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Girl names (111)

Achillea
Yarrow, named for the Greek hero Achilles · Greek
Agave
A spiky desert plant of Mexico · Greek
Alyssum
A low carpet of tiny honey scented white flowers · Greek · small dogs
Amaryllis
Bulb that throws up huge trumpet flowers in winter · Greek
Anemone
Cup shaped flower, the name means daughter of the wind · Greek
Angophora
The smooth barked apple gum of Australia · Greek
Arnica
A yellow mountain daisy used in soothing balms
Artemisia
A silvery herb named after the Greek huntress Artemis · Greek
Astilbe
A shade plant with feathery plumes of pink and white · Greek
Astrantia
Masterwort, a starry pincushion flower · Latin
Azalea
A shrub that flowers in spring
Barberry
A thorny shrub with bright red berries
Begonia
Bright bedding flower with patterned leaves
Bellflower
A bell shaped flower of blue or white
Bellis
The common daisy, from the Latin for pretty · Latin · small dogs
Betony
A purple flowered herb of old cottage gardens
Bilberry
A small dark blue moorland berry · small dogs
Boronia
Small Australian shrub with a famously sweet scent · Australian
Bougainvillea
A climbing plant with paper bright magenta bracts
Buttercup
Glossy yellow meadow flower of childhood games · small dogs
Camellia
An evergreen shrub with waxy flowers
Campanula
The bellflower, from the Latin for little bell · Latin
Canna
A tropical plant with big paddle leaves and fiery flowers · Latin
Carnation
A frilly scented flower given on Mother's Day
Catalpa
A tree with heart shaped leaves and long bean pods · Creek
Celandine
A small glossy yellow flower of early spring · Greek · small dogs
Celmisia
The New Zealand mountain daisy · Greek
Clematis
Climbing vine that covers walls in star flowers · Greek
Clivia
A shade loving lily with orange flowers from South Africa
Cloudberry
A golden berry of the far north · small dogs
Columbine
A nodding flower named from the Latin for dove · Latin
Coneflower
A daisy with a raised cone at its centre
Coreopsis
Tickseed, a cheerful golden daisy of the prairies · Greek
Correa
Australian native fuchsia with hanging bell flowers · Australian
Cowslip
A small yellow spring flower of English meadows · small dogs
Crocosmia
A fiery orange flower whose dried petals smell of saffron · Greek
Cyclamen
A winter flower with swept back petals · Greek
Daffodil
Yellow trumpet flower and the emblem of Wales
Dahlia
A tuberous flower named for the botanist Dahl
Delphinium
Tall spires of blue flowers, named from the Greek for dolphin · Greek
Echeveria
A rosette shaped succulent from Mexico · Latin · small dogs
Echinacea
The purple coneflower of the American prairies · Greek
Erica
The Latin name for heather, also a well loved given name · Latin
Forsythia
The shrub that turns bright yellow in early spring
Frangipani
Tropical tree with fragrant creamy flowers
Freesia
Scented South African flower on an arching stem
Fuchsia
A hanging flower like a pink and purple ballerina
Gardenia
Waxy white flower with a heavy sweet scent
Geranium
A cottage garden flower named from the Greek for crane · Greek
Gerbera
A big bright daisy from South Africa
Gladiolus
A tall flower named from the Latin for little sword · Latin
Grevillea
Australian shrub with spidery nectar rich flowers · Australian
Hakea
Hardy Australian shrub with needle leaves and woody fruit · Australian
Harebell
