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Abeba f Amharic
Means "flower" in Amharic.

Adsila f Cherokee
From Cherokee ᎠᏥᎳ (atsila) "fire" or ᎠᏥᎸᏍᎩ (atsilunsgi) "flower, blossom".

Aigul f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Kazakh and Kyrgyz form of Aygül.

Altansarnai f Mongolian
Means "golden rose" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and сарнай (sarnai) meaning "rose".

Altantsetseg f Mongolian
Means "golden flower" in Mongolian, from алтан (altan) meaning "golden" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".

Alvard f Armenian
Means "red rose" in Armenian, from ալ (al) meaning "red, scarlet" and վարդ (vard) meaning "rose".

Anargul f Kazakh
Means "blooming pomegranate tree" in Kazakh.

Anfisa f Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ἀνθοῦσα (Anthousa), which was derived from Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". This was the name of a 9th-century Byzantine saint.

Anh m & f Vietnamese
Often from Sino-Vietnamese 英 (anh) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero". This name is frequently combined with a middle name to create a compound name; the meaning of Anh can change depending on the Sino-Vietnamese characters underlying the compound.

Annagül f Turkmen
Derived from Turkmen anna "Friday" and gül "flower, rose".

Anthea f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ἄνθεια (Antheia), derived from ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera.

Anthi f Greek
Short form of names containing the Greek element ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom", such as Chrysanthi and Evanthia.

Anthony m English
English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin. The most notable member of the Roman family was the general Marcus Antonius (called Mark Antony in English), who for a period in the 1st century BC ruled the Roman Empire jointly with Augustus. When their relationship turned sour, he and his mistress Cleopatra were attacked and forced to commit suicide, as related in Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra (1606).... [more]

Anthoula f Greek
Diminutive of names containing the Greek element ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom", such as Chrysanthi and Evanthia.

Ayaka f Japanese
From Japanese 彩 (aya) meaning "colour" combined with 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) both meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Ayame f Japanese
From Japanese 菖蒲 (ayame) meaning "iris (flower)". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can also form this name.

Ayanna f African American
Meaning uncertain. In 1970 it was featured in The Book of African Names by Chief Osuntoki with a listed meaning of "beautiful flower". American comedian and activist Dick Gregory used it for his daughter in 1971.

Aygol f Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar form of Aygül.

Aygül f Turkish, Uyghur, Azerbaijani
Derived from the Turkic element ay meaning "moon" combined with Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose". In some languages this is also a name for a variety of flowering plant that grows in central Asia (species Fritillaria eduardii).

Ayşegül f Turkish
Combination of Ayşe and Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose".

Azahar f Spanish (Rare)
Means "orange blossom" in Spanish, ultimately from Arabic زهْرة (zahra) meaning "flower". It is taken from the title of the Virgin Mary, Nuestra Señora del Azahar, meaning "Our Lady of the Orange Blossom", because of the citrus trees that surround a church devoted to her near Murcia.

Azucena f Spanish
Means "madonna lily" in Spanish.

Bahargül f Turkmen
Derived from Turkmen bahar meaning "spring" and gül meaning "flower, rose" (both roots ultimately of Persian origin).

Baktygul f Kyrgyz
Derived from Persian بخت (bakht) meaning "fortune, happiness" and گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose".

Berfîn f Kurdish
Means "snowdrop (flower)" in Kurdish (genus Galanthus).

Bláthíne f Irish Mythology
Variant of Bláthnat using a different diminutive suffix, used in some versions of the legend.

Bláthnat f Irish Mythology
Means "little flower" from Irish bláth "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend she was a maiden abducted and married by Cú Roí. She was rescued by Cúchulainn, who killed her husband, but was in turn murdered by one of Cú Roí's loyal servants.

Blejan f Cornish
Means "flower" in Cornish.

Blodeuyn f Welsh (Rare)
Means "flower" in Welsh.

Blossom f English
From the English word blossom, ultimately from Old English blóstm. It came into use as a rare given name in the 19th century.

Bluma f Yiddish
From Yiddish בלום (blum) meaning "flower".

Boglárka f Hungarian
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Hungarian (genus Ranunculus), derived from the archaic word boglár meaning "ornament".

Bolortsetseg f Mongolian
Means "crystal flower" in Mongolian, from болор (bolor) meaning "crystal" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".

Bopha f Khmer
From Pali puppha meaning "flower", written as បុប្ផ (bop) in Khmer, from Sanskrit पुष्प (puṣpa).

Briar Rose f Literature
English translation of German Dornröschen. This is the name of the fairy tale character Sleeping Beauty in the Brothers Grimm version of the story.

