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40 replies

RidlayBlue · 02/06/2024 10:35

Love the idea of a flower name, however lots I don't want to use as I know people with children with the name.
Can't use Poppy, Daisy, Willow, Rose, Iris.
I like Lily but looking for some other suggestions

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KirstenBlest · 02/06/2024 21:15

There's no circumflex in Ffion. With the circumflex it would rhyme with Siôn. Smile

goingtotown · 02/06/2024 21:42

Laurel
Rose
Ivy
Marigold
Petal
Daphne
Lotus
Veronica
Daisy
Fern

ToffeenutLatte · 02/06/2024 21:45

A few more unusual/ indirectly flowery ones I've not yet seen mentioned:
Briar
Calanthe (Christmas Orchid)
Carmel (garden)
Evanthe (fair flower)
Ianthe (purple flower)
Jacinta (hyacinth)
Lilac
Myrtle
Yasmin (jasmine flower)

And a few that aren't flowers but along the same sort of line:
Aspen
Clementine
Sage

Santasbigredbobblehat · 02/06/2024 22:07

I know of:

a Marigold (adult)
a Sage (20 something)
a Camelia (20 something)
a Bloom (3)
a Tansy (6)

One of my children is Viola.
I love Hebe.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 02/06/2024 22:10

May
Rowan
Hazel
Primrose
Dahlia
Rosemary

OolongTeaDrinker · 02/06/2024 22:17

Lunaria
Calluna
Bryony
Heather

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 02/06/2024 23:20

Fave Flower name for me has always been Dahlia- so elegant but it does have pronunciation issues in the UK which puts me off.

So I’d probably go for May - really pretty, simple and classic sounding (plus not everyone realises it’s a flower name too).

Wildcard might be Linnea (unless you have Swedish links, then it would be obvious!) , again because it has a beautiful elegant sound.

BobbyBiscuits · 02/06/2024 23:26

Azelie
Rowan
Iris
Violet
Poppy
Tiger Lily
Jasmin
Rose (but only as a middle name)

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 03/06/2024 01:11

Can’t believe I forgot lovely Jessamine - just sounds much less harsh and more elegant than similar Jasmine to me.

urbanbuddha · 03/06/2024 01:18

Sorrel.

FangsForTheMemory · 03/06/2024 04:16

Artimisia
Erica
Violetta
Veronica

caringcarer · 03/06/2024 05:04

Petunia
Heather
Violet
Rose
Marigold
Astor
Primrose
Dahlia

EMJL · 03/06/2024 06:39

I look after an Aster x

Blingismything · 03/06/2024 09:33

Hebe
Posy
Flora
Pansy
Rosalie
Fern
Hyacinth
Rosemary

CuttingAllTheFlowersStill · 04/06/2024 09:28

Iris
Ivy
Hebe
Hazel
Daisy
Lily

Also I wouldn't choose the same name as a sibling's child/first cousin but I think it is OK to choose the same name as a friend's child and the kids often quite like it

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