KathosAnnora's Personal Name List

Zinnia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ZIN-ee-ə
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
From the name of the flower, which was itself named for the German botanist Johann Zinn.
Zahrah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: زهرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: ZAH-ra
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Arabic زهرة (see Zahra 2).
Yūka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 優花, 有香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-KA
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Japanese () meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" and (ka) meaning "flower, blossom". It can also be composed of different kanji that have the same pronunciations.
Yew
Usage: Chinese (?)
Other Scripts: 尤, 游(Chinese)
Pronounced: YOO
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Yarrow
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Afro-American (Slavery-era)
Pronounced: YAR-o(English)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Yarrow, and/or from the word for the flowering plant (Achillea millefolium).
Wisteria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: wis-TEHR-ee-ə, wis-TEER-ee-ə
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the name of the flowering plant, which was named for the American anatomist Caspar Wistar.
Willow
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: WIL-o
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From the name of the tree, which is ultimately derived from Old English welig.
Viorel
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Romanian
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from viorea, the Romanian word for the alpine squill flower (species Scilla bifolia) or the sweet violet flower (species Viola odorata). It is derived from Latin viola "violet".
Violette
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: VYAW-LEHT
Rating: 57% based on 14 votes
French form of Violet.
Violet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: VIE-lit, VIE-ə-lit
Rating: 82% based on 21 votes
From the English word violet for the purple flower, ultimately derived from Latin viola. It was common in Scotland from the 16th century, and it came into general use as an English given name during the 19th century.
Viola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Pronounced: vie-O-lə(English) vi-O-lə(English) VIE-ə-lə(English) VYAW-la(Italian) vi-OO-la(Swedish) VEE-o-la(German) vee-O-la(German) VEE-o-law(Hungarian) VI-o-la(Czech) VEE-aw-la(Slovak)
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "violet" in Latin. This is the name of the heroine of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night (1602). In the play she is the survivor of a shipwreck who disguises herself as a man named Cesario. Working as a messenger for Duke Orsino, she attempts to convince Olivia to marry him. Instead Viola falls in love with the duke.
Vinca
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Derived from vinca, the Latin name for the "periwinkle", ultimately from Latin vincio "to bind". This name has been in use since the 20th century.
Vesa 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: VEH-sah
Means "sprout, young tree" in Finnish.
Valerian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Russian, Georgian, Romanian, History
Other Scripts: Валериан(Russian) ვალერიან(Georgian)
Pronounced: və-LIR-ee-ən(English)
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
From the Roman cognomen Valerianus, which was itself derived from the Roman name Valerius. This was the name of a 3rd-century Roman emperor (Publius Licinius Valerianus) who was captured by the Persians. Several saints have also borne this name, including a 2nd-century martyr of Lyons.
Tiare
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tahitian
Means "flower" in Tahitian, also specifically referring to the species Gardenia taitensis.
Thorne
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: THORN
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname Thorne. Derived from the Old English word for "thorn." This was the name of a letter in the Old English alphabet, as well as the name of a character from the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful."
Thorn
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Medieval English
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the surname Thorn.
Thistle
Usage: English
Derived from Middle English thistel "thistle", this was either a nickname or a topographic name for someone who lived near a place overgrown with thistles.
Tarragon
Usage: French (Rare)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Tansy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: TAN-zee
Rating: 60% based on 9 votes
From the name of the flower, which is derived via Old French from Late Latin tanacita.
Sumire
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) すみれ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SOO-MEE-REH
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (sumire) meaning "violet (flower)". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.
Sólja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Faroese
Pronounced: SUUL-ya
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Faroese (genus Ranunculus). The buttercup is the national flower of the Faroe Islands.
Sóley
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: SO-lay
Means "buttercup (flower)" in Icelandic (genus Ranunculus), derived from sól "sun" and ey "island".
Sequoia
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: sə-KWOI-ə
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the name of huge trees that grow in California. The tree got its name from the 19th-century Cherokee scholar Sequoyah (also known as George Guess), the inventor of the Cherokee writing system.
Senna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Dutch (Modern)
Pronounced: SEH-na
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Meaning uncertain. In some cases it is given in honour of the Brazilian racecar driver Ayrton Senna (1960-1994). It could also be inspired by the senna plant.
Scilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: SHEEL-la
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Short form of Priscilla. This is also the Italian word for the squill flower (genus Scilla).
Sayuri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 小百合, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さゆり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-YOO-REE
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (sa) meaning "small" and 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations.
Sakura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 桜, 咲良, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さくら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-KOO-RA
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", though it is often written using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from (saku) meaning "blossom" and (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" as well as other kanji combinations.
Sage
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: SAYJ
Rating: 93% based on 4 votes
From the English word sage, which denotes either a type of spice or else a wise person.
Saffron
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SAF-rən
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word that refers either to a spice, the crocus flower from which it is harvested, or the yellow-orange colour of the spice. It is derived via Old French from Arabic زعفران (zaʿfarān), itself probably from Persian meaning "gold leaves".
Rye
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: RIE
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Transferred use of the English surname Rye.