Calanthe f English (Rare)
From the name of a type of orchid, ultimately meaning "beautiful flower", derived from Greek καλός (kalos) meaning "beautiful" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower".

Calfuray f Mapuche (Hispanicized)
Means "violet flower" in Mapuche, from kallfü "purple, blue" and rayen "flower".

Calla f English
From the name of two types of plants, the true calla (species Calla palustris) and the calla lily (species Calla aethiopica), both having white flowers and growing in marshy areas. Use of the name may also be inspired by Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty".

Chika 2 f Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 散 (chi) meaning "scatter" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "good, beautiful" or 花 (ka) meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Chrysanthos m Greek, Ancient Greek
Means "golden flower" from Greek χρύσεος (chryseos) meaning "golden" combined with ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". This name was borne by a semi-legendary 3rd-century Egyptian saint.

Çiçək f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Çiçek.

Çiçek f Turkish
Means "flower, blossom" in Turkish.

Crina f Romanian
Derived from Romanian crin meaning "lily".

Cúc f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 菊 (cúc) meaning "chrysanthemum".

Cveta f Serbian
Feminine form of Cvetko.

Cvetan m Macedonian
Macedonian form of Tsvetan.

Cvetka f Slovene
Feminine form of Cvetko.

Cvetko m Slovene, Serbian, Macedonian, Croatian
Derived from South Slavic cvet meaning "blossom, flower".

Cvijeta f Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of Cvetko.

Cvita f Croatian
Croatian feminine form of Cvetko.

Daisy f English
Simply from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye". It was first used as a given name in the 19th century, at the same time many other plant and flower names were coined.... [more]

Dornröschen f Literature
From German Dorn "thorn" and Rose "rose" combined with the diminutive suffix -chen. This is the name of Sleeping Beauty in the Brothers Grimm telling of the fairy tale.

Đurđica f Croatian
Croatian feminine form of George. It also means "lily of the valley" in Croatian.

Eirlys f Welsh
Means "snowdrop (flower)" in Welsh, a compound of eira "snow" and llys "plant".

Endzela f Georgian
Means "snowdrop (flower)" in Georgian (genus Galanthus).

Euanthe f Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Derived from Greek εὐανθής (euanthes) meaning "blooming, flowery", a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". According to some sources, this was the name of the mother of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites) in Greek mythology.

Eun-Yeong f Korean
From Sino-Korean 恩 (eun) meaning "kindness, mercy, charity" and 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero". This name can be formed by other hanja character combinations as well.

Euthalia f Late Greek
Means "flower, bloom" from the Greek word εὐθάλεια (euthaleia), itself derived from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". This name was borne by a 3rd-century saint and martyr from Sicily.

Fatima az-Zahra f Arabic
Combination of Fatima and Zahra 1, referring to Fatima the daughter of Muhammad.

Fioralba f Italian (Rare)
Combination of Italian fiore "flower" (Latin flos) and alba "dawn".

Fiore f & m Italian
Means "flower" in Italian. It can also be considered an Italian form of the Latin names Flora and Florus.

Fiorella f Italian
From Italian fiore "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix.

Fleur f French, Dutch, English (British)
Means "flower" in French. Saint Fleur of Issendolus (Flor in Gascon) was a 14th-century nun from Maurs, France. This was also the name of a character in John Galsworthy's novels The Forsyte Saga (1922).

Flor f Spanish, Portuguese
Either directly from Spanish or Portuguese flor meaning "flower", or a short form of Florencia.

Flora f English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, French, Greek, Albanian, Roman Mythology
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.

Florica f Romanian
Derived from Romanian floricea, itself a diminutive of floare "flower".

Florinda f Spanish, Portuguese
Elaborated form of Spanish or Portuguese flor meaning "flower".

Florizel m Literature
From Latin floris, the genitive case of flos meaning "flower". This name was used by Shakespeare for the prince of Bohemia and the lover of Perdita in his play The Winter's Tale (1610).

Florus m Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen that was derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). It was borne by a 2nd-century saint who was martyred with Laurus in Illyricum.

Flower f English (Rare)
Simply from the English word flower for the blossoming plant. It is derived (via Old French) from Latin flos.

Ghoncheh f Persian
Means "flower bud" in Persian.

Gol f Persian
Means "flower, rose" in Persian.

Golbahar f Persian
Means "spring flower", from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and بهار (bahār) meaning "spring".

Golnar f Persian
Means "pomegranate flower", derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower" and نار (nār) meaning "pomegranate".

Golnaz f Persian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and ناز (nāz) meaning "delight, comfort".

Golshan f & m Persian
From an archaic Persian word meaning "rose garden", a derivative of گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose".

