a latin plant name that could be a nice girl's name?

[jennifersofia]

Fancy a challenge? A girl's or a boy's name... but please, not fagus sylvatica. If the plant is lovely, that is a bonus.

[Pk616]

I'm always up for a challenge!

What do you think of these?

Fragaria vesca - wild cherry
Lunaria annua - honesty
Ophrys fuciflora - Late spider orchid
Orchis purpurea - Lady orchid
Primula farinosa - bird's-eye primrose
Valerianella rimosa - Broad-fruited cornsalad
Viola kitaibeliana - Dwarf pansy
Viola lutea - mountain pansy

Lupinus arboreus - tree lupin
Malus sylvestris - crab apple
Mimulus moschatus - Musk
Onopordum acanthium - cotton thistle
Salix alba - white willow
Viscum album - mistletoe

[tortoiseSHELL]

Galanthus - means snowdrop
Miltonia - type of orchid

[QuintessentialShadow]

Linnea?

[QuintessentialShadow]

sorry hit post too soon.

Linnea is a pale pink mountain flower native to Scandinavia, named after the botanist who discovered it, Carl Linneaus, inventor of the the universally recognised system of classifying plants.
It is a beautiful flower.

[jennifersofia]

ooh -thanks for your consideration!
fragaria doesn't do anything for me
like Luna(aria) and Linnea, but our surname begins with 'L', so might be too 'LL'y, if you know what I mean.
Orphys reminds me too much of Orpheus and his bad fate
Orchis, nice, but too exotic
Primulus, not bad, but faint whiffs of either victoriana or a primus stove
valeriana - a bit too much like valerie (although maybe it would be a sleepy baby!)
Viola, little too old fashioned
Lupinus, knew someone named Lupin who was difficult
Malus reminds me of 'bad' (malevolent)
Mimulus is nice (like Mim as a nickname)
Onopordum - too hard to pronounce
Salix - good for a boy!
Viscum, reminds me of viscous liquid
Galanthus - quite good
Miltonia - nickname milt -hmmm.

I know, I am hard to please! A few good ones to ponder though. I do like most of those plants, however! Keep 'em coming...

[QuintessentialShadow]

No, Linnea might go well with L surnmame, especially if you give her a middle name. Like Linnea Mimosa, or Linnea Galanthea, Linnea Isabel.. I love Linnea, if I ever had a girl....

[Columbia]

I like Columbine, which is the old name for Aquilegia. I know it has associations with high school shootings now, but even so... Beautiful name.

She was a character in Harlequin I think.

[Columbia]

Phyllis means 'leafy'.

[Columbia]

and we have a bear for ds2 called Bellis, which is the Latin name for Daisy...he is a boy though

[Columbia]

agatha is good too!

[fullmoonfiend]

Tilia - lime tree
Rosa - rose
Aster
Anemone
Crocus
Tulipia
Fuchsia
Celsia
Melissa - lemon balm
Angelica
Iris
Delphinium
Dahlia
Olivia - olive
Amaryliis
Vinca - periwinkle

[CharlesandEddie]

erica

[Pk616]

Ortensia means gardener!

[jennifersofia]

fullmoonfiend - Tilia cordata is the name that started it all off, because when I was studying horticulture (pre-children) I joked with my dh that I would name a girl Tilia cordata.
I like a lot of these names, but do wonder if I would be doing the child a disfavour by giving her such an outlandish (dare I say it, boden-esque) name on my whim. What do you guys think?

[Pk616]

I really like Tilia as a name for a girl It has a beautiful sound to it(not sure that I'd personally want to include the cordata bit though)
I'm a believer in going with your gut, even if it all started with humour.
As for the risks of being cruel with unusual names, I am not the one to ask!

Kya(diamonds in the sky, African origin) Elspeth (Scottish form of Elizabeth meaning consecrated to God) for a girl

Kyuss (a stoner rock band) Zappa (the surname of an unusual musician) for a boy

[fullmoonfiend]

JS - As soon as I saw Tilia, I thought it would make a nice name

You go for it, it's not too outlandish and can be shortened to Tilly (which is rather cute) if she objects to it in later years.

[LoveAngelGabriel]

A lot of these names sound like STD's, sorry ladies!

[LoveAngelGabriel]

scooz random apostrophe.

[SpacePuppy]

Myrtle
Mentha
Violet
Allium
Aster
Calamintha
Erica
Fumaria
Inula
Limosella
Lunaria

[serinsingingcarols]

Nigella

[Tommy]

I had a friend called Zinnia - don't know what that means but it's quite pretty and unusual

[controlfreaky2]

sylvia
willow
hazel
silver (birch)
poppy
rosemary
pansy

[controlfreaky2]

err, sorry. they're not latin are they?