It is occasionally used as a diminutive of names that contain the -rye sound/element, for example Zachariah and Rylie.

Rue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROO
From the name of the bitter medicinal herb, ultimately deriving from Greek ῥυτή (rhyte). This is also sometimes used as a short form of Ruth 1.
Royce
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROIS
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of Rose.
Rowan
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Irish, English (Modern)
Pronounced: RO-ən(English)
Rating: 63% based on 20 votes
Anglicized form of the Irish name Ruadhán. As an English name, it can also be derived from the surname Rowan, itself derived from the Irish given name. It could also be given in reference to the rowan tree, a word of Old Norse origin (coincidentally sharing the same Indo-European root meaning "red" with the Irish name).
Rosemary
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ROZ-mə-ree, ROZ-mehr-ee
Rating: 67% based on 20 votes
Combination of Rose and Mary. This name can also be given in reference to the herb, which gets its name from Latin ros marinus meaning "dew of the sea". It came into use as a given name in the 19th century.
Rose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: ROZ
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Originally a Norman French form of the Germanic name Hrodohaidis meaning "famous type", composed of the elements hruod "fame" and heit "kind, sort, type". The Normans introduced it to England in the forms Roese and Rohese. From an early date it was associated with the word for the fragrant flower rose (derived from Latin rosa). When the name was revived in the 19th century, it was probably with the flower in mind.
Rayen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mapuche
Means "flower" in Mapuche.
Prunella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: proo-NEHL-ə
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the type of flower, also called self-heal, ultimately a derivative of the Latin word pruna "plum".
Primrose
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PRIM-roz
Rating: 68% based on 4 votes
From the English word for the flower, ultimately deriving from Latin prima rosa "first rose".
Posy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PO-zee
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
Diminutive of Josephine. It can also be inspired by the English word posy for a bunch of flowers.
Poppy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAHP-ee
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From the word for the red flower, derived from Old English popæg.
Pomona
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Roman Mythology
Pronounced: po-MO-na(Latin)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From Latin pomus "fruit tree". This was the name of the Roman goddess of fruit trees.
Petunia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: pə-TOON-yə
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the flower, derived ultimately from a Tupi (South American) word.
Petal
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEHT-əl
From the English word for the flower part, derived from Greek πέταλον (petalon) meaning "leaf".
Peony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: PEE-ə-nee
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the type of flower. It was originally believed to have healing qualities, so it was named after the Greek medical god Pæon.
Pansy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: PAN-zee
From the English word for a type of flower, ultimately deriving from Old French pensee "thought".
Ornella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: or-NEHL-la
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Created by the Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio for his novel La Figlia di Jorio (1904). It is derived from Tuscan Italian ornello meaning "flowering ash tree".
Oren
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אֹרֶן(Hebrew)
Means "pine tree" in Hebrew.
Oleander
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Greek (Rare), English (Rare)
Pronounced: AW-lee-an-der(Greek)
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
The name Oleander originated as an Greek name. In Greek, the name Oleander means "an evergreen tree."
The origin of the name was said to have come from a young man whose ardour to his Lady Love ended in a tragedy. The young man was named Leander, and his precious lady longing for his love shouting with such forlorn “O Leander!”, “O Leander!” in the banks, until finally he was found. And clasped in his hands were sweet flowers, who have become a symbol of everlasting love, known as oleanders.


Possibly taken from the plant family, Nerium oleander (flowering shrub known as oleanders), Cascabela thevetia (yellow oleander), Acacia neriifolia (oleander wattle); or a species of moth, Daphnis nerii (oleander hawk-moth).


In the complex language of love practiced during the time of Queen Victoria, the Oleander flower means caution.


A diminutive use of Oleander could be Ollie, Lee, Lee-Ann, or Anders.

Oaks
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 27% based on 15 votes
Transferred use of the surname Oaks.
Oakley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: OK-lee
From an English surname that was from various place names meaning "oak clearing" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the American sharpshooter Annie Oakley (1860-1926).
Oakes
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: OKS
Transferred use of the surname Oakes.
Oak
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Old English āc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch eik and German Eiche.
Nyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of an ancient town of Asia Minor where Saint Gregory was bishop in the 4th century. Nyssa is also the genus name of a type of tree, also called the Tupelo.
Nash
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: NASH
From an English surname that was derived from the Middle English phrase atten ash "at the ash tree". A famous bearer of the surname was the mathematician John Nash (1928-2015).

As a given name for boys, it gained some popularity in the mid-1990s after the debut of the American television series Nash Bridges. It got more exposure beginning 2005 when a character by this name started appearing on the soap opera One Life to Live.

