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I've recently started realizing how much I LOVE this name. :) I love a lot of flower names, but as it was mentioned below, so many have become boring and overused so it's nice to see a very pretty "fresh" one. :b

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~Heather~
"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know peace" - Jimi Hendrix

I much more perfer Zia.

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L'Eau Qui Pleure

I think Zinnia is a nice name and I'm surprised I don't like it more. I seem to like a lot of floral names, especially ones that are under-utilized. Z names are relatively uncommon and I think that adds a bit of spunk to the name. I think that contrasts in a good way with the soft floweryness of the name. I'm not crazy about Zinny but I think it makes perfect sense as a nn for a little Zinnia.

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“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain

I kinda like it. Zinny is ok. WDYTO the spelling Zinnea?

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Zinnia Mae
Zinnia Rae
Zinnia Michelle
Zinnia Emerson

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****Jackie****

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Proud Mommy to Patches (my kitty :)
Future Mom to Hannah Margaret and Sydney Catherine.

This message was edited 7/15/2006, 2:10 PM

I never thought of Zinnia as a name before, but it's a special flower to me, so I'm a wee bit feeling stupid. It is beautiful, of course.

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Another special flower to me is Phlox, but it's a bit too odd for a name, lol.

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Zinny is also adorable. :)

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Zinnia as fn combos:

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Zinnia Winter
Zinnia Janine
Zinnia Louise
Zinnia Lucille
Zinnia Jade
Zinnia Eve
Zinnia Scarlett
Zinnia Isolde

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Zinnia as a mn (this one's a bit harder.)
Ava Zinnia
Eva Zinnia
Caitlin Zinnia
Naomi Zinnia

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I love Zinnia but can't stand Zinny.
For combos, how about:
Zinnia Katherine
Zinnia Camille
Zinnia Madaleine(maDAlen)
Zinnia Adelaide
Zinnia Margaret

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Whenever I hear this name I think of the book Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech - Zinnia nn Zinny was the main character in that book. I don't know that I would use the name myself, but it would make me smile to see it on someone else's kid.

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Some combos:
Zinnia Alice
Zinnia Beatrice
Zinnia Charlotte
Zinnia Claire
Zinnia Clementine
Zinnia Elaine
Zinnia Elizabeth
Zinnia Guinevere
Zinnia Gwendolen
Zinnia Helen
Zinnia Jane
Zinnia Josephine
Zinnia Kate
Zinnia Lenore
Zinnia Louise
Zinnia Madeleine
Zinnia Margaret
Zinnia Nicole
Zinnia Rebecca
Zinnia Willow

I absolutely love it. Love it.

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I used to have a cat named Zinnia. She went nameless for two weeks and finally I sat down with a gardening book I happened to have from the library and decided I'd find a name in that book. Flipped through alphabetically and didn't decide until the letter Z. Zinnia? Yeah, Zinnia will work! And it did, I thought it was a great name. I did call her Zinny sometimes. It's a pretty natural nn.

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And yes, that was for a cat but I still think it would be a fantastic name for a human. The letter Z is so spunky. Flower names are so in style right now, and in my humble opinion, Zinnia is FAR more interesting than Rose or Lily or Violet.

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It's honestly a name I can't believe more people don't like. I think it's terribly overlooked.