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[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Another list from "Beyond Jennifer and Jason, Madison and Montana". My SO was looking at this list saying how cute it would be to have a daughter with a flower name, and of course he goes right to the list of 'unusual flower names'. The list is below. I have bolded the ones I like... which ones do you like?

Acacia
Amaryllis 
Azalea

Bryony

Dahlia

Forsythia
Freesia

Gardenia

Hyacinth

Jonquil

Liana
Lilac

Magnolia
Marigold--such a guilty pleasure though

Peony
Petunia
Primrose

Rue

Saffron
Sage
Sequoia
Sorrel

Tansy

Verbena

Willow

Zinnia

Comments

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Bryony
Liana
Primrose - I wouldn't use it, but I love the look and sound of it!
Willow

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

Dahlia
Willow

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Liana
Rue
Sage
Willow

[childproof.livejournal.com]

dahlia
liana

[intothefireugo.livejournal.com]

Zinnia is my favorite.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

The only one I like out of these is Marigold

[chadam-lives.livejournal.com]

I love Tanzy, Dahlia (one of the names I may use if/when I have kidlets xD) And also Zinnia, I love unusual names, but not so unusual the kid would get picked on lol.

[sian-y.livejournal.com]

Showing my ignorance here but i didn't know Bryony was a flower name.

My favourtie is Rue. its kinda edgy

[tokyo.livejournal.com]

I like Bryony (spelled Briony), Rue, Sequoia, and Verbena (nn Vera).

[jerseygrits.livejournal.com]

I think I could like Azalea, Lilac, and Zinnia. I go back and forth about Willow.

[oni85.livejournal.com]

Tansy and Saffron

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

I love Bryony and Dahlia. I could see Rue working, especially as a nickname for Ruth?

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Willow, Liana (which is beautiful, and I never knew was a flower), and Sage. I also have Lilac as a guilty pleasure name, but would want Lily for short; which, using a flower as a full name and as a nickname, maybe a bit too much.

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

Liana means "vine". Had a friend growing up named Liana.

They're missing Daffodil, which was popular a century ago. The nickname for it? Daffy.

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce "peony"? I would say PEE-uh-nee, but my grandmother always pronounced it "piny" (it's the state flower where I'm from).

[kwsh.livejournal.com]

I love Liana and Dahlia.

Marigold is absolutely adorable.

I'm pretty partial to Willow (it's my middle name and I love it).

I also like Sage and Sequoia.

[wistfuljen.livejournal.com]

Acacia, Dahlia, Hyacinth, Sorrel

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Marigold is just a guilty pleasure for me. Willow, however, I could see myself using.

Hyacinth just makes me think of the woman on Keeping Up Appearances. Love that show!

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Hrm, and I pronounce it PEE-oh-nee. So maybe there are a few different ways.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that until this list either, so no worries =)

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

ahhh! Groban FTW!

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

I love Bryony, Acacia and Dahlia... Willow is great but kind of too almost popular for me.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was actually surprised that Willow made it onto the 'unusual' flower names because I hear it a lot.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

LOVE Saffron! Woah, I had completely forgotten about that name. It used to be one of my favorites when I was about 12.
I also like Willow.

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

I like Bryony, Willow, Acacia and Liana..I kind of like Azalea

So here is a tangent: It's so funny to me how names come and go. I was reading a book that was published in 2001, and it called Lily a choice for "upscale" parents. However, it did say that it had shown a "resurgence" in popularity with the rise of classic names. Fast forward to 2008 Lily is #10 on the list of most popular names.

Personally, I had a copy of this book when I was pregnant and I plan on using it again when I have another child. However, in the end, I went with Lily. It was always one of my favorite names, and for me it had meaning both literary and personal. Although, I do wish I had known that it had suddenly became the "in" name to have..

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl with this name growing up. She hated it but I actually liked it. She went by Sassy.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

The only ones I really like are Bryony (but I like it spelled Briony) and Sequoia (which...the last time a checked...was a tree and not a flower).

I have known girls named Tansy and Zinnia, though. I knew them a long time ago, though, so they'd be about 30 and 22 now, respectively.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

I love that show too!! :oD

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

I was at school with a girl called Jonquille, which I thought was really pretty.

[chadam-lives.livejournal.com]

:D!!

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

well the book is a few years old- so i guess at publishing time it may have been less popular. Still my all time fave baby name book, hands down.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

like "PEE on me. Do it NOW!"

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like:
bryony (but prefer briony)
dahlia
lilac (maybe as a middle name)
magnolia (ditto)
marigold (ditto)
sage
willow
zinnia