So far, I have Magnolia, Rose, Violet/Violeta, Petunia, Lily, and Daisy for English, though Violeta is Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, and Portuguese according to the Wikipedia.
Daisy, Daphne, Astrid, Petal, Flora, Florida, Violet, Rose
off the top of my head, but there’s lits of lists of names, books even :) you can look up ‘babyname book’
Vietnamese. “Hoa” is only one I know.
We mostly speak English in Ireland, so I’ll stick to Irish.
Róise (rowisha): Rose
Róisín (rowsheen): Little Rose
That’s all I’ve got.
That’s interesting, the language bit. I’ve never really thought much about Irish.
The word itself changes based on the adjective you want to apply? Or is that uncommon?
Does that apply for any adjective or only a few? Like would Red rose be a different word? Little Red rose?
My partners middle name is Amaryllis.
I know a Cambria (type of hybrid orchid).
I know multiple ladies named Heather, if you’re counting flowering shrubs.
US, American English
I never considered orchid names… it’s me Bulbophyllum
In France some common ones are Rose, Iris, Capucine (Nasturtium), Hortense (Hydrangea), Marguerite (Daisy), Violette, Azalée (Azalea), Camélia, Fleur (Flower), Lilas (Lilac). There’s way more than that but those are the ones that come to mind.
In France we have: Rose, Iris, Marguerite, Violette, Pétunia, Églantine, Jacinthe, Marjolaine, Capucine, Garance, Camélia, Hortense, Fleur (which litterally mean Flower)
Here a few in Finnish:
- Kanerva (heather)
- Kielo (lily)
- Vuokko (anemone)
- Ruusu (rose)
- Kukka (flower)
- Lemmikki (forget-me-not)
- Orvokki (violet)
- Vanamo (Linnaea borealis)
I’m here to say Jasmine /Jazmín in English and Spanish, because I haven’t seen it mentioned yet
Japan: 花 (Hana, Flower), 菫 (Sumire, violet), 蓮 (Ren, lotus), 蘭 (Ran, Orchid), 柊 (Hiiragi).
What about Sakura? Isn’t that a name too?
Yes, Sakura is also a girl’s name.
Dutch: Madelief, Roos, Margriet
Fleur, Jasmijn, Sanne
Dutch is just English with a broken jaw
That sounds like good enough reason for the orange-man to invade the Netherlands.
“Why do they have rights over the Netherlands anyways? They got troops in the Netherlands a few hundreds of years ago, but we have troops over there too!”
Very common in Brazil: Rosa, Margarida, Jasmim/Yasmin, Lívia, Íris.
ps: Margarida is Daisy and Lívia is Lily.
In Spanish and Portuguese there is literally “Florinda”
I gotta say, knowing of two Violets in my life, that is probably my favorite name.
English also has Marigold and Iris.
Leïla in persian is the Lilac flower
