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HelpDaisy, Ivy or Violet?
My three favorite flower names at the moment. I guess I wouldn't really use them in a sibset even though I wouldn't hesitate to combine one of them with another nature name for some reason.
If you had to choose would you pick Ivy, Daisy or Violet? And most importantly why?
If you had to choose would you pick Ivy, Daisy or Violet? And most importantly why?
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I quite like all three, but Violet and Ivy vie for my vote. I enjoy the long "i" and "v" sounds in both and also the imagery of both. My favorite color happens to be purple, closely followed by green. For myself, I would choose Violet if it hadn't already been used in my family. I would definitely consider using Ivy. As far as popularity goes, I feel as though I hear Violet more often and see it more often in birth announcements.
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Ivy is used as a name by people who have never had to remove an actual ivy plant. It is without exception the most annoying vegetable in the known universe, and if that wasn't bad enough, it starts with that raving-egomaniacal I.
Violet, shrinking and shy and half-hidden from the eye thanks to mossy stones and its own leaves. What an image! Older family members have assured me that all the Violets they knew when it was first fashionable were or became large, stout, flat-footed and domineering, no doubt as a reaction.
Daisy! Proverbially fresh, pretty and bright and sunshine personified! Oh yes, I'd use Daisy any day. And it was Chaucer's favourite flower, and he was a man of taste ...
Violet, shrinking and shy and half-hidden from the eye thanks to mossy stones and its own leaves. What an image! Older family members have assured me that all the Violets they knew when it was first fashionable were or became large, stout, flat-footed and domineering, no doubt as a reaction.
Daisy! Proverbially fresh, pretty and bright and sunshine personified! Oh yes, I'd use Daisy any day. And it was Chaucer's favourite flower, and he was a man of taste ...
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At the moment I choose Ivy, but just barely, for all I know tomorrow I might prefer Violet. I like Ivy and Violet a lot, they sound like names for strong but sweet ladies. I can equally see Ivy and Violet as reserved book worms in turtle neck sweaters, as I can see them as sexy, spunky, outgoing wild women, or somewhere in between.
Daisy never sounds strong to me only very sweet. I picture one wearing frilly dresses or shirts in pastels and floral dresses or shirts in bright colors, and if she's not a dress girl I picture her wearing jeans and either sandals or cowboy boots. I picture a Daisy being friendly but in a very timid soft spoken way. I always imagine the parents of a Daisy as neo-hippies or as country folk who like cowboy boots and country music. Where I'm living at the moment so many people wear cowboy boots, especially the women. I like cowboy boots but they are so expensive unless you get them at a thrift store. Sorry I got off track, just really been wanting some cowboy boots and Daisy reminded me of that. The neighbor whom I'm volunteering for who owns the horse farm has a dog named Daisy. Really I've only once met a human girl named Daisy, all the others I've met were peoples pets or the dolls of little girls. In fact I had a doll or stuffed animal named Daisy and I had one named Petunia. Really Daisy and Petunia strongly remind me of each other as overly sweet sounding flower names.
There is a part of me who likes Daisy because I always picture the sweetest looking little girl with brown or golden ringlets, whom smiles and tears come easily to.
Daisy never sounds strong to me only very sweet. I picture one wearing frilly dresses or shirts in pastels and floral dresses or shirts in bright colors, and if she's not a dress girl I picture her wearing jeans and either sandals or cowboy boots. I picture a Daisy being friendly but in a very timid soft spoken way. I always imagine the parents of a Daisy as neo-hippies or as country folk who like cowboy boots and country music. Where I'm living at the moment so many people wear cowboy boots, especially the women. I like cowboy boots but they are so expensive unless you get them at a thrift store. Sorry I got off track, just really been wanting some cowboy boots and Daisy reminded me of that. The neighbor whom I'm volunteering for who owns the horse farm has a dog named Daisy. Really I've only once met a human girl named Daisy, all the others I've met were peoples pets or the dolls of little girls. In fact I had a doll or stuffed animal named Daisy and I had one named Petunia. Really Daisy and Petunia strongly remind me of each other as overly sweet sounding flower names.
There is a part of me who likes Daisy because I always picture the sweetest looking little girl with brown or golden ringlets, whom smiles and tears come easily to.
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Daisy is the only one that is still on my list despite all of them being there at some point. Although most people might associate it with a cow, I don't have that problem and find personally that it is youthfull as well as suiting an adult; whereas Ivy and Violet I struggle to see on children. :)
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If you asked my childhood-self, Ivy might have also been a possibility. I associate it with poison ivy... and that is why I do not hate it.
I don't like the sound of Daisy, but it is fine-- just much too young, naive, and informal for me.
- Francesca
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Oh don't do that to me!! I adore all three names and would not hesitate to use any of them. I'd actually love them for sisters, even though the names are obviously theme-y! If I had to choose only one though, it would most likely be Ivy, even though it's getting a lot more popular here in Australia. I put the sudden interest and resurgence in the name down to Beyonce using it. All three are beautiful though.
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It's probably pretty obvious I'd go with Violet. I think it's a beautiful floral, not too frilly or silly. It gives me a vaguely Victorian vibe that I like. I also like the possibility of Letty as a nickname, and don't mind Vi or V either.
My second choice would be Ivy. It has a sophistication to it that's nice. But I am slightly bothered by the "poison ivy" association.
Daisy is one of the few florals I don't much care for. I think it's a bit juvenile.
My second choice would be Ivy. It has a sophistication to it that's nice. But I am slightly bothered by the "poison ivy" association.
Daisy is one of the few florals I don't much care for. I think it's a bit juvenile.
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I love flower names. Zinnia is always on my list.
I think I'd pick Ivy.
I do like Violet but it is very popular--not just irl, but I'm hearing more TV characters being called Violet.
Daisy, while adorable, is not strong enough for a grown woman. Plus, I now know 4 dogs named Daisy.
Ivy is a name that I've consistently loved. I love the sound and I like the images. Poison Ivy is actually neat looking (and I'm immune or whatever so I don't even care), the Batman villain is Poison Ivy and she's cool so I don't care, and I like the ivy plant in general. So, yeah. Sound and image.
I think I'd pick Ivy.
I do like Violet but it is very popular--not just irl, but I'm hearing more TV characters being called Violet.
Daisy, while adorable, is not strong enough for a grown woman. Plus, I now know 4 dogs named Daisy.
Ivy is a name that I've consistently loved. I love the sound and I like the images. Poison Ivy is actually neat looking (and I'm immune or whatever so I don't even care), the Batman villain is Poison Ivy and she's cool so I don't care, and I like the ivy plant in general. So, yeah. Sound and image.
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Violet is my favourite. It's beautiful.
I do really like Daisy as a nickname, but it's childish on an adult woman.
Ivy doesn't really appeal to me at all. It sounds the same as IV which reminds me of needles and I don't like needles. While in some cases Ivy is beautiful it is also very destructive to buildings and kills other plants and trees.
I do really like Daisy as a nickname, but it's childish on an adult woman.
Ivy doesn't really appeal to me at all. It sounds the same as IV which reminds me of needles and I don't like needles. While in some cases Ivy is beautiful it is also very destructive to buildings and kills other plants and trees.
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I like Violet most.
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