Flower Names
Names associated with flowers. Names that mean anemone, iris,
asphodel, daffodil, jonquil, tulip, orchid, carnation, chrysanthemum, heather, holly,
magnolia, marigold, blossom, clover, daisy, jasmine, lilac, lily, lotus, rose, etc.

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  76. CLYTIA: Latin form of Greek Klytiê, meaning "famous." In mythology, this is the name of a nymph who was buried alive in sand and transformed into a sunflower.
  77. COAXOCH: Nahuatl name meaning "serpent flower."
  78. COLUMBINE: English name derived from the plant name columbine, from Late Latin columbina, meaning "verbina" or "dovelike," so-called because when inverted the flower resembles a cluster of doves. Compare with another form of Columbine.
  79. CONDWIRAMUR: Cornish form of French Blanchefleur, meaning "white flower." In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a guardian of the Grail and wife of Percival.
  80. CONDWIRAMURS: Variant spelling of Cornish Condwiramur, meaning "white flower." 
  81. CRINA: Romanian name meaning "lily."
  82. CUC: Vietnamese name meaning "chrysanthemum."
  83. CVETKA (Цветка): Feminine form of Slovene Cvetko, meaning "blossom."

  84. DAFFODIL: English name derived from the flower name, from Latin asphodelus, from Greek asphodelos, meaning "asphodel flower." In Greek mythology, it is described as a pale yellow deathless kind of lily flower that overspreads the plains of Hades and is the favorite food of the dead. 

  85. DAHLIA: English name derived from the flower name, from the surname of Swedish botanist Anders Dahl, meaning "valley," hence "dahlia flower" or "valley flower."

  86. DAISY: English name derived from the flower name, from Old English dægeseage, "day's eye." 

  87. DALIA: Variant spelling of English Dahlia, meaning "dahlia flower" or "valley flower."

  88. DALYA: Variant spelling of English Dahlia, meaning "dahlia flower."

  89. DELPHINE: French form of Latin Delphina, meaning "woman from Delphi." Because of its association with the "delphinium," this name is sometimes given as a flower name.

  90. DIANTHA: Latin form of Greek Dianthe, meaning "god-flower." It is the feminine form of dianthus, the name of a species of flowering plants native to Europe and Asia.
  91. DIANTHE: Feminine form of Greek dianthos, composed of the elements dios "god" and anthos "flower," hence "god-flower."
  92. EFTHALIA (Εφθαλία): Modern spelling of Greek Euthalia, meaning "blooming, flourishing."
  93. EGLANTINE: English name derived from the Latin name for the "sweetbrier rose," from aculeus, meaning "spine, prickle."

  94. ELOXOCHITL: Nahuatl name meaning "magnolia."

  95. EUTHALIA (Ευθαλία): Greek name composed of the word eu "good, well" and the name Thalia "blooming, flourishing," hence "well-blooming/flourishing." This is the also the name of some species of butterflies. 

  96. FERN: English name derived from the vocabulary word fern, from Old English fearn, meaning "fern," a type of leafy plant. The name was first used in the 19th century when flower, plant or other "dainty" names were popular.