Myrtle
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MUR-təl
Simply from the English word myrtle for the evergreen shrub, ultimately from Greek μύρτος (myrtos). It was first used as a given name in the 19th century, at the same time many other plant and flower names were coined.
Melantha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: mə-LAN-thə
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Probably a combination of Mel (from names such as Melanie or Melissa) with the suffix antha (from Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower"). John Dryden used this name in his play Marriage a la Mode (1672).
May
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from the name of the month of May, which derives from Maia, the name of a Roman goddess. May is also another name of the hawthorn flower. It is also used as a diminutive of Mary, Margaret or Mabel.
Marja
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish, Sorbian, Dutch
Pronounced: MAHR-yah(Finnish) MAHR-ya(Dutch)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Finnish and Sorbian form of Maria, as well as a Dutch variant. It also means "berry" in Finnish.
Marilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Archaic)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Possibly a diminutive of Mary or a variant of Amaryllis. More common in the 19th century, this name was borne by the American suffragist Marilla Ricker (1840-1920). It is also the name of the adoptive mother of Anne in L. M. Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables (1908).
Marigold
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: MAR-i-gold, MEHR-i-gold
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the flower, which comes from a combination of Mary and the English word gold.
Marganita
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: מַרְגָנִיתָה(Hebrew)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of a type of flowering plant common in Israel, called the scarlet pimpernel in English.
Maple
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MAY-pəl
From the English word for the tree (comprising the genus Acer), derived from Old English mapul. This is the name of a girl in Robert Frost's poem Maple (1923) who wonders about the origin of her unusual name.
Malai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Thai
Other Scripts: มาลัย(Thai)
Pronounced: ma-LIE
Means "garland of flowers" in Thai.
Maize
Usage: English
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Maile
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: MIE-leh
From the name of a type of vine that grows in Hawaii and is used in making leis.
Magnolia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: mag-NO-lee-ə
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word magnolia for the flower, which was named for the French botanist Pierre Magnol.
Lyndon
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIN-dən
From an English surname that was derived from a place name meaning "linden tree hill" in Old English. A famous bearer was American president Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973).
Lotus
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LO-təs
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From the name of the lotus flower (species Nelumbo nucifera) or the mythological lotus tree. They are ultimately derived from Greek λωτός (lotos). In Greek and Roman mythology the lotus tree was said to produce a fruit causing sleepiness and forgetfulness.
Lore 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque
Pronounced: lo-REH
Means "flower" in Basque.
Linton
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIN-tən
From a surname that was originally from place names meaning either "flax town" or "linden tree town" in Old English.
Linnéa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish
Pronounced: lin-NEH-a
Rating: 49% based on 17 votes
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower. The Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus named it after himself, it being his favourite flower.
Linnea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Pronounced: lin-NEH-a(Swedish) LEEN-neh-ah(Finnish)
Rating: 78% based on 4 votes
Variant of Linnéa.
Linden
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIN-dən
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From a German and Dutch surname that was derived from Old High German linta meaning "linden tree".
Lily
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIL-ee
Rating: 72% based on 23 votes
From the name of the flower, a symbol of purity. The word is ultimately derived from Latin lilium. This is the name of the main character, Lily Bart, in the novel The House of Mirth (1905) by Edith Wharton. A famous bearer is the American actress Lily Tomlin (1939-).
Lilwen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Rating: 60% based on 1 vote
Combination of the Welsh elements lili "lily" and gwen "white; fair; blessed".
Lilly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
Pronounced: LIL-ee(English)
Rating: 41% based on 17 votes
English variant of Lily. It is also used in Scandinavia, as a form of Lily or a diminutive of Elisabeth.
Lillie
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LIL-ee
Rating: 39% based on 15 votes
Variant of Lily, or a diminutive of Lillian or Elizabeth.
Lillah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 41% based on 15 votes
Variant of Lilla.
Lilla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hungarian
Pronounced: LEEL-law
Rating: 43% based on 15 votes
Hungarian diminutive of Lívia or Lídia.
Lilith
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Semitic Mythology, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Other Scripts: לילית(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: LIL-ith(English)
Rating: 57% based on 20 votes
Derived from Akkadian lilitu meaning "of the night". This was the name of a demon in ancient Assyrian myths. In Jewish tradition she was Adam's first wife, sent out of Eden and replaced by Eve because she would not submit to him. The offspring of Adam (or Samael) and Lilith were the evil spirits of the world.
Lilikoʻi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: lee-lee-KO-ee
Rating: 10% based on 3 votes
From the word which refers to a passion fruit which got its Hawaiian name from the place where it was first planted.
Lilika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek
Other Scripts: Λιλίκα(Greek)
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Diminutive of Evangelia or Ioulia.
Lilibet
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 57% based on 19 votes
Diminutive of Elizabeth.
Lilia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian
Other Scripts: Лилия(Russian) Лілія(Ukrainian)
Pronounced: LEE-lya(Spanish) LYEE-lyi-yə(Russian)
Rating: 54% based on 18 votes
Spanish and Italian form of Lily, as well as an alternate transcription of Russian Лилия or Ukrainian Лілія (see Liliya).
Lilac
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LIE-lək
Rating: 61% based on 19 votes
From the English word for the shrub with purple or white flowers (genus Syringa). It is derived via Arabic from Persian.
Liana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, English, Georgian
Other Scripts: ლიანა(Georgian)
Pronounced: LYA-na(Italian)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Short form of Juliana, Liliana and other names that end in liana. This is also the word for a type of vine that grows in jungles.
Lavender
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: LAV-ən-dər
Rating: 64% based on 20 votes
From the English word for the aromatic flower or the pale purple colour.
Laurel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: LAWR-əl
Rating: 63% based on 24 votes
From the name of the laurel tree, ultimately from Latin laurus.
Larkspur
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American (Modern, Rare)
Pronounced: LAHRK-spər
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the flowering plant with many purplish-blue flowers, which is so called (1578) from its resemblance to the lark's large hind claws. Other names for it are lark's heel (Shakespeare), lark's claw and knight's spur. See Lark.
Laelia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: LIE-lee-a
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Feminine form of Laelius, a Roman family name of unknown meaning. This is also the name of a type of flower, an orchid found in Mexico and Central America.
Kusuma
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: koo-SOO-ma
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Sanskrit कुसुम (kusuma) meaning "flower".
Koa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: KO-a
Rating: 38% based on 4 votes
Means "warrior, koa tree" in Hawaiian.
Keziah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Biblical
