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Pretty and slightly unusual flower names?

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CheerfulYank · 26/01/2013 03:52

Would be a middle name. I thought a flower name would be nice for a spring baby. (Am due in May)

I quite like Primrose but don't know if it's too, well, prim!

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Ameybee · 26/01/2013 20:36

Fleur! I love that name! Grin

PrincessOfChina · 26/01/2013 20:37

Acacia.

I love it but DP says Bananaman.

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CheerfulYank · 26/01/2013 21:45

Thanks for all the suggestions...some lovely names here!

It has been so cold here (-20, snow covering everything, wind that'll knock you down) that I'm really looking forward to spring! I've been looking at all kinds of flowery, bunny-bedecked things for the nursery too. :) All these flower names feel like a bit of sunshine.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 26/01/2013 22:02

Yes, Acacia = Bananaman. Sorry but it always makes me think of Eric! :) We have an Acacia Road near us and it always makes me smile. I think Eric lived on Acacia Drive.

amck5700 · 26/01/2013 23:25

Blossom?

monsterchild · 26/01/2013 23:29

A good spring flower is Tulip!

I went to school with a Sunflower.

MiniEggsinJanuary · 26/01/2013 23:38

I was going to suggest Fleur too!

nicelyneurotic · 26/01/2013 23:41

Love the name Primrose, it's very cute, and the names others have suggested - Lavender, Jasmine and Rosalind.

doyouwantfrieswiththat · 26/01/2013 23:45

Jonquil

mathanxiety · 27/01/2013 03:37

Lilac? Margaret Lilac..
The DDs gave me a little tin of Pacifica lilac rub-on perfume for Christmas and I think of spring every time I pry it open.

Or would the Welsh Eirlys be too far out and unexplainable or unpronounceable? Eirlys is 'snowdrop'.

Zytka is Polish for rosebud.

Linnea? Popular in Scandinavia.

Aven - a small mountain flower.

LeMousquetaireAnonyme · 27/01/2013 06:53

anémone,
angélique,
Azalée,
Erica (heather)
Camelia,
Viorica (violet)
Veronique
Capucine,
Hortense, hortensia
Jacinthe,
Narcise,
garance,
églantine,
Mélissa,
Lilas,
Gentiane,
Marjolaine/marjorie
Valeriane
Amaranthe,
Myrtille

BikeRunSki · 27/01/2013 07:32

I went to school with a Jacinth and used to teach a Summer (and a Song).

delilah88 · 27/01/2013 08:11

Margaret Cassia -- that is cinnamon

Or what about Margaret Ivy?

ThreeBeeOneGee · 27/01/2013 08:13

Peony

Theas18 · 27/01/2013 08:21

Jonquil

HilaryM · 27/01/2013 08:28

Marigold

WinkyTwinglet · 27/01/2013 08:38

There are some great suggestions so far.

How about Madelief (Ma-de-leaf)? Which is the Dutch version of Daisy.

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WinkyTwinglet · 27/01/2013 08:40

Oh, and Rosmarijn (Rose-mar-yne) which is Rosemary.

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doyouwantfrieswiththat · 27/01/2013 11:23

Linden- one of my favourite smells

wigglybeezer · 27/01/2013 11:26

There was a Cloudberry at my school, always kind do admired her parents's nerve.

wigglybeezer · 27/01/2013 11:27

Like Linden.

Branleuse · 27/01/2013 11:28

Rowan

GoldPlatedNineDoors · 27/01/2013 11:31

Fearne

MoelFammau · 27/01/2013 15:53

Phlox! I so so so wanted Phlox for DD but have a deeply dull DH.

HeartShapedSaw · 27/01/2013 16:10

Bryony is awesome :)