Plant/flower names

[Madmum24]

Caveat: I have hopefully finished having children, so this is pure daydreamery for me.

In my riper age I have really started to like plant/flower names, possibly more for middle names as I don't think I am posh enough to pull some of them off (just my own opinion!)

But some of my favourites are:

Oleander
Hebe
Aster

Fleur
Primrose
Daisy

Has anyone got any flower/plant names?

I don't like obvious themed names in siblings either. Another reason for keeping them as middle names!

Heather
Oak
Willow
Fern
Lavender

My teen sister is Lily
and the dogs are Poppy and Daisy

My DD is Rosie but only because I like the name. If I had another daughter I would avoid a flower name.

Very hard to avoid tweeness with flower names. I like Zinnia and Dahlia for girls, Oak for a boy.

Can't stand frilly, girly names like Poppy or Daisy.

Sorrell, Saffron, Juniper

Since I was very young, our pets have all had plant names. We have continued the tradition with our pets. Some names we have used have been:

Bracken
Bramble
Basil
Clover
Moss
Rose(y)
Blossom

Eirlys (snowdrop) is one I love

I'm a big fan of nature names too, although some of the more popular ones are a bit twee for my taste.

Rowan
Zinnia
Clover
Sorrel
Daphne
Calla

Love Aster too, but can't get away from the fact that it sounds a bit like Asda! Quite like Oak and Cedar for boys.

I've always had a soft spot for Poppy. And Willow.

But now I have a slightly insane desire (never to be fulfilled, no more DC here!) to call a DD Coriander.

But if we're talking nature names, as opposed to straight plant names, then my favourites are still Zephyr and Mistral.

I've met a Coriander.

I can't say that it suited her.

Jasmine is a gorgeous name!

Girls:

Bluebell
Blossom
Flora
Daisy

Boys:

Sage
Alder

I have an Iris, although I chose it because I liked its meaning and DD2 has Viola as one of her middle names, after her grandma, no theme intended. I like Hebe too, but no chance with DH. I did moot Peony for DD1, but got shot down. I have a niece with the middle name Sage and had a friend with Amaryllis as a middle name. I quite like Camillia for a middle name.

My favourites are Elowen (Cornish for elm tree), Tansy and Roisin. Also quite like Juniper for something a bit more out there.

I like Zinnia/Zinnie best.

I find most of the popular flower names very twee and girly; or they're nice for your dog or if you're naming a herd of dairy cows - Bluebell, Blossom, Daisy, Primrose, Clover, Flora etc. just all sound like good milkers to me Heather, Rose, Iris and Jasmine are quite nice, Oak is awful!

I love Juniper!

Coriander isn't one I thought of (I prefer evergreen shrubs as names) but is strangely growing on me (no pun intended).

I also mostly like them for boys. Dahlia for a girl is lovely though.

I know siblings called Rowan and Hazel and another pair called Daisy and Poppy.

Acer for a boy
Celandine for a girl

I think boys are more tree-like, girls for flowers.

Glad somebody else likes eirlys.

su I know 2 lots of siblings called Daisy and Poppy. Just need a Ben and a Holly for the full set.

I was in Sainsbury's today and a staff member was called over the PA three times :Daisy Rose!

I just can't imagine a grown woman called " Daisy Rose" ????

I prefer Fleur, Rose, Lillie, violet.

Blaithin (means flower)
Eithne (seed)

Both Irish and quite pretty, I think!
Eirlys, Lavender and Zinnia are lovely.