Other Scripts: קְצִיעָה(Ancient Hebrew)
Pronounced: kə-ZIE-ə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Hebrew name קְצִיעָה (Qetsiʿa) meaning "cassia, cinnamon", from the name of the spice tree. In the Old Testament she is a daughter of Job.
Kekoa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: keh-KO-a
Means "the warrior" from Hawaiian ke, a definite article, and koa "warrior, koa tree".
Katniss
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: KAT-nis(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word katniss, the name of a variety of edible aquatic flowering plants (genus Sagittaria). Katniss Everdeen is the protagonist of The Hunger Games series of novels by Suzanne Collins, released 2008 to 2010, about a young woman forced to participate in a violent televised battle.
Kalei
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: ka-LAY
Means "the flowers" or "the child" from Hawaiian ka "the" and lei "flowers, lei, child".
Kale
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hawaiian
Pronounced: KA-leh
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Hawaiian form of Charles.
Juniper
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: JOON-i-pər
Rating: 69% based on 22 votes
From the English word for the type of tree, derived ultimately from Latin iuniperus.
Jessamine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: JEHS-ə-min
Rating: 58% based on 24 votes
From a variant spelling of the English word jasmine (see Jasmine), used also to refer to flowering plants in the cestrum family.
Jasmine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, French
Pronounced: JAZ-min(English) ZHAS-MEEN(French)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the climbing plant with fragrant flowers that is used for making perfumes. It is derived via Arabic from Persian یاسمین (yāsamīn), which is also a Persian name. In the United States this name steadily grew in popularity from the 1970s, especially among African Americans [1]. It reached a peak in the early 1990s shortly after the release of the animated Disney movie Aladdin (1992), which featured a princess by this name.
Jaskier
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: YAHS-kyehr
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Jaskier (also known as Dandelion) is a character in the series of fantasy novels called The Witcher written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Jaskier is a poet, minstrel, bard, & the best friend of the main character, Geralt of Rivia. Jaskier means 'buttercup' in Polish which is a bright yellow flower of the genus Ranunculus. His other alias' are Dandelion, Julian Alfred Pankratz, Viscount de Lettenhove, The Crimson Avenger, & Nightingale Prince.
Ivy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: IE-vee
Rating: 90% based on 3 votes
From the English word for the climbing plant that has small yellow flowers. It is ultimately derived from Old English ifig.
Iva 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
Other Scripts: Ива(Bulgarian, Serbian)
Rating: 93% based on 3 votes
Means "willow tree" in South Slavic.
Iris
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, French, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, Greek
Other Scripts: Ἶρις(Ancient Greek) Ίρις(Greek)
Pronounced: IE-ris(English) EE-ris(German, Dutch) EE-rees(Finnish, Spanish, Catalan, Italian) EE-REES(French)
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
Means "rainbow" in Greek. Iris was the name of the Greek goddess of the rainbow, also serving as a messenger to the gods. This name can also be given in reference to the word (which derives from the same Greek source) for the iris flower or the coloured part of the eye.
Ione
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English
Other Scripts: Ἰόνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: ie-O-nee(English)
From Ancient Greek ἴον (ion) meaning "violet flower". This was the name of a sea nymph in Greek mythology. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, though perhaps based on the Greek place name Ionia, a region on the west coast of Asia Minor.
Iole
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰόλη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-O-LEH(Classical Greek) IE-ə-lee(English)
Means "violet" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a woman beloved by Herakles.
Iola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Probably a variant of Iole.
Indigo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: IN-di-go
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
From the English word indigo for the purplish-blue dye or the colour. It is ultimately derived from Greek Ἰνδικόν (Indikon) meaning "Indic, from India".
Idra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Aramaic
Pronounced: ih-DRA(Aramaic)
Means "fig tree" in Aramaic.
Hyacinthus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ὑάκινθος(Ancient Greek)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ὑάκινθος (Hyakinthos), which was derived from the name of the hyacinth flower. In Greek legend Hyakinthos was accidentally killed by the god Apollo, who mournfully caused this flower to arise from his blood. The name was also borne by several early saints, notably a 3rd-century martyr who was killed with his brother Protus.
Hyacinth 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
Other Scripts: Ὑάκινθος(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: HIE-ə-sinth(English)
English form of Hyacinthus.
Hyacinth 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: HIE-ə-sinth
From the name of the flower (or the precious stone that also bears this name), ultimately from Greek hyakinthos (see Hyacinthus).
Huckleberry
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: HUK-əl-behr-ee(English)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From the name of the variety of shrubs (genus Vaccinium) or the berries that grow on them. It was used by author Mark Twain for the character of Huckleberry (Huck) Finn in his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884).
Holly
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHL-ee
Rating: 64% based on 24 votes
From the English word for the holly tree, ultimately derived from Old English holen. Holly Golightly is the main character in the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) by Truman Capote.
Hollis
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAHL-is
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From an English surname that was derived from Middle English holis "holly trees". It was originally given to a person who lived near a group of those trees.
Henna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Finnish
Pronounced: HEHN-nah
Finnish feminine form of Heinrich (see Henry).
Hemlock
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare), Romani (Archaic), Theatre
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Transferred use of the surname Hemlock. Hemlock Marreau is a fictional Francophone detective created by Robert Farrow who appeared in eleven plays (1991-2014).
Heather
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HEDH-ər
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word heather for the variety of small shrubs with pink or white flowers, which commonly grow in rocky areas. It is derived from Middle English hather. It was first used as a given name in the late 19th century, though it did not become popular until the last half of the 20th century.
Hazel
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAY-zəl
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century and quickly became popular, reaching the 18th place for girls in the United States by 1897. It fell out of fashion in the second half of the 20th century, but has since recovered.
Hawthorn
Usage: English
Pronounced: HAW-thawrn
Rating: 20% based on 2 votes
Variant of Hawthorne.
Gentian
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Albanian
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
From the name of the flowering plant called the gentian, the roots of which are used to create a tonic. It is derived from the name of the Illyrian king Gentius, who supposedly discovered its medicinal properties.
Freya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Norse Mythology, English (Modern), German
Pronounced: FRAY-ə(English) FRAY-a(German)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
From Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This is the name of a goddess associated with love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology. She claims half of the heroes who are slain in battle and brings them to her realm of Fólkvangr. Along with her brother Freyr and father Njord, she is one of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir). Some scholars connect her with the goddess Frigg.

