Message: "Holly and Ivy Challenge"

Holly and Ivy Challenge

by Barb (guest)

12/5/2001, 10:03 PM

I'm making a list. It's actually not about Christmas, it's about plants which have inspired names. I'm not including names of sprites, fairies, hobbits or other fictional characters, or animals (such as Petunia) unless they have also been given to humans. Besides Holly and Ivy, there's Heather, Fern, Laurel, Myrtle, Willow, Rowan, Linden, Daisy, Rose, Lily, Violet, Clover, Daphne, Jasmine, and my one contribution to behindthename.......ah yes, Salal. Any others?

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- Nanaea +3

12/6/2001, 5:16 AM

Why would you exclude "Petunia" from your list? It's been used as a name for humans, too, besides animated pigs. :)

Here are some more for you:

Amaranth
Amarantha
Amaryllis
Angelica (the herb, not the angel)
Basil (Brenda Star's lost love)
Blossom (of teevee fame)
Bryony
Camellia
Cassia
Celandine
Cicely
Cinnamon (the original spychick from Mission: Impossible)
Eglantine
Ginger (of Rogers and Gilligan's Island fame)
Hazel (a domestic servant from an old teevee series)
Lavender
Liana
Marguerite (as a French daisy; not French Margaret)
Meadow (the Sopranos daughter)
Olive
Olivia
Pansy
Pepper
Poppy (as in Poppy Z. Brite, the author)
Rosemary (from Ira Levin's novel of witchy doings in Manhattan)
Rue
Saffron (the long-suffering daughter of Ab Fab fame)
Sage (getting up there in the name popularity charts these days)
Tansy
Valerian (another herb)

- Barb (guest) +1

12/6/2001, 9:51 AM

Thanks for the list! I've never come across a human "Petunia" and it's not listed on Mike's site, but I should have known better....especially with you sleuths out there!

- Nanaea

12/6/2001, 10:36 AM

You might also want to try the Kabalarians' lists of "Flower Names" -- especially if you're looking for alternate spellings.

For Feminine Flower Names: http://www.kabalarians.com/female/flowersf.htm

For Masculine Flower Names:
http://www.kabalarians.com/male/flowersm.htm

Just keep in mind that some of their category choices may be questionable.

-- Nanaea

- Nanaea

12/6/2001, 5:46 AM

A few more, plus links set on last list...

Alder
Anthea (Greek for "flower" and alternate name for Aphrodite)
Aspen (trendy name moving up on the popular names charts)
Fabiana (South American flower)
Forest
Heath
Mahogany
Melissa (the herb)
Myrrha
Rowan
Tamarisk

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- Mike C +1

12/6/2001, 3:17 AM

Some rarer flower names include Hyacinth, Dahlia, Chrysanta, Magnolia and Linnea.

- Barb (guest)

12/6/2001, 9:56 AM

Thanks Mike! You could add "Petunia" to your site ..(see above messages)

- Barb (guest)

12/5/2001, 10:11 PM

Oops... I missed Lilac and Iris.

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