So far, I have Magnolia, Rose, Violet/Violeta, Petunia, Lily, and Daisy for English, though Violeta is Albanian, Bulgarian, Greek, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, and Portuguese according to the Wikipedia.
We mostly speak English in Ireland, so I’ll stick to Irish.
Róise (rowisha): Rose
Róisín (rowsheen): Little Rose
That’s all I’ve got.
My partners middle name is Amaryllis.
I know a Cambria (type of hybrid orchid).
I know multiple ladies named Heather, if you’re counting flowering shrubs.
US, American English
I never considered orchid names… it’s me Bulbophyllum
In France some common ones are Rose, Iris, Capucine (Nasturtium), Hortense (Hydrangea), Marguerite (Daisy), Violette, Azalée (Azalea), Camélia, Fleur (Flower), Lilas (Lilac). There’s way more than that but those are the ones that come to mind.
In France we have: Rose, Iris, Marguerite, Violette, Pétunia, Églantine, Jacinthe, Marjolaine, Capucine, Garance, Camélia, Hortense, Fleur (which litterally mean Flower)
Here a few in Finnish:
- Kanerva (heather)
- Kielo (lily)
- Vuokko (anemone)
- Ruusu (rose)
- Kukka (flower)
- Lemmikki (forget-me-not)
- Orvokki (violet)
- Vanamo (Linnaea borealis)
I’m here to say Jasmine /Jazmín in English and Spanish, because I haven’t seen it mentioned yet
Japan: 花 (Hana, Flower), 菫 (Sumire, violet), 蓮 (Ren, lotus), 蘭 (Ran, Orchid), 柊 (Hiiragi).
What about Sakura? Isn’t that a name too?
Yes, Sakura is also a girl’s name.
English also has Marigold and Iris.
Dutch: Madelief, Roos, Margriet
Dutch is just English with a broken jaw
That sounds like good enough reason for the orange-man to invade the Netherlands.
Fleur, Jasmijn, Sanne
Very common in Brazil: Rosa, Margarida, Jasmim/Yasmin, Lívia, Íris.
ps: Margarida is Daisy and Lívia is Lily.
In Spanish and Portuguese there is literally “Florinda”
I gotta say, knowing of two Violets in my life, that is probably my favorite name.
Leïla in persian is the Lilac flower
Portuguese: Rosa, Margarida (Daisy), Floribela (“beautiful flower”), Dália (Dhalia), Íris, Violeta, Jasmim, Magnólia, Flor (literally “flower”), Gardénia, Hortência (Hydrangea), Florência, Liliana (from Lily), Jacinta (Hyacinth). I know personally women with all but four of these names.
This in Portuguese, where I currently live, but I have no reason to believe you won’t find them in Brazil or other Portuguese speaking countries as well…
I’m sure someone else will cover the big ones for the US but I just want to chime in that my son’s classmate is named Cattleya. (It’s a type of orchid.)