This is not the usual spelling in any of the Scandinavian languages (in Sweden and Denmark it is Freja and in Norway it is Frøja) but it is the common spelling of the goddess's name in English. In the 2000s it became popular in Britain.

Freesia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: FREE-zhə
Rating: 33% based on 3 votes
Derived from the English word for the flower.
The flower itself was named after the German physician Friedrich Freese whose surname is a variant of Friese "a Frisian".
This name has been occasionally used in the English-speaking world from the late 1800s onwards.
Foxglove
Usage: Literature
Rating: 27% based on 3 votes
Used in Jill Murphy's books, The Worst Witch, as well as the television adaptations for the surname of Felicity Foxglove. It is a combination of "fox" and "glove".
Forsythia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: fawr-SITH-ee-ə, for-SIDH-ee-ə
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From the name of forsythia, any of a genus of shrubs that produce yellow flowers in spring. They were named in honour of the British botanist William Forsyth (1737-1804), whose surname was derived from Gaelic Fearsithe, a personal name meaning literally "man of peace" (cf. Fearsithe, Forsythe).
Forrester
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Transferred use of the surname Forrester.
Florus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Roman cognomen that was derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). It was borne by a 2nd-century saint who was martyred with Laurus in Illyricum.
Florinda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: flo-REEN-da(Spanish)
Elaborated form of Spanish or Portuguese flor meaning "flower".
Flora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, French, Greek, Albanian, Roman Mythology
Other Scripts: Φλώρα(Greek)
Pronounced: FLAWR-ə(English) FLAW-ra(Italian) FLO-ra(Spanish, German, Dutch, Latin) FLAW-ru(Portuguese) FLAW-RA(French)
Rating: 65% based on 4 votes
Derived from Latin flos meaning "flower" (genitive case floris). Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers and spring, the wife of Zephyr the west wind. It has been used as a given name since the Renaissance, starting in France. In Scotland it was sometimes used as an Anglicized form of Fionnghuala.
Flor
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: FLOR(Spanish, European Portuguese) FLOKH(Brazilian Portuguese)
Either directly from Spanish or Portuguese flor meaning "flower", or a short form of Florencia.
Fleur
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French, Dutch, English (British)
Pronounced: FLUUR(French, Dutch) FLU(British English) FLUR(American English)
Rating: 25% based on 2 votes
Means "flower" in French. Saint Fleur of Issendolus (Flor in Gascon) was a 14th-century nun from Maurs, France. This was also the name of a character in John Galsworthy's novels The Forsyte Saga (1922).
Fiorella
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: fyo-REHL-la
From Italian fiore "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix.
Fiore
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: FYO-reh
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Means "flower" in Italian. It can also be considered an Italian form of the Latin names Flora and Florus.
Fioralba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare)
Combination of Italian fiore "flower" (Latin flos) and alba "dawn".
Fiora
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian (Rare), Corsican, Albanian (Rare)
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Derived from Italian and Corsican fiore "flower".
Fig
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English, Literature
Fig is the name of Hannah's cousin in Curtis Sittenfield's 'The Man of My Dreams'.
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Nature name referring to the tree which is cultivated for its fruit. In Christian symbolism, the fig symbolises chastity and humility, since fig leaves were said to be used by Adam and Eve to cover their genitals in The Book of Genesis.
Fern
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: FURN
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the plant, ultimately from Old English fearn. It has been used as a given name since the late 19th century.
Farro
Usage: Italian
Pronounced: FAR-ro
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Derived from the name of a place on Sicily, Italy, derived from Latin far meaning "wheat, spelt".
Evanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Εὐάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Rating: 58% based on 20 votes
Latinized form of Euanthe.
Euthalia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Late Greek
Other Scripts: Εὐθαλία(Ancient Greek)
Means "flower, bloom" from the Greek word εὐθάλεια (euthaleia), itself derived from εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". This name was borne by a 3rd-century saint and martyr from Sicily.
Euanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek [1], Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Εὐάνθη(Ancient Greek)
Derived from Greek εὐανθής (euanthes) meaning "blooming, flowery", a derivative of εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". According to some sources, this was the name of the mother of the three Graces or Χάριτες (Charites) in Greek mythology.
Elowen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Rating: 56% based on 26 votes
Means "elm tree" in Cornish. This is a recently coined Cornish name.
Elma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Dutch, English, German (Rare)
Pronounced: EHL-mə(English) EHL-ma(German)
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Short form of Wilhelmine or names ending in elma, such as Anselma. It has also been recorded as a combination of Elizabeth and Mary, as in the case of the 19th-century daughter of the Earl of Elgin, who was named using her mother's first and middle names [1].
Elm
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Catalan, English
Catalan form of Elmo, as well as a short form of Elmer. The name may also be taken directly from the English word elm, a type of tree.
Eirlys
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh
Pronounced: AYR-lis
Means "snowdrop (flower)" in Welsh, a compound of eira "snow" and llys "plant".
Ebony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Pronounced: EHB-ən-ee(English)
From the English word ebony for the black wood that comes from the ebony tree. It is ultimately from the Egyptian word hbnj. In America this name is most often used in the black community.
Daphne
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology, English, Dutch
Other Scripts: Δάφνη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: DA-PNEH(Classical Greek) DAF-nee(English) DAHF-nə(Dutch)
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
Means "laurel" in Greek. In Greek mythology she was a nymph turned into a laurel tree by her father in order that she might escape the pursuit of Apollo. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the end of the 19th century.
Daisy
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: DAY-zee
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
Simply from the English word for the white flower, ultimately derived from Old English dægeseage meaning "day eye". It was first used as a given name in the 19th century, at the same time many other plant and flower names were coined.