A delicate blue bell flower of heaths, the bluebell of Scotland · small dogs
Heather
The low purple shrub of Scottish moorland
Hebe
A New Zealand shrub named for the Greek goddess of youth · Greek
Heliotrope
A purple flower that turns to follow the sun, from Greek · Greek
Hibiscus
Big tropical flower brewed into a red tea · Greek
Holly
Prickly evergreen with bright winter berries
Hollyhock
A tall cottage garden flower in pink, red and cream
Hosta
A leafy shade plant with lilac flowers
Hyacinth
A heavily scented spring bulb
Hydrangea
A shrub with big round heads of blue, pink or white flowers
Iris
Greek, rainbow, and the messenger goddess · Greek
Jasmine
Persian, from the flower name yasmin · Persian
Jessamine
Older name for jasmine, a scented climbing shrub
Jonquil
A sweet scented yellow daffodil · French
Juneberry
A small purple berry that ripens in June
Kaede
The Japanese word for maple · Japanese
Kahikatea
White pine, New Zealand's tallest native tree · Maori · big dogs
Kiku
Chrysanthemum, the flower of the Japanese imperial seal · Japanese
Kowhai
A New Zealand tree with golden flowers, the Maori word for yellow · Maori
Lantana
Shrub with clustered flowers that change colour as they age
Lilac
A scented spring shrub
Lingonberry
A tart red berry of Nordic forests · small dogs
Lobelia
A trailing flower of bright blue · small dogs
Lotus
The water flower of Asian art and faith
Magnolia
An ancient flowering tree
Manuka
A New Zealand tea tree whose flowers give a famous honey · Maori
Manzanita
A red barked shrub of California, Spanish for little apple · Spanish
Mayflower
A small pink blossom of spring, also the name of a famous ship
Meadowsweet
A frothy cream flower of damp meadows
Melaleuca
The paperbark tea tree of Australia · Greek
Momiji
Japanese maple leaf in its red autumn colour · Japanese
Monstera
The big split leaved Swiss cheese plant · Latin
Moonflower
A white flower that opens at night
Nasturtium
A peppery garden flower in orange and red · Latin
Orchid
An exotic flowering plant, from the Greek orkhis
Peony
A heavy headed early summer flower
Periwinkle
A trailing plant with blue violet flowers
Petunia
Trumpet flower that spills from summer baskets
Plumeria
The flower strung into Hawaiian garlands
Pohutukawa
The New Zealand Christmas tree, crimson in December · Maori
Poinciana
The flame tree, covered in scarlet flowers in summer
Protea
Bold South African flower and its national bloom · Greek
Puriri
A New Zealand tree that flowers and fruits all year · Maori
Ranunculus
The buttercup family, Latin for little frog · Latin
Rewarewa
New Zealand honeysuckle, a tall tree with red velvet flowers · Maori
Rose
The garden flower, one of the oldest English girls names
Rosella
Australian hibiscus used for jam and cordial · Australian
Salvia
The sage family, from the Latin for to heal · Latin
Santolina
Cotton lavender, a silvery herb with button flowers
Serviceberry
A small tree with white spring blossom and sweet berries
Snowdrop
Nodding white flower that blooms through frost · small dogs
Sweetpea
Climbing scented flower grown for cutting · small dogs
Tsubaki
Japanese camellia, prized for its winter flowers · Japanese
Tulip
The bulb flower that once bankrupted Dutch traders
Violet
A small woodland flower
Wisteria
A climbing vine of hanging purple flowers
Woodbine
An old English name for wild honeysuckle
Zinnia
A bright bedding flower