Golzar m & f Persian
Derived from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and the suffix زار (zār) meaning "place abounding in, field, garden".

Gonca f Turkish
Means "flower bud" in Turkish, of Persian origin.

Gonxhe f Albanian
Means "flower bud" in Albanian, of Persian origin. This was the middle name of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, better known as Mother Teresa (1910-1997).

Guiying m & f Chinese
From Chinese 桂 (guì) meaning "laurel, cassia, cinnamon" combined with 英 (yīng) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero". This name can be formed from other character combinations as well.

Gül f Turkish
Means "rose" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

Gul m & f Urdu, Pashto
Means "flower, rose" in Urdu and Pashto, ultimately from Persian.

Gülay f Turkish, Azerbaijani
Means "rose moon" in Turkish and Azerbaijani, derived from gül, ultimately Persian گل (gol), meaning "rose" combined with ay meaning "moon".

Gulbadan f Urdu (Rare)
Means "having a body like a rose" in Persian. This was the name of a daughter of the Mughal emperor Babur.

Gülçin f Turkish
Means "rose picking, rose growing" in Turkish.

Gülden f Turkish
Means "from the rose" in Turkish.

Guli f Uzbek
Uzbek form of Gul.

Gülistan f Turkish
Means "rose garden" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian.

Gulistan f Kurdish
Kurdish form of Gülistan.

Gulmira f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
From Kyrgyz and Kazakh гүл (gul) meaning "flower", ultimately from Persian گل (gol), combined with Arabic أميرة (ʾamīra) meaning "princess".

Gülnur f Turkish
Means "rose light" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light".

Gulrukh f Urdu
Means "rose faced" in Persian. This was the name of a wife of the Mughal emperor Babur.

Gülşat f Turkmen
From Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and شاد (shād) meaning "happy".

Gülten f Turkish
Means "rose skin" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose" and تن (tan) meaning "body, skin".

Gundega f Latvian
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Latvian. This name was used by the Latvian playwright Anna Brigadere in her play Princese Gundega un Karalis Brusubārda (1923).

Hajnalka f Hungarian
Means "morning glory (flower)" in Hungarian.

Hana 3 f Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) or 華 (hana) both meaning "flower". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Hanae f Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) or 華 (hana), which both mean "flower", combined with 絵 (e) meaning "picture" or 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Hanako f Japanese
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other kanji combinations.

Haruka f & m Japanese
From Japanese 遥 (haruka) meaning "distant, remote". It can also come from 春 (haru) meaning "spring" or 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Additionally, other kanji combinations can form this name.

He f & m Chinese
From Chinese 河 (hé) meaning "river, stream", 和 (hé) meaning "harmony, peace", or 荷 (hé) meaning "lotus, water lily" (which is usually only feminine). Other characters can form this name as well. A famous bearer was the Ming dynasty explorer Zheng He (1371-1433).

Heitiare f Tahitian
From Tahitian hei "crown, garland" and tiare "flower".

Hoa f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 花 (hoa) meaning "flower".

Honoka f Japanese
From Japanese 和 (hono) meaning "harmony" (using an obscure nanori reading) and 花 (ka) meaning "flower", as well as other combinations of kanji that have the same pronunciation. Very often it is written using the hiragana writing system.

Hua f & m Chinese
From Chinese 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, Chinese" or 花 (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" (which is usually only feminine). Other Chinese characters can form this name as well.

Huệ f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 慧 (huệ) meaning "bright, intelligent" or 蕙 (huệ) meaning "tuberose (flower)".

Ianthe f Greek Mythology
Means "violet flower", derived from Greek ἴον (ion) meaning "violet" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". This was the name of an ocean nymph in Greek mythology.

Ione f Greek Mythology, English
From Ancient Greek ἴον (ion) meaning "violet flower". This was the name of a sea nymph in Greek mythology. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, though perhaps based on the Greek place name Ionia, a region on the west coast of Asia Minor.

Irit f Hebrew
Means "asphodel (flower)" in Hebrew.

Ivančica f Croatian
Means "daisy" in Croatian.

Jacinthe f French (Rare)
French cognate of Hyacinth 2.

Ji-Yeong f Korean
From Sino-Korean 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 知 (ji) meaning "know, perceive, comprehend" combined with 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero" or 榮 (yeong) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper". Many other hanja character combinations are possible.

Ju f & m Chinese
From Chinese 菊 (jú) meaning "chrysanthemum" (which is usually only feminine) or 巨 (jù) meaning "big, enormous" (usually only masculine), besides other characters that are pronounced similarly.

Kalyna f Ukrainian (Rare)
From the Ukrainian word for a type of shrub, also called the guelder rose (species Viburnum opulus).