This name was fairly popular at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. The American author F. Scott Fitzgerald used it for the character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby (1925). The Walt Disney cartoon character Daisy Duck was created in 1940 as the girlfriend of Donald Duck. It was at a low in popularity in the United States in the 1970s when it got a small boost from a character on the television series The Dukes of Hazzard in 1979.

Dahlia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: DAL-yə, DAHL-yə, DAYL-yə
Rating: 100% based on 2 votes
From the name of the flower, which was named for the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl.
Daffodil
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: DAF-ə-dil
From the name of the flower, ultimately derived from Dutch de affodil meaning "the asphodel".
Cypress
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: American (Rare)
Pronounced: SIE-pris
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From the English word cypress, a group of coniferous trees. Ultimately from Greek kuparissos.
Cosmos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (African)
Rating: 73% based on 3 votes
Variant of Cosmas.
Coriander
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KAWR-ee-an-dər, kawr-ee-AN-dər
Rating: 17% based on 3 votes
From the name of the spice, also called cilantro, which may ultimately be of Phoenician origin (via Latin and Greek).
Clover
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: KLO-vər
Rating: 73% based on 4 votes
From the English word for the wild flower, ultimately deriving from Old English clafre.
Clove
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature, English (Modern)
Pronounced: KLOV(Literature)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
From the English word meaning either a slice of garlic or the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, used as a spice. This name was recently used in Suzanne Collins' popular book, The Hunger Games.
Clementine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KLEHM-ən-teen, KLEHM-ən-tien
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
English form of Clémentine.
Clematis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: KLEHM-ə-tis, klə-MAT-is
From the English word for a type of flowering vine, ultimately derived from Greek κλήμα (klema) meaning "twig, branch".
Cicely
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SIS-ə-lee
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Medieval variant of Cecily.
Chrysanthos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek, Ancient Greek [1]
Other Scripts: Χρύσανθος(Greek)
Means "golden flower" from Greek χρύσεος (chryseos) meaning "golden" combined with ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower". This name was borne by a semi-legendary 3rd-century Egyptian saint.
Chrysanta
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kri-SAN-tə
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Shortened form of the word chrysanthemum, the name of a flowering plant, which means "golden flower" in Greek.
Chloe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1], Ancient Greek [2], Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Χλόη(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KLO-ee(English)
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
Means "green shoot" in Greek, referring to new plant growth in the spring. This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter. The name is also mentioned by Paul in one of his epistles in the New Testament.

As an English name, Chloe has been in use since the Protestant Reformation. It started getting more popular in the 1980s in the United Kingdom and then the United States. It was the most popular name for girls in England and Wales from 1997 to 2002. This is one of the few English-language names that is often written with a diaeresis, as Chloë.

