Floral and botanical baby names

Every name links to its full page: meaning, origin, and its real popularity curve since 1890.

Acacia Greek · the acacia tree, a symbol of immortality and resurrection

Airi Japanese · love, or love and pear blossom depending on the kanji chosen

Aiyana Native-American · believed to mean eternal blossom, exact origin unverified

Aiyanna African · modern coinage, often glossed as 'eternal flower'; popularized in the US with disputed origins

Alissa Greek · variant of Alyssa, from the alyssum flower, or a form of Alice ('noble')

Althea Greek · healer, healing power

Anahi Spanish · Guarani legend name, linked to the ceibo flower

Aoi Japanese · hollyhock, blue-green

Ayame Japanese · iris flower

Ayana African · believed to mean beautiful flower

Ayanna African · traditionally 'beautiful flower', of Ethiopian origin

Azalea Greek · from the flower name, "dry"

Azucena Spanish · Spanish word for 'lily', ultimately from Arabic

Blossom English · a cluster of flowers on a tree

Blossom English · "flower cluster, bloom"

Bluebell English · woodland spring flower

Bomi Korean · spring beauty

Briallen Welsh · primrose

Bua Thai · lotus

Bunga Indonesian · flower

Calantha Greek · beautiful blossom (kalos + anthos)

Calla Greek · beautiful (kalos); named for the calla lily, an elegant, romantic flower

Calla Greek · from Greek 'kallos', 'beauty'; also the name of the calla lily

Camelia Latin · variant of Camellia, the flower name

Camellia Latin · flower name, from the camellia, honoring botanist Georg Kamel

Cataleya Spanish · modern invented name inspired by the Cattleya orchid and the 2011 film character Cataleya

Chompoo Thai · pink; also 'rose-apple'

Cloe Greek · variant spelling of Chloe, 'blooming' or 'young green shoot'

Clover English · the clover plant, symbol of luck

Dafne Greek · Spanish/Italian spelling of Daphne, 'laurel tree,' from the nymph in Greek myth

Dahlia Scandinavian · from the flower, named after botanist Anders Dahl

Daisy English · day's eye flower

Dalia Arabic · dahlia flower; grapevine branch

Deisy Spanish · Spanish phonetic spelling of Daisy, the flower

Eirlys Welsh · snowdrop, the small pale winter flower

Elyssa Greek · variant of Alyssa, traditionally linked to the alyssum flower, "rational, sane"

Erica Scandinavian · ever ruler; also the name of the heather plant

Fang Chinese · fragrant (芳)

Fiorella Italian · little flower

Fleur French · flower

Flor Spanish · means 'flower'

Flora Latin · from Latin 'flos/floris' (flower); Roman goddess of flowers and spring

Gelsomina Italian · jasmine flower

Golnar Persian · pomegranate blossom

Gul Turkish · rose (Gül)

Hanako Japanese · flower child; an old-fashioned name once so common it became shorthand for 'Japanese girl,' still found among Brazil's oldest Nikkei families

Hoa Vietnamese · flower

Holley English · variant spelling of Holly, the plant name

Holly English · from the holly plant

Hongmei Chinese · red plum blossom (紅梅); a revolutionary-era poetic name

Ianthe Greek · violet flower

Ichika Japanese · a thousand blossoms

Iliana Spanish · used as a variant of Liliana, 'lily flower'

Iris Greek · rainbow, iris flower

Ivey English · variant spelling of Ivy, the climbing plant

Ivy English · ivy plant

Iyana Amharic · traditionally 'beautiful flower'; variant of Ayanna

Iyanna African · variant of Ayanna, traditionally 'beautiful flower' (Swahili-influenced coinage)

Jaslene English · modern coinage blending Jasmine and a -lene ending; popularized by reality TV

Jasmin Persian · from the jasmine flower, Persian yasmin

Jasmine Persian · jasmine flower

Jazlyn English · modern blend of Jasmine and the -lyn suffix

Jazlynn Persian · modern coinage blending Jasmine (Persian flower name) with -lynn

