Meaning of flower names

Do you wish to name your baby after the name of a flower? Find the meanings of different flower names. It is nice to see the meanings behind flower names. If you give your girl child the name Rose, Rosa or Rosette, they are all variants from the name of the same flower, the queen of flowers –Roses. Universally a meaning is attached to a rose and it is Love. The acceptance of rose as symbol of love dates back to more than 5000 years.

Flower names are mostly female names. Daisy, a not so rare female name, gets the meaning of innocence, purity, gentleness and loyal love, given by romantic poets for the flower’s simplicity. Almost all flowers have distinct meanings. And assigning a specific meaning to a flower started much before the Victorian age. The Turks started to send secret messages through the arrangement of different flowers. Later French people modified it a bit and Victorian England and Europe saw the arrangement of different flowers to convey messages usually of love matters through floral arrangement. The meaning of flowers does differ in the way it is handled.

Heather is a name given to baby girls. Heather means admiration and solitude. Veronica means fidelity. The flower got that meaning for its association with Mother Veronica. The flower name Lily means purity of heart. Lily is associated with Virgin Mary by artists all over Europe and the meaning of drawing a lily in paintings of Virgin Mary is the representation of purity at the highest level, purity of heart, body and soul. Lily comes from the Latin word Lilium, which means flower. Lily comes in infinite variety and is associated with chastity, and innocence. Now the word lily is gaining importance day after day. The variants of lily are Lilian, Liliana, Lilias, Lilly, Lilia, Lis. An addition to this is Leilani, a Hawaiian name which means heavenly flower.

The flower name Rose means happy love and the flower name Jasmine means amiability. Pansy means thoughtful recollection. Other flower names is Violet which means modesty and simplicity and Dahlia which means fickleness. The flower name Helen comes from the flower helenium, which has the meaning: I Miss You Very Much.

Flower names given to children are common in all cultures around the world. Example of flower names given in other cultures us for example Abeba, an African name. Its meaning is flower. Likewise similar names can be seen in all cultures, which has a meaning related to flower. Hana is a Japanese girl name which means blooming flower. The meaning of Vietnamese female name Hue is lily flower. The meaning of this flower name also has meanings like intelligence, brilliance and enlightenment. Lotus, means severed or lost love. Miki is a Japanese name meaning flower stalk. Flower names are given mostly to boys in all these cultures. It may be connecting the beauty of flowers and women together.

Learn the meaning attached with the flower before you give your child a flower name. You can see it as simple fun. But you will never like to see others pulling your child’s leg for a flower name with some meaning or the other.