Cerise
Gender: Feminine
Usage: French
Pronounced: SU-REEZ
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "cherry" in French.
Celandine
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SEHL-ən-deen, SEHL-ən-dien
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of the flower, which is derived from Greek χελιδών (chelidon) meaning "swallow (bird)".
Cedar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: SEE-dər
Rating: 39% based on 24 votes
From the English word for the coniferous tree, derived (via Old French and Latin) from Greek κέδρος (kedros). Besides the true cedars from the genus Cedrus, it is also used to refer to some tree species in the cypress family.
Cataleya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Variant of cattleya, a genus of orchids native to Central and South America, which were named for the British horticulturist William Cattley. This name was popularized by the main character from the movie Colombiana (2011).
Castor
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Κάστωρ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: KAS-tər(English)
Rating: 15% based on 2 votes
From the Greek name Κάστωρ (Kastor), possibly related to κέκασμαι (kekasmai) meaning "to excel, to shine" (pluperfect κέκαστο). Alternatively it could be derived from the Greek word κάστωρ (kastor) meaning "beaver", though the legends about Castor do not mention beavers, which were foreign animals to the Greeks. In Greek myth Castor was a son of Zeus and the twin brother of Pollux. The constellation Gemini, which represents the two brothers, contains a star by this name.
Camellia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-MEE-lee-ə, kə-MEHL-ee-ə
Rating: 80% based on 6 votes
From the name of the flowering shrub, which was named for the botanist and missionary Georg Josef Kamel.
Calla
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: KAL-ə
Rating: 73% based on 4 votes
From the name of two types of plants, the true calla (species Calla palustris) and the calla lily (species Calla aethiopica), both having white flowers and growing in marshy areas. Use of the name may also be inspired by Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty".
Calendula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
The scientific name for a genus of flowers, comprised of several kinds of marigolds. From the Latin diminutive of calendae, meaning "little calendar", "little clock" or possibly "little weather-glass".
Calanthe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: kə-LAN-thee
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From the name of a type of orchid, ultimately meaning "beautiful flower", derived from Greek καλός (kalos) meaning "beautiful" and ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower".
Buttercup
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: BUT-ər-kup(English)
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From the English word for the yellow flower (genus Ranunculus). Author William Goldman used it for Princess Buttercup in his book The Princess Bride (1973) and the subsequent film adaptation (1987).
Bryony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIE-ə-nee
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
From the name of a type of Eurasian vine, formerly used as medicine. It ultimately derives from Greek βρύω (bryo) meaning "to swell".
Bryonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From the Latin name for bryony, the wild twining plant (see Bryony).
Briony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRIE-ə-nee
Rating: 49% based on 32 votes
Variant of Bryony.
Briar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: BRIE-ər
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
From the English word for the thorny plant.
Bramble
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BRAM-bool
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Transferred use of the surname Bramble.
Bluma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish
Other Scripts: בלומאַ(Yiddish)
Pronounced: BLOO-mah
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Yiddish בלום (blum) meaning "flower".
Bluebell
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Popular Culture
Pronounced: BLOO-bel(English)
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
From the name of the flower, used to some extent as a first name when flower names were in vogue at the end of the 19th century.
Blossom
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BLAH-səm
Rating: 87% based on 3 votes
From the English word blossom, ultimately from Old English blóstm. It came into use as a rare given name in the 19th century.
Bloom
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 75% based on 2 votes
From the English word bloom, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- ("to thrive, flower, bloom").
Blodeuwedd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Pronounced: blaw-DAY-wedh(Welsh)
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "face of flowers" in Welsh. According to the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi [1], she was created out of flowers by Gwydion to be the wife of his nephew Lleu Llaw Gyffes. Originally she was named Blodeuedd meaning simply "flowers". She was eventually transformed into an owl by Gwydion after she and her lover Gronw attempted to murder Lleu, at which point he renamed her Blodeuwedd.
Blodeuedd
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Welsh Mythology
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "flowers" in Welsh. This was the original name of Blodeuwedd.
Blejan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Cornish
Pronounced: BLEH-jən
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "flower" in Cornish.
Björk
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Icelandic
Pronounced: PYUURK
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Means "birch tree" in Icelandic.
Birch
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BURCH
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
