Botanical Names?

[mossmade.livejournal.com]

We went to an outdoor festival yesterday and met a young woman with a beautiful tattoo.
We complimented her and she said, "Oh, my name's Acacia and I love it so much I got the plant as a tattoo."

What are some of your favourite botanical names?

Comments

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Acacia is alright. I don't really like the sound of it, though. I'm not generally into flower names that aren't normally used. I like Rose and Lily. I do, however, like Magnolia and Zinnia. I like Susan too, which to me is a flower name because it makes me think of Black-eyed Susans.

[mossmade.livejournal.com]

I love Rose and Lily.

[underthelake.livejournal.com]

oh acacias sounds so beautiful!
I love lila too,it means lilac in French

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

My daughter's middle name is Violet :)

[hollis1975.livejournal.com]

ivy ,hyacinth,rose


i am a holly and hate it. people start thinking they are really clever this time of year with the xmas carols

[wistfuljen.livejournal.com]

I love the name Acacia, that would have been my son's name if he had been a girl. I also love Hyacinth, Dahlia, and I adore Daisy but I'd never use it because I don't think it ages well.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I like a lot of them! But some of these are guilty pleasures. I bolded the ones that are at the top of my list of favorites.

Acacia
Alyssa
Bracken
Briar
Briony
Clover
Cynthia
Daisy
Delphine
Fleur
Flora
Hazel
Holly
Iris
Ivy
Jasmine
Marigold
Rosemary
Sage
Tansy
Violet
Willow

[bright-eyes-jh.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Just about all of my favorite girl names are botanical names.

Violet
Marigold
Dahlia
Poppy
Daisy
Iolanthe
Amaranthe
Rose
Fern

[loanwords.livejournal.com]

Lily is a family namesake that I think is nice, but becoming more common. I love Briar something fierce. I also like Daphne, Cassia and Fern.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

Violet
Linnea
Poppy
Rosemary
Iris
Lotus

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Briar
Calla (lily)
Daphne
Dahlia
Iris
Ivy
Violet
Viola

There are others that I like and don't love and even more that I am just not crazy about as a name, even though I love flowers.

I used to love Lily, but then I heard it just about everywhere and I became kinda sick of it. :P

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I like Daisy, Marigold, Ivy, Lotus and Fern.
And I think they'd make a good sibset lol

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Another reason to think of Susan as a botanical name: it's from the Hebrew for 'lily.' One reason I want to name a daughter Lily; my mom's name is Susan.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Daisy is cute on a little girl, and also cute on an old lady, but not so much in between... Dahlia is lovely on all ages, though.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Marigold!

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I knew an Acacia. I liked that it it was different, I've only ever known the one, but I don't care much for the actual name.

I love Daisy, Poppy and Sage. I do like Violet as well, and would probably use it, though it's a little more boring to me. And Kiwi. Is that botanical? Anyway, I love the name Kiwi so much, but it's probably a little too much for most people.

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

I really like Dahlia, Ivy, and Bryony. Acacia is ok, and the plant is certainly pretty. :)

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Dahlia
Ivy
Bryony
Zinnia (although I'd really never use it)
Poppy (a guilty pleasure)
Rose
Calla
Lily
Rosemary
Tansy

About the only one I'd consider using would be Calla at this point but I do love them all. And I like Acacia.

[lickystyx.livejournal.com]

My daughters names are Lilah and Laurel. Obviously, I very much like floral names.

[mossmade.livejournal.com]

Bracken and Willow are lovely!
And I know a little boy named Sage. :)

[googlebee-ohmi.livejournal.com]

Lily is my number one girls name - always has been!
Ivy
Rose
Fern
Poppy
Violet

Another name I love that is botanical related is Suzanna (Zanna) it means Lily Rose.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

blossom
daisy
clover
meadow
lark
lily
poppy
violet

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

cassia