Flower Names

This month is the lovely and lusty (according to Camelot) month of
May. The obvious choice for a girl born in this month would be May or
Mae but this isn't the blog for you if you're looking for the
obvious. When I think of May, I think of the saying 'April showers
bring May flowers!' So what other way to subtly connect your little
girl to the month of he birth than with a flower name!

There are of course:

Rose
Lily
Jasmine
Heather
Camelia
Daisy
Iris
Ivy
Violet
Laurel
Petunia

But there are also many unique flower names such as:

Akasma - a Turkish name meaning white rose
Akiko- Japanese meaning Iris
Alyssum- Greek meaning a low flowering plant
Amapola- Arabic meaning Poppy
Amaryllis- Greek meaning a bulbous perennial plantwith showy flowers
Anemone- Greek meaning Wind Flower
Asphodel- Greek meaning Lily
Azalea- Latin meaning a low flowering shrub
Blanchefleur- French meaning White flower
Blodwen- Welsh meaning White flower
Blossom- Old English meaning Flower
Calantha- Greek meaning Lovely Flower
Calla- Greek meaning a type of lily
Caltha- Latin meaning golden flower
Calandine- Greek meaning a perennial plant with yellow blossoms
Celosia- Greek meaning a flowering plant with flame-like blossoms
Chrysanthemum- Greek meaning Golden flower
Cliantha- Greek meaning Glory flower
Daffodil- Old French meaning spring-flowering bulb
Dahlia- Tuberous-rooted flowering plant from Mexico
Gardenia- A shrub with fragant white flowers
Geranium- Latin meaning Geranium
Giacinta- Italian meaning Hyacinth
Hana- Japanese meaning Flower
Hibiscus- Japanese meaning a large genus of flowering herbs
Hyacinth- Greek meaning hyacinth
Iantha- Greek meaning purple flower
Iolanthe- Greek meaning violet flower
Jacinta- Spanish meaning Hyacinth
Jolan- Greek meanin Violet
Lavender- Latin
Lilac- Persian
Lotus- Greek
Magnolia- Latin meaning trees and shrubs exhibiting large showy flowers
Marigold- English meaning plants with deep yellow flowers
Narcissa- Greek meaning daffodil
Nirit- Hebrew meaning flower
Poppy- Latin
Primrose- english meaningFirst rose
Raisa- Yiddish meaning Rose
Rhoda- Greek meaning Rose
Rhodanthe- Greek meaning rose blossom
Roisin- Celtic meaning Rose
Sabrina- Arabic meaning white rose
Saffron- Arabic
Shoshana- Hebrew meaning Lily
Sousan- Persian meaning flower
Tansy- Greek a yellow flowered perennial plant.
Varda- Arabic meaning rose
Wei- Chinese meaning Rose
Yolanda- Greek meaning Violet flowers
Zahara- Swahili meaning Flowers
Zinnia- a showy flowering plant

Or what about a name connected to flowers?

Aiyana- Native American meaning Eternal Blossom
Algoma- Native American meaning Valley of Flowers
Altheda- Greek meaning Like a Blossom
Blima- Hebrew meaning Blossom
Carmel- Hebrew meaning Garden
Ceres- Latin meaning springtime
Dianthe- Greek meaning flower to the gods
Eshal- Arabic meaing a flower is heaven
Ketifa- Arabic meaning to pick a flower
Leilani- Hawaiian meaning flower from heaven
Philantha- Greek meaning lover of flowers
Thalia- Greek meaning blooming

And of course the obvious choice:

Flower- Middle English meaning flower