rinafairy's Personal Name List

Apple
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AP-əl
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
From the English word for the fruit, derived from Middle English appel, Old English æppel. The American actress Gwenyth Paltrow and British musician Chris Martin gave this name to their daughter in 2004.
Blossom
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BLAH-səm
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From the English word blossom, ultimately from Old English blóstm. It came into use as a rare given name in the 19th century.
Camelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Romanian
Pronounced: ka-MEH-lee-a
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From camelie, the Romanian spelling of camellia (see Camellia).
Dahlia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DAL-yə, DAHL-yə, DAYL-yə
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.
Euthalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Greek
Other Scripts: Εὐθαλία(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
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.
Freesia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FREE-zhə
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Derived from the English word for the flower.
The flower itself was named after the German physician Friedrich Freese whose surname is a variant of Friese "a Frisian".
This name has been occasionally used in the English-speaking world from the late 1800s onwards.
Gardenia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: gahr-DEEN-ee-ə
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the name of the tropical flower, which was named for the Scottish naturalist Alexander Garden (1730-1791).
Hortensia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman, Spanish
Pronounced: or-TEHN-sya(Spanish)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of the Roman family name Hortensius, possibly derived from Latin hortus meaning "garden".
Ivančica
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Croatian
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "daisy" in Croatian.
Juniper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JOON-i-pər
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From the English word for the type of tree, derived ultimately from Latin iuniperus.
Kassia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KA-shə, KAS-ee-ə
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Variant of Cassia.
Linnea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Pronounced: lin-NEH-a(Swedish) LEEN-neh-ah(Finnish)
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Variant of Linnéa.
Maple
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-pəl
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From the English word for the tree (comprising the genus Acer), derived from Old English mapul. This is the name of a girl in Robert Frost's poem Maple (1923) who wonders about the origin of her unusual name.
Narcissa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Roman
Pronounced: nahr-SIS-ə(English)
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Narcissus.
Olyvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: o-LIV-ee-ə, ə-LIV-ee-ə
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Variant of Olivia.
Pua
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: POO-a
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Means "flower, offspring" in Hawaiian.
Ren
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 蓮, 恋, etc.(Japanese Kanji) れん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REHN
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (ren) meaning "lotus", (ren) meaning "romantic love", or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Rosedale
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
A variant of Rosendale . habitational name from Rosedale (North Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse dalr ‘valley’ with an uncertain first element either hross ‘horse’ (genitive plural hrossa) or the Old Norse personal name Russi Ross
Rosevelt
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (American)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
Variant of Roosevelt.
Rosewood
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
The name Rosewood is boy's name meaning "rose wood".
Sylvia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Pronounced: SIL-vee-ə(English) SIL-vee-ya(Dutch) SUYL-vee-ah(Finnish)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Variant of Silvia. This has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.
Tulippa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish (Rare), Literature, Polish
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
Tulippa is a name worn by a minor character in the Moomin series. It was created by Tove Jansson and probably is derived from tulippaani, "tulip" in Finnish. She was a girl who lived in a tulip flower before she joined Moomintroll and Moominmamma on their journey to find Moominpappa.
Umeko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 梅子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) うめこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: OO-MEH-KO
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" (referring to the species Prunus mume) and (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Violetta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Russian, Hungarian
Other Scripts: Виолетта(Russian)
Pronounced: vyo-LEHT-ta(Italian) vyi-u-LYEHT-tə(Russian) VEE-o-leht-taw(Hungarian)
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Italian, Russian and Hungarian form of Violet.
Zinnia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ZIN-ee-ə
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From the name of the flower, which was itself named for the German botanist Johann Zinn.
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