Boy names (18)

Agapanthus
The lily of the Nile, with globes of blue flowers · Greek
Bamboo
The fastest growing grass on earth · big dogs
Buckeye
A tree whose shiny brown nut looks like the eye of a deer
Cactus
A desert plant that stores its own water
Callistemon
The bottlebrush, from the Greek for beautiful stamen · Greek
Ceanothus
California lilac, a shrub of deep blue flowers · Greek
Hawthorn
The hedgerow tree of British lanes
Heath
Low moorland shrub that flowers across open ground
Linden
A broad lime tree of European avenues · big dogs
Matai
Black pine, a native conifer of New Zealand · Maori
Narcissus
Spring bulb flower named after a figure in Greek myth · Greek
Ocotillo
A spiny desert shrub with red flower tips · Spanish
Penstemon
Beardtongue, a wildflower of tubular bells · Greek
Rhododendron
A big shrub of spring flowers, Greek for rose tree · Greek
Saguaro
The giant cactus of the Sonoran Desert, said sa-wah-ro · Spanish · big dogs
Sumac
A shrub whose autumn leaves turn scarlet
Teak
A strong golden brown hardwood of tropical Asia
Yarrow
A wild meadow herb with flat white flower heads

Names for either (73)

Aloe
A succulent whose sap soothes burns
Arbutus
The strawberry tree, with red fruit and peeling bark · Latin
Aster
Late summer daisy, the name means star · Greek
Banyan
Spreading fig tree that drops roots from its branches · Hindi · big dogs
Baobab
Vast African tree with a swollen water storing trunk · Arabic · big dogs
Beech
Smooth barked woodland tree with copper autumn leaves · big dogs
Bitterroot
A pink mountain flower, the state flower of Montana
Bloom
A flower at its fullest and freshest
Bluebonnet
Blue lupin that carpets Texas roadsides in spring
Bonsai
Tree kept miniature in a shallow tray · Japanese · small dogs
Botan
Peony, the flower Japan calls the king of blooms · Japanese
Bottlebrush
Australian shrub with bright brush shaped flowers · Australian
Briar
Thorny wild rose that tangles through hedges
Campion
A pink or white wildflower of hedgerows
Catmint
The plant that sends cats giddy, a cheeky name for a dog
Cornflower
Vivid blue flower once common in wheat fields
Crocus
First small flower to push through late winter ground · Greek · small dogs
Dandelion
The yellow flower that becomes a fluffy seed clock, French for lion's tooth · French
Dogwood
A tree with bright spring blossom, the perfect tree for a dog
Eucalyptus
The gum tree of Australia, from the Greek for well covered · Greek
Ficus
The fig genus, from garden trees to house plants · Latin
Fiddlehead
The curled tip of a young fern · small dogs
Fir
Evergreen conifer with upright cones · big dogs
Fireweed
A tall pink wildflower that springs up after forest fires
Foxglove
Tall spire of bell flowers in hedgerows and woods
Gentian
A mountain flower of deep true blue
Ginkgo
Ancient tree with fan shaped leaves that turn gold · Japanese
Goldenrod
A tall wildflower with plumes of golden yellow
Gorse
Spiny yellow shrub that smells of coconut in the sun
Kanuka
A white flowered tea tree of New Zealand · Maori
Karaka
A New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and orange fruit · Maori
Karri
Towering pale eucalypt of south west Australia · Noongar · big dogs
Kauri
A giant forest tree of New Zealand that can live for 2,000 years · Maori · big dogs
Kurrajong
Broad Australian shade tree with a bottle shaped trunk · Australian · big dogs
Larch
Conifer that turns gold and drops its needles in autumn
Larkspur
Tall blue cottage garden flower with a spurred petal
Lupin
Cone shaped spike of pea flowers in border gardens
Madrone
A Pacific coast tree with peeling red bark · Spanish
Mamaku
The black tree fern, New Zealand's tallest fern · Maori · big dogs
Miro
A New Zealand conifer whose red fruit feeds the kereru · Maori
Nettle
The stinging plant of the hedgerow
Nikau
New Zealand's only native palm · Maori
Oleander
Tough Mediterranean shrub covered in pink flowers
Paintbrush
Indian paintbrush, a wildflower of the American West tipped in red
Palmetto
Fan leaved palm of the southern coasts · Spanish
Papyrus
Tall Nile reed the ancients made paper from · Greek
Phlox
A bright summer flower whose name means flame in Greek · Greek
Pinyon
A small nut pine of the American Southwest · Spanish
Ponga
The silver fern, symbol of New Zealand · Maori
Poplar
Tall fast growing tree with fluttering leaves · big dogs
Rata
A New Zealand tree with bright red flowers · Maori
Redbud
A small tree that blooms pink along bare branches in spring
Redwood
The tallest tree on earth, native to California · big dogs
Rimu
A tall red pine of New Zealand forests · Maori
Rosewood
A rich reddish hardwood with a rose like scent
Sandalwood
A tree with sweet scented wood, native to Australia and India
Saskatoon
A sweet purple berry of the Canadian prairies · Cree
Sedge
Grass like plant that grows at the water's edge
Snapdragon
Flower whose mouth opens when you pinch it
Sorrel
A tangy leaf, and a reddish brown coat colour
Speedwell
A tiny bright blue wildflower · small dogs
Sprig
A small shoot cut from a plant · small dogs
Sprout
A new shoot on a plant, also a young growing thing · small dogs
Spruce
Tall evergreen conifer of northern forests · big dogs
Sunflower
Tall golden flower that follows the sun · big dogs
Sycamore
Broad maple whose seeds spin down like helicopters · big dogs
Tamarisk
A feathery shrub of dry coasts with pink flowers
Thistle
The prickly flower of Scotland
Totara
A great native tree of New Zealand, prized for carving · Maori · big dogs
Trillium
Woodland flower with everything in threes · Latin
Tupelo
A swamp tree whose flowers give a famous honey · Creek
Vine
Climbing plant that winds its way upward
Yucca
Spiky desert plant with a tall spire of white bells

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