Most personal names derived from plants or flowers that are used in the USA are used for women…?
Sunday, September 5th, 2010 at
17:01
…only, such as Rose, …
… Lily, Daisy, Ivy, Willow, or Petunia. Please suggest some that are used exclusively for men, other than the only two that i have thought of: Timothy and Mandrake.
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Filed under: Mandrake
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Rowan
Floral names are not considered masculine. But here are some that are boys names.
Herbs -Basil, Burnet and Valerian. Rush a type of marsh plant.
Trees- Linden, Hawthorn, Burl or Forest. Sweet William
Almond or Huckleberry Almond was used in the late 19th century, Biblical names are very common — John, Peter, Michael, Paul etc. It is interesting to see why people choose the names they do for their children.
Forest or Forrest…
Silvester…
Reed…
Kale…
Rowan…type of tree
Sage…
Typically men weren’t named by the flowers, the idea started in the 40′s & 50′s I believe, the idea was that women and girls were precious little flowers and they should be treated with respect and care, so couples started naming their female children after flowers to denote the care and love they had and others should have. So I highly doubt you’ll find any associated with male names.
Here is a list of flower names for girls.
Flower Names – http://www.perennial-gardens.com/flower-articles/flower-names-for-girls.php
I’m thinking they’re going to have to be stretches. You came up with the only "mainstream" male plant name that came to my mind (Timothy).
Ashton (Ashby/ Ash)
Basil
Forrest (Whitaker!)
Linden
Rowan
Reed
Sage
Hawthorne
Oliver (Olive)
Quincy (Quince)
Heath
Thorn
(I have to quit now… these are starting to sound like bad hero names from the bodice-ripper days)
(Also, really… Mandrake? If a Mandrake walked into my class I’d have a reeeeally hard time not snickering.)
JOHNquill
JACK in the pulpit
JIMson weed
JONATHAN (apple)
St JOHN’s wort
ASHton
BURR oak
WILLow
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