Kanon f Japanese
From Japanese 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" and 音 (non) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.

Kantuta f Aymara
Means "cantua flower" in Aymara (species Cantua buxifolia).

Kapua f & m Hawaiian
Means "the flower" or "the child" from Hawaiian ka, a definite article, and pua "flower, offspring".

Karen 3 f Japanese
From Japanese 華 (ka) meaning "flower" and 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus, water lily". Other combinations of kanji can also form this name.

Kasumi f Japanese
From Japanese 霞 (kasumi) meaning "mist". It can also come from 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom" combined with 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear, pure". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Kielo f Finnish
Means "lily of the valley" in Finnish (species Convallaria majalis).

Kiku f Japanese
From Japanese 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum", as well as other kanji characters that are pronounced the same way.

Kolab f Khmer (Rare)
Means "rose" in Khmer, ultimately from Persian گلاب (golāb).

Kukka f Finnish
Means "flower" in Finnish.

Kulap f & m Thai
Means "rose" in Thai (of Persian origin).

Kusuma m & f Indonesian
Derived from Sanskrit कुसुम (kusuma) meaning "flower".

Květa f Czech
Either a short form of Květoslava or directly from Czech květ "flower, blossom".

Kveta f Slovak
Slovak form of Květa.

Květoslav m Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements květŭ "flower" and slava "glory".

Kvetoslav m Slovak
Slovak form of Květoslav.

Lăcrămioara f Romanian
Means "lily of the valley" in Romanian (species Convallaria majalis). It is derived from a diminutive form of lacrămă "tear".

Lala f Bulgarian (Rare)
From Bulgarian лале (lale) meaning "tulip" (of Persian origin).

Lale f Turkish
Means "tulip" in Turkish, of Persian origin.

Laleh f Persian
Means "tulip" in Persian.

Lalka f Bulgarian
From Bulgarian лале (lale) meaning "tulip". It is derived via Turkish from Persian لاله (lāleh).

Lalla f Literature
Derived from Persian لاله (lāleh) meaning "tulip". This was the name of the heroine of Thomas Moore's poem Lalla Rookh (1817). In the poem, Lalla, the daughter of the emperor of Delhi, listens to a poet sing four tales.

Lan 1 f & m Chinese, Vietnamese
From Chinese 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid, elegant" (which is usually only feminine) or 岚 (lán) meaning "mountain mist". Other Chinese characters can form this name as well. As a Vietnamese name, it is derived from Sino-Vietnamese 蘭 meaning "orchid".

Lehua f & m Hawaiian
Means "ohia flower" in Hawaiian.

Lian 2 m & f Chinese
From Chinese 莲 (lián) meaning "lotus, water lily", 濂 (lián) meaning "waterfall", or other Chinese characters that are pronounced similarly.

Licarayen f Mapuche
Means "stone flower" in Mapuche, from likan "a type of black stone" and rayen "flower". According to a Mapuche legend this was the name of a maiden who sacrificed herself in order to stop the wrath of the evil spirit of a volcano.

Liên f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 蓮 (liên) meaning "lotus, water lily".

Lile f Irish (Rare)
Irish form of Lily.

Lili f German, French, Hungarian
German, French and Hungarian diminutive of Elisabeth and other names containing li. It is also sometimes connected to the German word lilie meaning "lily".

Lilia f Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian
Latinate form of Lily, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Лилия or Ukrainian Лілія (see Liliya).

Lilija f Lithuanian, Latvian
Lithuanian and Latvian cognate of Lily.

Lilijana f Slovene, Lithuanian
Slovene and Lithuanian form of Lillian.

Liliya f Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian cognate of Lily.

Lilja f Icelandic, Faroese, Finnish
Icelandic, Faroese and Finnish cognate of Lily.

Liljana f Macedonian, Slovene, Albanian
Macedonian, Slovene and Albanian form of Lillian.

Lilli f German, Danish, Finnish
German, Danish and Finnish variant of Lili.

Lily f English
From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).

Lilyana f Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Lillian.

Lily-Rose f English
Combination of Lily and Rose.

Ljerka f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from the rare Serbo-Croatian word lijer meaning "lily" (the usual word is ljiljan).

Ljiljana f Serbian, Croatian
Derived from Serbo-Croatian ljiljan meaning "lily".

Ljubica f Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
From the Slavic element ľuby meaning "love" combined with a diminutive suffix. It can also come from the Serbian and Croatian word ljubica meaning "violet (flower)".

Lore 2 f Basque
Means "flower" in Basque.

Lule f Albanian
Means "flower" in Albanian.