  97. FIORALBA: Italian name composed of the elements fiore "flower" and alba "dawn," meaning "flower of dawn."
  98. FIORE: Medieval Italian unisex name derived from the word fiore, meaning "flower."
  99. FIORELLA: Feminine diminutive form of Italian unisex Fiore ("flower"), meaning "little flower." Fiorello is the masculine form.
  100. FIORENZA: Feminine form of Italian Fiorenzo, meaning "blossoming."
  101. FIRENZE: Hungarian form of English/French Florence, meaning "blossoming."
  102. FLEUR: French form of Roman Latin Flora, meaning "flower." The English word "Flower" is also occasionally used as a personal name.
  103. FLEURETTA: Variant spelling of French Fleurette, meaning "little flower."
  104. FLEURETTE: Diminutive form of French Fleur ("flower"), meaning "little flower."
  105. FLO: Short form of English/French Florence "blossoming" and Latin Flora "flower."
  106. FLOELLA: Modern English compound name composed of Flo "blossoming/flower" and Ella "foreign; the other." 
  107. FLOR: English variant spelling of French Fleur, or perhaps just a short form of Latin Flora, both meaning "flower."
  108. FLÓRA: Hungarian form of Latin Flora, meaning "flower."
  109. FLORA: Roman Latin name meaning "flower." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of flowers and spring. Compare with another form of Flora.
  110. FLORE: English variant spelling of Roman Latin Flora, meaning "flower."
  111. FLORENCE: English and French feminine form of Latin Florentius, meaning "blossoming." Compare with masculine Florence.
  112. FLORENTIA: Feminine form of Latin Florentius, meaning "blossoming."
  113. FLORENTINA: Feminine form of Italian Florentino, meaning "blossoming."
  114. FLORENTXI: Basque feminine form of Latin Florentius, meaning "blossoming."
  115. FLORETTA: Diminutive form of Roman Latin Flora, meaning "little flower."
  116. FLORETTE: English variant spelling of French Fleurette, meaning "little flower."
  117. FLORI: Variant spelling of English Florrie, meaning "flower." 
  118. FLORIANA: Feminine form of Italian Floriano, meaning "flower."
  119. FLORICA: Romani name perhaps derived from the Romanian word Floarea, meaning "flower." 
  120. FLORINDA: English elaborated form of Roman Latin Flora, meaning "flower."
  121. FLORINE: Pet form of Roman Latin Flora, meaning "flower."
  122. FLORRIE: English pet form of English/French Florence, meaning "blossoming."
  123. FLORRY: Variant spelling of English Florrie, meaning "blossoming." Compare with masculine Florry.
  124. FLOSSIE: English pet form of English/French Florence, meaning "blossoming."
  125. FLOWER: English name derived from the vocabulary word, "flower," from Proto-Indo-European *bhlo-, meaning "to blossom, flourish."
  126. GARDENIA: English name derived from the flower name, meaning simply "gardenia flower."
  127. GENTA: Feminine form of Albanian Genti, meaning "gentian flower" or "(well)-born." 
  128. GENTIJANA: Albanian feminine form of Latin Gentius, meaning "gentian flower" or "(well)-born."
  129. GHONCHEH: Persian name meaning "flower bud."
  130. GIACINTA: Feminine form of Italian Giacinto, meaning "hyacinth flower."
  131. GONCA: Turkish form of Persian Ghoncheh, meaning "flower bud."
  132. GÜLISTAN: Turkish form of Persian Gulistan, meaning "rose-land."
  133. GULISTAN (گلستان): Persian name meaning "rose-land."
  134. GULISTANSKIY (Гюлистанский): Russian form of Persian Gulistan, meaning "rose-land."
  135. HANA (花): Japanese name meaning "favorite" or "flower." Compare with other forms of Hana.
  136. HANAKO (花子): Japanese name meaning "flower child."
  137. HARÉRÉ: Egyptian name meaning "flower."
  138. HASMIG: Armenian name meaning "jasmine."
  139. HEATHER: English name derived from the plant name, meaning "heather."
  140. HOA (pron. hwa): Vietnamese name meaning "flower."
  141. HOLLIE: Variant spelling of English Holly, meaning "holly."
  142. HOLLIS: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from Old English holegn "holly" denoting someone who "lives near holly trees."