Jazmin Persian · Spanish spelling of Jasmine, the flower, from Persian yasmin

Jazmine Persian · variant spelling of Jasmine, flower name from Persian yasmin

Jazmyn Persian · variant spelling of Jasmine, from the Persian word for the flowering plant

Kalia Hawaiian · traditionally 'flower' or a garland of flowers

Kalina Slavic · the viburnum flower, a symbol in Slavic folklore

Kamaile Hawaiian · the maile vine

Kamala Sanskrit · lotus

Kataleya Spanish · inspired by the Cattleya orchid; modern blend evoking Katherine and Leah

Kusuma Indonesian · flower (poetic, noble term used for boys)

Laleh Persian · tulip

Lan Chinese · orchid (兰/蘭); a pinyin name occasionally chosen as a standalone American given name for its elegant simplicity

Leilani Hawaiian · heavenly flower

Leilany Hawaiian · variant of Leilani, 'heavenly flowers' or 'royal child'

Leimomi Hawaiian · pearl lei, child of pearl

Lili English · variant of Lily/Lilian, the flower name

Lilia Latin · from Latin 'lilium', meaning lily

Lilian Latin · variant of Lillian, from the lily flower ('lilium'), also linked to Elizabeth

Liliana Polish · lily (Polish form of Liliana/Lillian)

Liliana Latin · elaboration of Lily, from lilium (lily flower)

Lilianna Latin · variant of Lillian, from Latin lilium (lily)

Lilli English · variant of Lily/Lilian, the flower name

Lillian English · elaboration of Lily, from Latin lilium (lily flower)

Lilliana Latin · elaboration of Lily/Lillian

Lillianna Latin · elaborated form of Lillian, from Latin 'lilium,' the lily

Lillie Latin · variant of Lily/Lillian, from the flower name, Latin 'lilium'

Lilly English · variant of Lily, from the flower

Lillyana Latin · variant of Liliana, blending Lily and Ana

Lillyanna Latin · modern coinage blending Lily and Anna

Lily English · lily flower

Lilyan Latin · variant of Lillian, from Latin lilium 'lily'

Lilyana Latin · variant spelling of Liliana, from lily flower

Lilyann Latin · modern coinage blending Lily and Ann

Lilyanna Latin · modern coinage blending Lily and Anna

Linnea Scandinavian · from the twinflower Linnaea, named for botanist Carl Linnaeus

Lotus English · the flower; a direct translation of Sen, the Vietnamese word for lotus and the national flower of Vietnam — rare as an English given name but growing alongside the broader nature-name trend

Lotus Greek · from the lotus flower, a symbol of purity and rebirth

Magnolia Latin · magnolia tree

Mai Vietnamese · apricot or cherry blossom (one of the most enduringly kept Vietnamese names in the U.S. — short, simple, and needs no diacritics to read correctly in English)

Maile Hawaiian · sweet-smelling vine used in leis

Mali Thai · jasmine flower

Marguerite French · pearl, daisy flower

Marigold English · golden flower

Mei Chinese · plum blossom (梅)

Melati Indonesian · jasmine, Indonesia's national flower

Momoka Japanese · peach blossom

Nalini Sanskrit · lotus

Nari Korean · lily (a native Korean word, not a Sino-Korean/hanja name)

Niloufar Persian · water lily, lotus

Olive Latin · from the olive tree/branch

Pema Tibetan · lotus; part of the name of Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan

Poppy Latin · poppy flower

Potira Portuguese · flower (Tupi word, from indigenous legend)

Pua Hawaiian · flower

Rhoda Greek · rose

Rihanna Arabic · traditionally linked to Arabic 'Reihan,' fragrant herb/sweet basil; globally known via singer Rihanna

Riko Japanese · jasmine child, logical child

Rosa Latin · rose; carried into American memory forever by civil rights icon Rosa Parks

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