Luljeta f Albanian
Means "flower of life" in Albanian, from lule "flower" and jetë "life".

Lys f French (Rare)
Diminutive of Élisabeth. It is also the French word for "lily".

Madelief f Dutch
Derived from Dutch madeliefje meaning "daisy".

Mak m Bosnian
Means "poppy (flower)" in Bosnian. It is most often given in honour of the Bosnian poet Mehmedalija Dizdar (1917-1971), whose pseudonym was Mak.

Mao f Japanese
From Japanese 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or 舞 (mai) meaning "dance" combined with 央 (o) meaning "center", 緒 (o) meaning "thread" or 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Marianthi f Greek
Combination of Maria and Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower" (from names such as Chrysanthi).

Marie-Rose f French
Combination of Marie and Rose.

Mawar f Indonesian, Malay
Means "rose" in Malay and Indonesian.

Maylis f French
From the name of a town in southern France, said to derive from Occitan mair "mother" and French lys "lily". It is also sometimes considered a combination of Marie and lys.

Mbalenhle f Zulu
From Zulu imbali "flower" and hle "beautiful".

Mbali f Zulu
Means "flower" in Zulu.

Melanthios m Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek μέλας (melas) meaning "black, dark" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". In Homer's epic the Odyssey this is the name of an insolent goatherd killed by Odysseus.

Melati f Indonesian, Malay
Means "jasmine flower" in Malay and Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit मालती (mālatī).

Millaray f Mapuche
Means "golden flower" in Mapuche, from milla "gold" and rayen "flower".

Mio 1 f Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom" or 緒 (o) meaning "thread". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.

Misaki f Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". This name can be formed from other combinations of kanji as well.

Momoka f Japanese
From Japanese 百 (momo) meaning "hundred" or 桃 (momo) meaning "peach" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Mönkhtsetseg f Mongolian
Means "eternal flower" in Mongolian, from мөнх (mönkh) meaning "eternal" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".

Müge f Turkish
Means "lily of the valley" in Turkish (species Convallaria majalis).

Mukul m Hindi
Means "bud, blossom" in Sanskrit.

Mulan f Chinese Mythology
From Chinese 木兰 (mùlán) meaning "magnolia". This is the name of a legendary female warrior who disguises herself as a man to take her ailing father's place when he is conscripted into the army.

Naasunnguaq f Greenlandic
Means "little flower" in Greenlandic, from naasoq "flower, plant" and the diminutive suffix -nnguaq.

Narantsetseg f Mongolian
Means "sun flower" in Mongolian, from наран (naran) meaning "sun" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".

Nari f Korean
Means "lily" in Korean.

Nasrin f Persian, Bengali
Means "wild rose" in Persian.

Nawra f Arabic
Means "flower, blossom" in Arabic, a derivative of نوّر (nawwara) meaning "to blossom, to illuminate, to light".

Nazgul f Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Derived from Persian ناز (nāz) meaning "delight, comfort" and گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose".

Nerida f Indigenous Australian
Possibly means "water lily" in an Australian Aboriginal language.

Nicte f Mayan (Hispanicized)
From Yucatec Maya nikte' meaning "flower" or specifically "plumeria flower". It is derived from Classic Maya nich "flower" and te' "tree".

Niloufar f Persian
Means "water lily" in Persian.

Nitzan m & f Hebrew
Means "flower bud" in Hebrew.

Nurgül f Turkish
Means "radiant rose" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light" and Persian گل (gol) meaning "flower, rose".

Nurgul f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Kazakh and Kyrgyz form of Nurgül.

Nurit f Hebrew
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Hebrew (genus Ranunculus).

Odtsetseg f Mongolian
Means "star flower" in Mongolian, from од (od) meaning "star" and цэцэг (tsetseg) meaning "flower".

Õie f Estonian
Derived from Estonian õis meaning "flower".

Orquídea f Spanish, Portuguese
Means "orchid" in Spanish and Portuguese, from Latin orchis, Greek ὄρχις (orchis).

Pa f Hmong
Means "flower" in Hmong.

Palesa f Sotho
Means "flower" in Sotho.

Patigül f Uyghur
Uyghur elaboration of Patime using the suffix گۈل (gül) meaning "flower, rose" (of Persian origin).

Pua f & m Hawaiian
Means "flower, offspring" in Hawaiian.

Pualani f Hawaiian
Means "heavenly flower" or "royal offspring" from Hawaiian pua "flower, offspring" and lani "heaven, sky, royal, majesty".

Puanani f Hawaiian
Means "beautiful flower" or "beautiful offspring" from Hawaiian pua "flower, offspring" and nani "beauty, glory".