  143. HOLLY: English name derived from the name of the evergreen shrub or tree. 
  144. HÒNG: Vietnamese name meaning "rose."
  145. HUE: Vietnamese name meaning "lily" or "intelligence."
  146. HUHANA: Maori form of Latin Susanna, meaning "lily."
  147. HÙONG: Vietnamese name meaning "pink" or "rose."
  148. HYACINTH: English form of Latin Hyacintha, meaning "hyacinth flower."
  149. HYACINTHA: Feminine form of Latin Hyacinthus, meaning "hyacinth flower."
  150. HYACINTHE: French form of Latin Hyacintha, meaning "hyacinth flower."
  151. IANTHA: Latin form of Greek Ianthe, meaning "violet flower."
  152. IANTHE (Ιάνθη): Greek name meaning "violet flower." In mythology, this is the name of an ocean nymph.
  153. IANTHINA: Elaborated form of Latin Iantha, meaning "violet flower."
  154. IBOLYA: Hungarian equivalent of Latin Viola, meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
  155. IOLA: Latin form of Greek Iole, meaning "violet."
  156. IOLANTA (Иоланта): Russian form of Greek Iolanthe, meaning "violet flower." This is the name of an opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, based on the Danish play "King René's Daughter," by Henrik Hertz. The first performance took place in St. Petersburg in 1892.
  157. IOLANTHE (Ιολανθη): Greek name, apparently coined by Gilbert and Sullivan for their play of the same name first produced in London on November 25, 1882, composed of the Greek elements iole "violet" and anthos "flower," hence "violet flower."
  158. IOLE (Ιόλη): Greek name derived from the word iole, meaning "violet." In mythology, this is the name of a woman loved by Herakles.
  159. IRIS (Ίρις): Greek name meaning "rainbow." In mythology, this is the name of a rainbow goddess. In use by the English as a feminine name, and by the Jews as a unisex name.
  160. IZDIHAR (إزدهار): Arabic name meaning "blossoming."
  161. JACINDA: English variant form of Latin Jacintha, meaning "hyacinth flower." 
  162. JACINTA: Feminine form of Portuguese/Spanish Jacinto, meaning "hyacinth flower."
  163. JACINTH: English form of French Jacinthe, meaning "hyacinth flower." 
  164. JACINTHA: Feminine form of Latin Jacinthus, meaning "hyacinth flower."
  165. JACINTHE: French form of Latin Jacinthus, meaning "hyacinth flower."
  166. JASMIN: English name derived from the vocabulary word, from Persian yasmin, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family. Compare with masculine Jasmin.
  167. JASMINE: Variant spelling of English Jasmin, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family.
  168. JASMYN: Variant spelling of English Jasmin, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family.
  169. JAZMIN: Variant spelling of English Jasmin, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family.
  170. JAZMINE: Variant spelling of English Jasmin, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family.
  171. JESSAMINE: Latin form of Arabic Yasmin, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family.
  172. JESSAMOND: Middle French form of Latin Jessamine, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family.
  173. JESSAMYN: English form of Latin Jessamine, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family.
  174. JOLA: Pet form of Hungarian Jolán, meaning "violet flower."
  175. JOLÁN: Hungarian form of English Yolanda, meaning "violet flower."
  176. JOLANA: Czech and Slovene form of English Yolanda, meaning "violet flower."
  177. JOLANDA: Italian form of English Yolanda, meaning "violet flower."
  178. JOLÁNKA: Pet form of Hungarian Jolán, meaning "violet flower."
  179. JOLANTA: Polish form of Greek Iolanthe, meaning "violet flower."
  180. JOLENTA: Variant spelling of Polish Jolanta, meaning "violet flower."
  181. JONQUIL: English name derived from the name of the "jonquil flower," from Latin juncus, meaning "rush."
  182. JU (菊): Chinese name meaning "chrysanthemum."
