Lulu's Flower Names
Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells And cockle shells And pretty maids all in a row! Lulu always wonders if the pretty maids are little girls or little flowers - because lots of girl's names are flower names. Girls (and boys) have been named after flowers for a long time, but it became really popular in England in Edwardian times - starting around 1904. Names like Ivy, Violet, Lily, Rose, Daisy, May, Iris and Olive were all in the top 100 in 1904 and 1914. The fashion for flower names gradually waned and by 1974, the top 100 names only had one flower name, Heather. Nowadays, flower names are becoming popular again. |
Ivy, Violet, Lily, Rose, Daisy, Iris and Olive are becoming popular again, and are joined by other flower names like Poppy, Camille and Jasmine.
Some still seem a bit old-fashioned, like Bluebell, Daffodil, Gladys, Hyacinth, Primrose or Petunia.
In the UK, we don't really call children Flower (though in other countries they do); we do have the name Blossom, but it's not very common.
Rose, Lily, Daisy and Violet have long been the most popular names - read more about them below.
Some still seem a bit old-fashioned, like Bluebell, Daffodil, Gladys, Hyacinth, Primrose or Petunia.
In the UK, we don't really call children Flower (though in other countries they do); we do have the name Blossom, but it's not very common.
Rose, Lily, Daisy and Violet have long been the most popular names - read more about them below.
Flower
In English, not many people are called Flower, but it is more common in other languages. Fleur Probably the best known flower name is the French, Fleur. It is a name given to girls and there are varieties of it too like Fluerette or Florette (Little Flower) Flora (which is common in Hungary), Florentina (Italy) Florentxi (Basque) Florica (Romani). Pet names are Florine, Florrie, Flossie and Flo. Florence Florence is used in many countries by both girls and boys, and Fiore is used in Italy by both. Blath In Irish (and other Celtic languages) the word for flower is Blath and it is used as a girl's name. Bláithín (little flower) and Blanid are also common. In Cornish there's Blejan and in Welsh (the Welsh word for flower is blawd) Blodeudd, Blodeuyn or Blodwen. Other names in other languages which simply mean flower are: ANFISA (Анфи́са): Russian form of Greek Anthousa ANTHEA: Latin form of Greek Antheia ANTHOUSA (Ανθούσα): Greek name BOPHA: Cambodian Khmer BUSSABA: Thai name GHONCHEH: Persian name meaning "flower bud." GONCA: Turkish form of Persian Ghoncheh, meaning "flower bud." HARÉRÉ: Egyptian name HOA (pron. hwa): Vietnamese name KAMIA: Chamoru name KUKKA: Finnish name KVETA: Czech name LEILANI: Hawaiian name LORE: A Basque name used by both boys and girls LULE: Albanian name MALEE: Thai name MANSI: Native American Hopi name MISAKI (美咲): Japanese name PUSHPA (पुष्पा): Hindi name RAYEN: Native American Mapuche name TSVETA: Feminine form of Bulgarian Tsvetan SETHUNYA: African Tswana name SIHU: Native American Hopi name VIRÁG: Hungarian name XOCHITL: Nahuatl name ZAHRA: Arabic name |
Blossom
You do have the name Blossom in English, and names meaning 'blossom' are common in many languages: ADSILA: a Native American Cherokee name
Bluma in Yiddish CVETKA in Slovenia EUTHALIA (a Greek name composed of the words eu "good, well" and the name Thalia "blooming, flourishing," hence "well-blooming/flourishing." ) FIORENZA: Feminine form of Italian Fiorenzo FIRENZE: Hungarian form of English/French Florence IZDIHAR (إزدهار): Arabic NOURA (نورة): Arabic SAKI (咲): Japanese SETHUNYA: African Tswana name THALIA: Latin form of Greek Thaleia |
Rose
Rose is probably the flower name most people have heard of, and it is popular around the world.
