Name for sibling of Sequoiadendron?

[claudethelad]

I'm expecting a second child and struggling with name ideas. Not sure of the gender yet but would like something unique that you don't find often. My husband is a botanist which is why we called our daughter Sequoiadendron (Sequoia for short!) and we're looking for something similar that's plant related.
Thanks in advance for the help fellow mums!! :)

Salix great for a boy.

Kalanchoe is nice.

Pohutukawa

Sweet William for a boy

Amaryllis for a girl Fiorello for a boy (Little flower, Italian)

How about Dionaea muscipula? Dion for short? 😁 🎍🦟

Weed.

Quercus for a boy?

Tamarisk or Tansy for a girl

Ash or Basil for a boy

www.scientificlatin.org/botnamemean.html

I'm sorry, I shouldn't mock you. My husband is into computer programming so we called our first born Python C++.

Desmodium

Philodendron

Dahlia

If they identify as male:

Cactus (nn Cacka)
Weed - cool name for festivals
Giant Redwood

If identifying as female:

Belladonna
Canary Date Palm
Aloe Vera (nn Aloe Aloe)

You know your children are people and not just flagpoles upon which to advertise your own interests, right? You don’t have to thematise them like some sort of movie franchise.

@Highlighta

My husband is into computer programming so we called our first born Python C++.

You don’t have to thematise them like some sort of movie franchise

What about:

Steel Magnolias

Oh dear...

Se-coy-ah-den-drun

Good job you clarified, op! I would have said 'Se-kwoy-ah-den-drun', but I would have been wrong!

Actually the name's growing on me

Can I please be the first to call Classics this early on in the thread?

My contribution would be Delphinium (Delphi for short) for a girl or Fortis Aesculus (Strong winter oak) for a boy.

I actually like Sequoia but the dendron is too much.

Pretty sure the OP isn’t actually serious @Co0kPassBabtridge

Although when I came to enter a perfectly normally named pupil, James, for his GCSEs I discovered his full name was actually James Tiberius Kirk Surname. His parents were Trekkies.

Went to school with a Chelsea Francesca Claire (Chelsea FC!).

Have come across lots of Star Wars inspired names too - George Lucas Surname, Luke Skywalker Surname, Leia Organa Surname etc.

There are some genuinely batshit people out there!

Something shorter? Def not longer. On a purely practical note when official forms require a full name they often only have space for 12 letters. Let alone databases at school etc. According to the U.K. government site, (google maximum name length) the dvla only accept full names with total letters

(Not very practical to have a name people misspell, mispronounce or too long for most form filling)

Beetroot could be a cool sibling name though.

That's some name!