  183. KALANIT (כַּלָּנִית): Hebrew name for the Anemone coronaria native to the Mediterranean region, derived from the word kalanit, meaning "poppy anemone."
  184. KALEI: Hawaiian name meaning "beloved; flower wreath."
  185. KALYNA (Калина): Ukrainian name derived from the name of a plant called the "guelder rose."
  186. KAMI: Short form of Chamoru Kamia, meaning "flower."
  187. KAMIA: Chamoru name meaning "flower." 
  188. KHLORIS (Χλωρίς): Greek name, meaning "green buds." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of flowers and vegetation.
  189. KIELE: Hawaiian name meaning "fragrant blossom; gardenia."
  190. KIELO: Finnish name meaning "lily of the valley."
  191. KIKU (菊): Japanese name meaning "chrysanthemum."
  192. KIM CUC: Vietnamese name meaning "golden chrysanthemum."
  193. KINEVART: Armenian name meaning "wine-colored rose."
  194. KIRI: Hindi name meaning "amaranth flower."
  195. KLYTIÊ: Greek name derived from the word klytos, meaning "famous." In mythology, this is the name of a nymph who was buried alive in sand and transformed into a sunflower.
  196. KOLAB: Cambodian Khmer name meaning "rose."
  197. KOSUM: Thai name meaning "flower."
  198. KRABELIN: Basque name meaning "carnation."
  199. KUKKA: Finnish name meaning "flower."
  200. KULAP: Thai name meaning "rose."
  201. KVETA: Czech name derived from the word kvet, meaning "flower blossom."
  202. LÆLIA: Feminine form of Roman Latin Lælius, possibly meaning "lunar." This is the name of a beautiful orchid flower named after one of the Vestal Virgins of Roman mythology. It is also part of a puzzling alchemical inscription (Ælia Lælia Crispus) supposedly found in Bologna, which some have theorized is a representation of two beings, Ælia and Lælia, who are united in a single subject, Crispus "curly," with Ælia being "solar" from helios, and Lælia being "lunar," while Crispus, a combination of both, is the basic substance (obvoluta intricata) from which all life was made, hence "curly," in reference to the hair of gossamer dryads which were said to be neither man nor woman but a mixture of both. 
  203. LALA (Лала): Bulgarian name meaning "tulip." In use by the Romani. Compare with other forms of Lala.
  204. LALEH (لاله): Persian name meaning "tulip."
  205. LAN (蘭): Chinese name meaning "orchid," or "elegant, graceful."
  206. LANFEN (蘭芬): Chinese name meaning "orchid fragrance."
  207. LANYING (蘭英): Chinese name meaning "orchid heroine."
  208. LAVENDER: English color and flower name derived from the vocabulary word, from Anglo-Saxon lavendre, from Late Latin lavendula which may ultimately derive from lividus, meaning "bluish, livid." Since 1840, the word has had the meaning "pale purple." 
  209. LEILANI: Hawaiian name meaning "heavenly flowers."
  210. LIEN: Vietnamese name meaning "lotus flower."
  211. LIHUA: Chinese name meaning either "beautiful flower" or "pear flower."
  212. LILA (ليلی): Persian name meaning "lilac flower." Compare with other forms of Lila.
  213. LILAC: English name derived from the name of the flowering bush. 
  214. LÍLE: Irish form of Latin Liliana, meaning "lily."
  215. LILEAS: Variant spelling of Scottish Lilias, meaning "lily."
  216. LILI: Compare with another form of Lili.
       1. Basque form of Latin Liliana, meaning "lily."
       2. Variant spelling of English Lily, meaning "lily."
  217. LÍLIAN: Portuguese form of Latin Liliana, meaning "lily."
  218. LILIAN: English name derived from Latin Liliana, meaning "lily."
  219. LILIANA: Latin name derived from the word lilium, meaning "lily."
  220. LILIANE: French form of Latin Liliana, meaning "lily."
  221. LILIANNE: Elaborated form of English Lilian, meaning "lily."
  222. LILIAS: Scottish form of Latin Liliana, meaning "lily."
  223. LILIJANA: Slovene form of Latin Liliana, meaning "lily."
  224. LILITA: Pet form of English Lily, meaning "lily."
  225. LILJA: Icelandic form of Latin Liliana, meaning "lily."

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