From the English word for the birch tree. Famous bearers include Birch Evans Bayh III, senator from Indiana, who assumed office in 1999. Birch Evans Bayh II was a senator from Indiana 1963-1981.
Betony
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BEHT-nee, BEHT-ə-nee
Rating: 33% based on 27 votes
From the name of the minty medicinal herb.
Berry 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BEHR-ee
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Variant of Barry.
Berry 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: BEHR-ee
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
From the English word referring to the small fruit. It is ultimately derived from Old English berie. This name has only been in use since the 20th century.
Belladonna
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various
Pronounced: behl-ə-DAHN-ə(English)
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
From the name of a toxic plant, also called deadly nightshade (species Atropa belladonna). The plant's name is of Italian origin, probably derived from Latin bladona "mullein plant" and altered through association with the Italian words bella "beautiful, fair" and donna "lady".
Begonia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Romani (Archaic)
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
From the name of a flowering plant, which was named for the French botanist Michel Bégon. In some cases it may be a variant of the Spanish Begoña.
Bay
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Russian
Other Scripts: Бай(Russian)
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Derived from the archaic Russian verb баять (bayat) meaning "to speak, to tell", which is ultimately derived from Church Slavonic bajati meaning "to speak, to talk, to tell, to narrate".
Basil 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: BAZ-əl
Rating: 53% based on 6 votes
From the Greek name Βασίλειος (Basileios), which was derived from βασιλεύς (basileus) meaning "king". Saint Basil the Great was a 4th-century bishop of Caesarea and one of the fathers of the early Christian church. Due to him, the name (in various spellings) has come into general use in the Christian world, being especially popular among Eastern Christians. It was also borne by two Byzantine emperors.
Barley
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Transferred use of the surname Barley.
Azalea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: ə-ZAY-lee-ə
Rating: 77% based on 3 votes
From the name of the flower (shrubs of the genus Rhododendron), ultimately derived from Greek ἀζαλέος (azaleos) meaning "dry".
Ayame
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 菖蒲, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あやめ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA-MEH
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 菖蒲 (ayame) meaning "iris (flower)". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can also form this name.
Aster
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AS-tər
Rating: 73% based on 6 votes
From the name of the flower, which is derived via Latin from Greek ἀστήρ (aster) meaning "star".
Aspen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced: AS-pən
Rating: 70% based on 2 votes
From the English word for a variety of deciduous trees in the genus Populus, derived from Old English æspe. It is also the name of a ski resort in Colorado.
Ash
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ASH
Rating: 80% based on 3 votes
Short form of Ashley. It can also come directly from the English word denoting either the tree or the residue of fire.
Ardisia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From the name of the genus of flowering plants that is also called coralberry or marlberry.
Anthea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts: Ἄνθεια(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: AN-thee-ə(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the Greek Ἄνθεια (Antheia), derived from ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera.
Amaryllis
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced: am-ə-RIL-is(English)
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Derived from Greek ἀμαρύσσω (amarysso) meaning "to sparkle". This is the name of a character appearing in Virgil's pastoral poems Eclogues [1]. The amaryllis flower is named for her.
Amarantha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Various (Rare)
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
From the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek ἀμάραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading". Ἀμάραντος (Amarantos) was also an Ancient Greek given name.
Amaranth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
From the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek αμαραντος (amarantos) meaning "unfading".
Alyssa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: ə-LIS-ə
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Variant of Alicia. The spelling has probably been influenced by that of the alyssum flower, the name of which is derived from Greek (a), a negative prefix, combined with λύσσα (lyssa) meaning "madness, rabies", since it was believed to cure madness.
Alon 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Hebrew
Other Scripts: אַלוֹן(Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-LON
Rating: 70% based on 3 votes
Means "oak tree" in Hebrew.
Alder
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: AWL-dər
Rating: 72% based on 5 votes
From the English word for the tree (comprising the genus Alnus), derived from Old English alor.
Achillea
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Italian
Rating: 20% based on 1 vote
Feminine form of Achille. It is also the botanical name of the genus of flowering plants (Yarrow).
Acacia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English (Rare)
Pronounced: ə-KAY-shə
Rating: 83% based on 3 votes
From the name of a type of tree, ultimately derived from Greek ἀκή (ake) meaning "thorn, point".
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