Pushpa f & m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali
From Sanskrit पुष्प (puṣpa) meaning "flower". This is a transcription of both the feminine form पुष्पा and the masculine form पुष्प. Especially in Nepal it is frequently masculine.

Raisa 2 f Yiddish
From Yiddish רויז (roiz) meaning "rose".

Ralitsa f Bulgarian
Means "larkspur (flower)" in Bulgarian.

Ran f Japanese
From Japanese 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid" or other kanji pronounced in the same way.

Rayen f Mapuche
Means "flower" in Mapuche.

Ren m & f Japanese
From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus", 恋 (ren) meaning "romantic love", or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

Reyhangül f Uyghur
Uyghur elaboration of Reyhan using the suffix گۈل (gül) meaning "flower, rose".

Rhoda f Biblical, English
Derived from Greek ῥόδον (rhodon) meaning "rose". In the New Testament this name was borne by a maid in the house of Mary the mother of John Mark. As an English given name, Rhoda came into use in the 17th century.

Rhodopis f Ancient Greek
Derived from Greek ῥόδον (rhodon) meaning "rose" and ὄψ (ops) meaning "face, eye". According to Herodotus this was the name of a prostitute who was a slave with Aesop on Samos. The same figure appears in the 1st-century BC writings of Strabo, which recount the tale of a slave named Rhodopis who marries the Egyptian pharaoh after he finds her sandal and has his men locate the owner. Some sources spell her name as Rhodope.

Rhosyn f Welsh (Rare)
Means "rose" in Welsh. This is a modern Welsh name.

Rio 2 f Japanese
From Japanese 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 里 (ri) meaning "village" combined with 央 (o) meaning "center", 緒 (o) meaning "thread" or 桜 (o) meaning "cherry blossom". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Rodica f Romanian
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Romanian rod (a Slavic borrowing) meaning "fruit" or Greek ῥόδον (rhodon) meaning "rose".

Róis f Irish (Rare)
Irish form of Rose, or directly from the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (genitive róis; of Latin origin).

Róise f Irish
Variant of Róis.

Róisín f Irish
Diminutive of Róis or the Irish word rós meaning "rose" (of Latin origin). It appears in the 17th-century song Róisín Dubh.

Roos f Dutch
Dutch vernacular form of Rosa 1, meaning "rose" in Dutch.

Roosa f Finnish
Finnish form of Rosa 1. It also means "pink" in Finnish.

Roosevelt m English
From a Dutch surname meaning "rose field". This name is often given in honour of American presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) or Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945).

Rós f Icelandic
Means "rose" in Icelandic.

Rósa f Icelandic, Faroese
Icelandic and Faroese form of Rosa 1.

Rosa 1 f Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Dutch, German, English
Generally this can be considered to be from Latin rosa meaning "rose", though originally it may have come from the unrelated Germanic name Roza 2. This was the name of a 13th-century saint from Viterbo in Italy. In the English-speaking world it was first used in the 19th century. Famous bearers include the Polish-German revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) and the American civil rights activist Rosa Parks (1913-2005).

Rosalba f Italian
Italian name meaning "white rose", derived from Latin rosa "rose" and alba "white". A famous bearer was the Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera (1675-1757).

Rosalia f Italian, Late Roman
Late Latin name derived from rosa "rose". This was the name of a 12th-century Sicilian saint.

Rosalind f English
Derived from the Old German elements hros meaning "horse" and lind meaning "soft, flexible, tender". The Normans introduced this name to England, though it was not common. During the Middle Ages its spelling was influenced by the Latin phrase rosa linda "beautiful rose". The name was popularized by Edmund Spencer, who used it in his poetry, and by William Shakespeare, who used it for the heroine in his comedy As You Like It (1599).

Rosalyn f English
Variant of Rosaline. It can also be considered an elaboration of Rose with the common name suffix lyn.

Rosamund f English (Rare)
Derived from the Old German elements hros "horse" and munt "protection". This name was borne by the wife of the Lombard king Alboin in the 6th century. The Normans introduced it to England. It was subsequently interpreted as coming from Latin rosa munda "pure rose" or rosa mundi "rose of the world". This was the name of the mistress of Henry II, the king of England in the 12th century. According to legends she was murdered by his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Rosanna f Italian, English
Combination of Rosa 1 and Anna.

Rosanne f English, Dutch
Combination of Rose and Anne 1.

Rosaura f Spanish
Means "golden rose", derived from Latin rosa "rose" and aurea "golden". This name was (first?) used by Pedro Calderón de la Barca for a character in his play Life Is a Dream (1635).

