarind?

HerHonesty · 29/09/2010 15:00

everyone will no doubt laugh but i have a buttercup (middle name). but we love it. lupin sounds a bit like the disease lupus.

anyabanya · 29/09/2010 15:36

Hebe is lovely... was on my list if we had a dd.

poppyknot · 29/09/2010 15:57

Sweet William!

'A flowery name' cf The Family from One End Street

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 29/09/2010 16:01

Dittany. Grin

tanmu82 · 29/09/2010 16:09

OMG, some of the suggestions on here are a bit Hmm to say the least. I mean 'Perriwinkle' ??? Are you serious!

diddl · 29/09/2010 16:10

Hebe.

Alishanty · 29/09/2010 21:42

Bryony
Ivy
Sorrell
Iris?

Firawla · 29/09/2010 22:10

not Lupin it sounds like a joke name, i think they may get teased...
Zinnia is v pretty though

mrsgordonfreeman · 29/09/2010 22:13

Marigold was my first choice for dd.

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 29/09/2010 22:44

Marigolds is industrial rubber gloves, innit.

Pasiphae · 30/09/2010 12:13

Perrywinkle is an unusual flower name.

I offered possibilities, after that it's a question of personal taste!
(I quite like it actually, although certainly not as a first name.)

theagedparent · 30/09/2010 12:18

Tulip
Bluebell

Zinnia is lovely was the name of Matildas mum. Zinnia Wormwood I think

mathanxiety · 30/09/2010 20:40

'your life or your lupins' or was it the other way round? Anyway, not Lupin.

Zytka (Polish for rose(bud))
Calantha (lovely flower, Greek)
Aster
Aven
Linnea
Cynthia
Leilani
Zahara
Ivy
Camellia
Crisanta
Marguerite

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backgardengirl · 30/09/2010 22:05

Ho ho Lupin didn't go down very well! My favourite children's book had a girl in it called Lupin - I guess it doesn't have such nice connotations for anyone else! Thanks for all the suggestions and good feedback about Zinnia (is a bit crazy though - no?)

Other faves are:

Hebe - seems to come out as a favourite on this thread
Rowan
Hazel
Bryony - forgot this is a flower, and it's a lovely name

Thanks!

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CheerfulYank · 30/09/2010 22:10

I like Zinnia :)

fidelma · 30/09/2010 22:15

I knew a Willow
Safron
Jasmine
Rowan

all girls in the same family

sharbie · 30/09/2010 22:16

fleur is lovely

SE13Mummy · 30/09/2010 22:27

Hebe is indeed a lovely name. Others I like include Rosa, Flora, Iris, Ivy, Clover, Juniper, Laura, Olive and Magnolia (nn Maggie?).

nannylocal · 30/09/2010 22:30

Lupin sounds like a medical complaint...Like Zinnia though.

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