Category Archives: Baby Names from Plants
5 Floral Fixes – Turn Any Flower Name into a Baby Name
If you love roses, lilies, or daisies, you’re in luck: Rose, Lily and Daisy make lovely names. But what if your favorite flowers are saxifrages, or snapdragons? Not so lucky, right? Not so fast–you may still be able to spin these flower names into usable baby names. Here are five things to try:
If you know [...]
Also posted in Baby Name Advice, Baby Names, Girl Names Tagged anne, christine, daisy, eshter, helen, lily, melissa, rhoda, rose, sharon
Don’t Commit to a Name Pattern Until You Read These 3 Tips
Humans love patterns. Just look last year’s list of popular twin names:
Jacob & Joshua
Daniel & David
Jayden & Jordan
Ethan & Evan
Taylor & Tyler
Gabriella & Isabella
Isaac & Isaiah
Madison & Morgan
Elijah & Isaiah
Ella & Emma
Eight pairs start with the same letter. Seven have the same rhythm. Another seven end with the same letter (and many of these nearly [...]
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A Rose by Any Other Name – Burnaby, Natali, Zelda Lloyd
Sure, a rose by just any other name would not smell as sweet. But what if the name were as cool as “Madame Azélie Imbert” or “Victor Emmanuel”?
Other intriguing rose names I found in the EveryRose.com database include:
Abraham Darby
Admired Miranda
Betty Uprichard
Burnaby
Clementina Carbonieri
Cyril Fletcher
Dagmar Spath
Dainty Bess
Edna Marie
Eustacia
Fiona’s Affection
Fraulein Octavia Hesse
Gentle Hermione
Ghislaine de Feligonde
Hawaiian Queen Martha
Henry [...]
Also posted in Baby Name Trends, Baby Names, Baby Names from Literature, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged abraham, allison, anderson, antony, azelie, beatrix, bennett, bes, betty, burnaby, clementina, cyril, dagmar, duncan, edna, emanuel, erskine, eugenie, eustacia, fiona, ghislaine, henry, hermione, ida, jan, jessika, joe, kaitlyn, lawinia, louise, margrethe, martha, miranda, natali, oskar, phyllis, portia, quinn, rex, rick, rose, roses, ruthie, sharifa, tara, thisbe, titiana, uwe, victor, victoria, walter, xavier, yolande, zelda, zelia, zephirine
Celebrity Baby Name – Petal Blossom Rainbow
“Naked Chef” Jamie Oliver and his wife have welcomed their third baby girl. They’ve named her Petal Blossom Rainbow.
Her big sisters are Poppy Honey and Daisy Boo.
…Are these names starting to reminding anyone else of Paula Yates’ daughters’ names (Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, Little Pixie, and Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily)?
Source: You Can’t Call It [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Girl Names Tagged daisy, fifi, heavenly, paula, peaches, petal, poppy
Baby Name Needed – Boy and Girl Names for Baby #1
A reader named Sarah is expecting her first baby in several months, and she’d like some baby name suggestions. These are the names she and her husband like so far (girl names are on the left, boy names are on the right).
Adelaide
India
Meeka
September
Summer
Banjo*
Benjamin (Benji)
Indiana
Indigo
Porter
Rio
I think they might also like…
Augusta
Bijou
Briar
Calliope
Clio
Daisy
Hazel
Juniper
Opal
Paisley
Piper
Saffron
Skye
Star
Thisbe
Thyme
Wren
Zinnia
Asher
Baron
Beckett
Caspian
Caesar
Cedar
Emery
Fox
Holland
Hunter
Jasper
Jett
Jude
Orion
Parker
Phoenix
Sawyer
Tristan
What other names would you suggest?
*In Australia, the [...]
Also posted in Baby Names, Baby Names Needed, Baby Names from Literature, Baby Names from Places, Boy Names, Girl Names, Unique Baby Names Tagged adelaide, banjo, benjamin, india, indiana, indigo, meeka, porter, rio, summer
Ivy and Lily – Too Matchy for Twin Girl Names?