Rose f English, French
Originally a Norman French form of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis meaning "famous type", composed of the elements hruod "fame" and heit "kind, sort, type". The Normans introduced it to England in the forms Roese and Rohese. From an early date it was associated with the word for the fragrant flower rose (derived from Latin rosa). When the name was revived in the 19th century, it was probably with the flower in mind.

Rose-Marie f French
Combination of Rose and Marie.

Rosemary f English
Combination of Rose and Mary. This name can also be given in reference to the herb, which gets its name from Latin ros marinus meaning "dew of the sea". It came into use as a given name in the 19th century.

Rosenrot f Literature
Means "rose red" in German, used in the Brothers Grimm folktale Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot (English translation Snow-White and Rose-Red). In the tale Rosenrot and her sister Schneeweißchen befriend a bear who has been cursed by an evil dwarf.

Róża f Polish
Means "rose" in Polish. It is a cognate of Rosa 1.

Roza 1 f Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "rose" in Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian. It is a cognate of Rosa 1.

Rozabela f Esperanto
Means "rosy-beautiful" in Esperanto, ultimately from Latin rosa "rose" and bella "beautiful".

Rožė f Lithuanian
Means "rose" in Lithuanian. It is a cognate of Rosa 1.

Rozenn f Breton
Means "rose" in Breton.

Rózsa f Hungarian
Means "rose" in Hungarian. It is a cognate of Rosa 1.

Ruža f Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Means "rose" in Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian, a cognate of Rosa 1. In Macedonian, ружа is an alternate form of the word роза (roza).

Růžena f Czech
Derived from Czech růže meaning "rose".

Ružena f Slovak
Derived from Slovak ruže meaning "rose".

Sacnicte f Mayan (Hispanicized)
Means "white plumeria flower", from Yucatec Maya sak "white" and nikte' "plumeria flower".

Saki f Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (sa) meaning "blossom" and 希 (ki) meaning "hope", besides other combinations of kanji characters.

Sakiko f Japanese
From Japanese 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other combinations of kanji characters.

Sakura f Japanese
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", though it is often written using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from 咲 (saku) meaning "blossom" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" as well as other kanji combinations.

Sakurako f Japanese
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Sarnai f Mongolian
Means "rose" in Mongolian.

Sayuri f Japanese
From Japanese 小 (sa) meaning "small" and 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations.

Sethunya f Tswana
Means "bloom, flower" in Tswana, derived from thunya "to bloom".

Shokoufeh f Persian
Means "blossom" in Persian.

Sigal f Hebrew
Means "violet flower" in Hebrew.

Sirvard f Armenian
Means "love rose" in Armenian, from սեր (ser) meaning "love" and վարդ (vard) meaning "rose".

Smadar f Hebrew
Means "blossom" in Hebrew.

Smiljana f Croatian, Serbian
From the Serbo-Croatian word smilje, a type of plant, known as everlasting or immortelle in English (genus Helichrysum).

Snieguolė f Lithuanian
From Lithuanian sniegas meaning "snow" and a diminutive suffix. As a word, snieguolė can also mean "snowdrop flower", while Snieguolė is also the Lithuanian name for Snow White.

Sóley f Icelandic
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Icelandic (genus Ranunculus), derived from sól "sun" and ey "island".

Sólja f Faroese
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Faroese (genus Ranunculus). The buttercup is the national flower of the Faroe Islands.

Songül f Turkish
From Turkish son meaning "last, final" and gül meaning "rose".

Spomenka f Croatian
From Croatian spomenak meaning "forget-me-not (flower)".

Sulastri f Javanese, Indonesian
Possibly from Javanese solatri, the name of a flowering plant (species Calophyllum soulattri). This is the name of a wife of Arjuna in the Javanese version of the Hindu epic the Mahabharata.

Sumire f Japanese
From Japanese 菫 (sumire) meaning "violet (flower)". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.

Susanna f Italian, Catalan, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, Dutch, English, Armenian, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Old Church Slavic
From Σουσάννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshanna). This was derived from the Hebrew word שׁוֹשָׁן (shoshan) meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose"), perhaps ultimately from Egyptian sšn "lotus". In the Old Testament Apocrypha this is the name of a woman falsely accused of adultery. The prophet Daniel clears her name by tricking her accusers, who end up being condemned themselves. It also occurs in the New Testament belonging to a woman who ministers to Jesus.... [more]

Tajddigt f Berber
Means "flower" in Tamazight.

Thales m Ancient Greek, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Derived from Greek θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". Thales of Miletus was a 6th-century BC Greek philosopher and mathematician.

Thalia f Greek Mythology (Latinized), Greek
From the Greek name Θάλεια (Thaleia), derived from θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". In Greek mythology she was one of the nine Muses, presiding over comedy and pastoral poetry. This was also the name of one of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites).

