Flowers are very inspiring and are great gifts to many people, they are very well use to enhance cities, parks, graveyards and they were given to us by nature to provide shelter for some of our exotic wild life, and in many Countries plants give housing to people. it makes sense to use them in our personal lives and as part of a family’s history.
Imagine a new pair of parents who are just starting their family tree, and as a poetical finish, those tree branches are named after plants, and those names belong to people, wouldn’t this create a strong connection between the two. Flowers and plants have their moods and those moods match with the human heart. We understand them even if is at a subconscious level.
Plants, Trees, and other flowering plants are the messengers through which emotions, wishes, and thoughts are expressed. for centuries they have held traditional meaning, for instance, the association of the red rose, with true love comes form those traditional given meanings. whether the associations come from mythology, or from old folk stories, the names of plants bring memories and hopes to one’s mind.
The Victorians where who codified the language of plants and gave it an elegant communicating skill without spoken words. many grasses, herbs, leaves were assigned simple messages, and now a days people sent beautiful flower arrangements that represent carefully thought out sentiments. A gift of snow-drop blossoms, signify hope. A bouquet with a ribbon tied on the left side was significant to the sender, and if it was tied to the right, it represented the recipient.
Inverted flower bouquets, signified a terrible blow. Using the Victorian style, anyone can create new arrangements that carry different meanings and more ideas can come not only for the gardener but for those in search of baby names. Romantic flower names; Acacia the pink one represents elegance, and the yellow secret love. Amaryllis, it signifies pride, Apple is equal to preference, while Aster signifies variety.
Azalea means temperance, a Camellia red means loveliness, and a white one signifies excellence, Cedar means strength, Daisy means innocence, Dhalia instability, Elm means dignity, Fuchsia means taste. Hazel means reconciliation, Heather is solitude, Holly is foresight, and Iris means message. Ivy is friendship, Laurel is glory, Larkspur is levity, Magnolia means dignity, while Lotus is strange love. Olive means peace, Palm is victory, Quince means temptation, Reed is music, Rue means disdain, Willow means mourning.
As mention before, even if one finds any of these flower and plant names difficult to use for a baby’s name, a similar name can be created if imagination is used. if one likes the meaning of Camellia for example, but don’t like the spelling or the sound of the name, one can easily change it a little to something like Cammy, Camela, or Carmela and still keep it’s meaning.
Using Plant Names as Baby Names
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