It is also combined with other names to make longer names like Roseabella (Italian words rose and bella meaning beautiful), Rosangela, Rosanna or Rosemarie. ARROSA: is Basque Rhoda is Greek Róis is the Irish version, or Róisín (little Rose) and Rosaleen Romy is German Roos is Dutch Rosa is used in Spanish-speaking countries Rosalie is French Rosetta (Italian for Little Rose) Roza is Polish Rozalia is Hungarian Ruzena is Czech other variations include: EGLANTINE: an English name derived from "sweetbrier rose," HÒNG: Vietnamese KINEVART: Armenian name meaning "wine-colored rose." KOLAB: Cambodian Khmer name KULAP: Thai name LOUSVART: Armenian name NASREEN: Variant spelling of Persian Nasrin, meaning "wild rose." SIRVART: Armenian name meaning "love rose." VARTANOUSH: Armenian name meaning "rose-sweet." VARDA: is Hebrew Violet
Violet has also been around for a very long time.
It comes from the Greek word Iola meaning 'violet colour' Variations include: IOLE (Ιόλη): Greek name IBOLYA: Hungarian equivalent of Latin Viola IANTHA: Latin form of Greek Ianthe IOLANTA (Иоланта): Russian form JOLÁN: Hungarian form JOLANA: Czech and Slovene form JOLANDA: Italian form JOLÁNKA: Pet form of Hungarian Jolán JOLANTA: Polish form LJUBICA (Љубица): Serbian name VIOLA: Latin name meaning "violet color" or "violet flower." VIOLCA: Probably a Romani form of Latin Viola VIOLET: English name VIOLETA (Bulgarian: Виолета): VIOLETTA: Italian diminutive form VIOLETTE: French diminutive form WIOLA: Pet form of Polish Wioletta WIOLETTA: Polish form YOLANDA: English form of French Yolande YOLANDE: Old French form of Greek Iolanthe |
Lily
Lily is a popular name in many languages: LILY: English name derived from the vocabulary word, lily, meaning simply "lily flower." LÍLE: Irish form LÍLIAN: Portuguese LILIAN: English LILIANE: French LILIAS: Scottish LILIJANA: Slovene LILJA: Icelandic LILJANA (Лилјана): Macedonian LILYANA (Лиляна): Bulgarian There are other varieties in other languages. CALLA: English name derived from the name of the Calla Lily, CRINA: Romanian HUE: Vietnamese HUHANA: Maori KIELO: Finnish NILOFER (نیلوفر): Persian MÜGE: Turkish SAYURI (小百合): Japanese Shoshannah is the Hebrew word for lily, and many names are derived from it including SHOSHAN which is used by both girls and boys. It also gives the name Susannah and all of its varieties: SANNA: Short form of Scandinavian Susanna SANNE: Dutch short form of German Susanne SHANNA: Variant spelling of English Shannah SHANNAH: English name derived from Hebrew Shoshannah SHOUSHAN: Armenian feminine form of Hebrew unisex Shoshan SUSAN: Short form of English Susannah SUSANA: Variant spelling used by the Italians, Portuguese and Spanish. SUSANITA: Spanish pet form SUSANN: Swedish SUSANNAH: English SUSANNE: German SUZETTE: Pet form of French Suzanne SUZIE: Variant spelling of English Susie SUZY: Variant spelling of English Suzie SYUZANNA (Сюзанна): Russian form of Greek Sousánna ZSA ZSA: Variant spelling of Hungarian Zsazsa ZSAZSA: Pet form of Hungarian Zsuzsanna ZSUZSA: Pet form of Hungarian Zsuzsanna ZSUZSANNA: Hungarian form ZSUZSI: Pet form of Hungarian Zsuzsanna ZUZANA: Czech and Slovak form ZUZANNA: Latvian and Polish form Daisy
DAISY: English name derived from the flower name, from Old English dægeseage, "day's eye." It is also linked with the name Margaret. |
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