Tiare f Tahitian
Means "flower" in Tahitian, also specifically referring to the species Gardenia taitensis.

Tigerlily f English (Rare)
From tiger lily, a name that has been applied to several orange varieties of lily (such as the species Lilium lancifolium). Tiger Lily is also the name of the Native American princess in J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan (1904).

Topʉsana f Comanche
Means "prairie flower" in Comanche.

Triantafyllos m Greek
Means "rose" in Greek, derived from τριάντα (trianta) "thirty" and φύλλον (fyllon) "leaf". This was the name of a 17th-century Greek saint and martyr.

Tsetseg f Mongolian
Means "flower" in Mongolian.

Tsubaki f Japanese
From Japanese 椿 (tsubaki) meaning "camellia (flower)", as well as other combinations of kanji that are pronounced the same way.

Tsveta f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tsvetan.

Tsvetan m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian цвет (tsvet) meaning "flower, blossom".

Tsvetana f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Tsvetan.

Tsvetko m Bulgarian
Variant of Tsvetan.

Vaitiare f Tahitian
From Tahitian vai "water" and tiare "flower".

Vardan m Armenian
Derived from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose", ultimately from an Iranian language.

Vardo f Georgian
Derived from Georgian ვარდი (vardi) meaning "rose", ultimately from an Iranian language via Armenian.

Varduhi f Armenian
Means "rose lady", from Armenian վարդ (vard) meaning "rose" and the feminine suffix ուհի (uhi).

Vered f Hebrew
Means "rose" in Hebrew, originally a borrowing from an Iranian language.

Violeta f Romanian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Lithuanian
Form of Violet in several languages.

Violette f French
French form of Violet.

Viorel m Romanian
Derived from viorea, the Romanian word for the alpine squill flower (species Scilla bifolia) or the sweet violet flower (species Viola odorata). It is derived from Latin viola "violet".

Viorica f Romanian
Derived from Romanian viorea (see Viorel).

Virág f Hungarian
Means "flower" in Hungarian.

Vuokko f Finnish
Means "anemone (flower)" in Finnish.

Warda f Arabic
Means "rose" in Arabic, ultimately a borrowing from an Iranian language.

Wiola f Polish
Polish form of Viola.

Xiadani f Zapotec
Meaning uncertain, said to mean "the flower that arrived" in Zapotec.

Xiulan f Chinese
From Chinese 秀 (xiù) meaning "luxuriant, beautiful, elegant, outstanding" combined with 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid, elegant". This name can be formed of other character combinations as well.

Xiuying f Chinese
From Chinese 秀 (xiù) meaning "luxuriant, beautiful, elegant, outstanding" combined with 英 (yīng) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero". Other character combinations are possible.

Xochipilli m Aztec and Toltec Mythology
Means "flower prince" in Nahuatl, from xōchitl "flower" and pilli "noble child, prince". Xochipilli was the Aztec god of love, flowers, song and games, the twin brother of Xochiquetzal.

Xochiquetzal f Aztec and Toltec Mythology, Nahuatl
Derived from Nahuatl xōchitl "flower" and quetzalli "quetzal feather, precious thing". This was the name of the Aztec goddess of love, flowers and the earth, the twin sister of Xochipilli.

Xochitl f Nahuatl
Means "flower" in Nahuatl.

Yeong f & m Korean
From Sino-Korean 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero", as well as other hanja characters that are pronounced similarly. It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name. This name was borne by Jang Yeong-sil (where Jang is the surname), a 15th-century Korean scientist and inventor.

Yeong-Ho m Korean
From Sino-Korean 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero", 映 (yeong) meaning "reflect light" or 泳 (yeong) meaning "dive, swim" combined with 浩 (ho) meaning "great, numerous, vast" or 皓 (ho) meaning "bright, luminous, clear, hoary". Other hanja combinations are possible.

Yeong-Hui f Korean
From Sino-Korean 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero" or 泳 (yeong) meaning "dive, swim" combined with 姬 (hui) meaning "beauty" or 嬉 (hui) meaning "enjoy, play". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well.

Yeong-Ja f Korean
From Sino-Korean 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero" and 子 (ja) meaning "child". Other hanja character combinations can form this name as well. Feminine names ending with the character 子 (a fashionable name suffix in Japan, read as -ko in Japanese) were popular in Korea during the period of Japanese rule (1910-1945). After liberation this name and others like it declined in popularity.

Yeong-Suk f Korean
From Sino-Korean 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero" and 淑 (suk) meaning "good, pure, virtuous, charming". Other hanja character combinations are possible.