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I do think it's too out there, but:
Anna Carnation
Ariadne Carnation
Esmé Carnation
Evangeline Carnation
Eve Carnation
Felicity Carnation
Flora Carnation
Freya Carnation
Hazel Carnation
Ingrid Carnation
Iris Carnation
Ivy Carnation
Jane Carnation
Lily Carnation
Lucy Carnation
Maeve Carnation
Magdalena Carnation
Margo Carnation
Persephone Carnation
Phoebe Carnation
Róża Carnation
Sophie Carnation
Theodosia Carnation
Zora Carnation

Car Nation...

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just sounds like some dumb car store you would always see commericals for. Also, rhymes with tarnation and sounds kind of Southern. I don´t really like it that much.

Maria Carnation
Lucy Carnation
Elizabeth Carnation
Amy Carnation
Matilda Carnation
Sophie Carnation
Louisa Carnation
Adele Carnation
Laura Carnation
Zoe Carnation
Ruth Carnation
Fiona Carnation
Catherine Carnation
Emily Carnation
Isabel Carnation
Natalie Carnation
Celine Carnation
Amelia Carnation
Rebecca Carnation
Sabrina Carnation
Julia Carnation
Thea Carnation
Joanna Carnation
Olivia Carnation
Eva Carnation

I first read it as Coronation lol
Anyway:

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June Carnation
Sadie Carnation
Emily Carnation
Connie Carnation

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Carnation Esperance
Carnation Miranda

I don't think it's very namey, what with the carn- reminding me of meat, and the -nation just being super noun-y. But as a middle name it'd be okay. It doesn't seem to refer to anything but the flower, so that's good.
I just now read that it is a word for complexion (skin tone?) in French.
I'd put it with a first name ending in A or maybe S.
I think if I wanted to refer to carnations I'd use Diantha (f) or Dianthus (m) instead. I'd probably also pronounce it dee- rather than die-.
Or there's Gilliflower, that'd be fun (maybe not referring to your exact favorite flower though).

The carnation is my favorite flower. I say go for it as a middle name. I'd love to tell people my middle name is Carnation because my mom loved carnations.

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I think that you shouldn't try to pair Carnation with any first name longer than two syllables.

It just doesn't sound like a name to me. The thought that keeps coming to me is "What in carnation?" That's the vibe I get from it. Any name I pair with it, first or middle, sounds like a weird title or exclamation or anything but a human name.

It’s interesting but I agree it’s bit too out there, you could use the same word but in another language maybe? In spanish, it’s ‘Clavel’ which sounds quite nice.

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I wouldn’t personally use it as a middle name but I could see it working if you use a shorter first name.

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Esme Carnation
Lois Carnation
Lottie Carnation
Ava Carnation
Mabel Carnation
Thea Carnation
Juno Carnation
Fay Carnation
Nia Carnation
Liv Carnation

I think it is too far out there for either

Carnation is super cute! Maybe...
Rochelle Carnation
Rosanna Carnation
Meredith Carnation
Alia Carnation
Kaiya Carnation

Hi !!!

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Carnation has a very unpleasant sound.

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I much prefer the Italian form garofano directly from the scientific name Dianthus Caryophyllus.

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In any case Carnation is ok as middle name.

People have used it before as a FN. I think the main drawback of it is Carnie, and then there's *nation, but in general I like rare floral names.

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I don't know that any names in particular go well or don't go well with it...actually, I wouldn't use Anne Carnation or names that end in a K sound.

This message was edited 1/15/2020, 10:08 AM

I personally don't care for it at all, but I'm also a proponent of (mostly) anything-goes in the middle name spot. It's not really any different than using Pansy or Marigold or Petunia.

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If I had to use it, I would definitely tone it down with a more common first name:
Elizabeth Carnation
Amelia Carnation
Leah Carnation
Beatrice Carnation
Olivia Carnation

It's not a very nice choice for a name. That "ation" ending is very off-putting as a name, making it much less like a flower and more like a process like elevation or medication or correlation. I sure wouldn't like it as my name.
For that matter I think it's not a real attractive name for a flower. I know it is supposed to be a reference to flesh, carne, the pinkish color of flesh and the flower, but even that isn't attractive.

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There's a Spanish name, Encarnacion, but it's not really related to the flower at all, it's a religious/Catholic name, "incarnation" meaning "becoming real" or "being made flesh."