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Different flower names?!

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lvra · 14/08/2019 18:58

Hi, I'm looking for a different flower name for a little girl. I already have a primrose so looking for something that goes well with her name. Thank you in advance!

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Skyejuly · 15/08/2019 11:27

Azalea
Holly
Posy
Betony
Zinnia
Blossom

Twelve8Ts · 15/08/2019 11:29

I know a lovely Peony who is a doctor, and a little Peony as well 😊

Marcipex · 15/08/2019 12:17

Tansy
Rowan
Dahlia

I like Posy but not sure I’d use it.

DonEmmanuelsDingleberries · 15/08/2019 13:43

Don't use Rue if you already have a Primrose, unless you want people to think you're a big Hunger Games fan Grin

steppemum · 15/08/2019 13:55

I like Rosemary, very unusual and can be shortened to Rose/Rosie which is lovely.

Thalia means blossom, which is also pretty.
lots of lovely names on this thread.

Somehow the woodland ones sound better with primrose, than the garden plants, I love primrose and Bracken, or Primrose and Willow.

Secretlifeofme · 15/08/2019 14:13

Acacia?

MikeUniformMike · 15/08/2019 18:18

Hyacinth
Primula
Gladiolus
Foxglove
Belladonna
Scabious

TheYeaSayer · 15/08/2019 18:47

Scabious from your list is particularly lovely, Mike 😀

MikeUniformMike · 15/08/2019 19:10

Or you could go for the latin form Scabiosa, nn Scabby

Hopefullysmart · 15/08/2019 19:26

BikeRunSki I took "a different" to mean "another". Colloquial misunderstanding.

IamtheOA · 15/08/2019 19:28

I love Posey....

78percentLindt · 15/08/2019 19:36

Zinnia, Erica , Heather, Marguerite or Hazel. I like Rosemary as well but probably not with a sister called Primrose.
Marguerite

Lara53 · 15/08/2019 20:01

Zenobia

BikeRunSki · 15/08/2019 20:22

Fair enough, good point @Hopefullysmart.

FartnissEverbeans · 15/08/2019 21:48

I love these threads! And I love Primrose.

Peony is very sweet but it sounds too much like ‘pee on me’ Blush

I’ve come across children named Campion, Bracken, Bramble and Samphire (not all flowers but there aren’t many that haven’t been mentioned already!).

Ffion (fee-on) means ‘foxglove’ in Welsh.

Honesty is a flower name too. I actually kind of like it with Primrose.

Willow is lovely but has probably already been mentioned.

Sakura means ‘cherry blossom’ in Japanese.

Antonin · 17/08/2019 12:41

I wouldn’t use Peony (though I love the flower) because it is open to teasing— pee on me etc
I always think of Bluebell when I think of Primrose.
Both relatively unusual without being too out there.

lvra · 17/08/2019 13:57

I do agree with the name peony, the more I think about it the more I think of 'pee on me' 🙈

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Ninkaninus · 17/08/2019 14:01

I’m sure it’s been said but Fleur Is rather nice.

Otherwise Peony, or is that too matchy matchy?

Oh dear just saw the comments on Peony...

Hmmm, let me read the thread first!

Ninkaninus · 17/08/2019 14:03

It’s already been mentioned but I like Bryony. I think it goes well with Primrose.

Flamingosnbears · 17/08/2019 15:20

Floria
Amarantha
Magnolia
Gardenia

MrsKittyFane1 · 17/08/2019 15:31

I love Fleur and Iris

WeshMaGueule · 17/08/2019 20:40

Peony > weeny peeny. Don't do it.

miamiibiza · 17/08/2019 21:02

Posy

greyblue · 18/08/2019 22:53

I love the flower peony, but whenever I buy peonies I do think it sounds like penis.

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 21/08/2019 21:49

Winston Churchill had a daughter called Marigold

These have probably been said:

Alcea
Rose/a
Róisín
Lily
Jasmine
Ivy
Fraoch (Irish for heather)
Heather
Holly
Daisy
Bluebell
Dara (Irish for oak)
Ger(anium) Grin
Lilac
Petunia

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