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.
For Vietnamese there are quite a lot. Many flowers and names in Vietnam have multiple syllables which change the meaning of mono syllabic words and would take too long to list them out. That’s why I’m gonna only list monosyllabic and common female names here:
- Đào - Peach flower
- Mai - Ochna integerrima
- Cúc - Chrysanthemum
- Liên - Lotus
- Hồng - Rose
- Hoa - Flower
- Lan - Orchid
- Huệ - Lily
- Phượng - Delonix regia
Fleur
I’m here to say Jasmine /Jazmín in English and Spanish, because I haven’t seen it mentioned yet
In Turkish there is “Gül” which means rose in English.
Very common in Brazil: Rosa, Margarida, Jasmim/Yasmin, Lívia, Íris.
ps: Margarida is Daisy and Lívia is Lily.
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.
Dutch: Madelief, Roos, Margriet
Fleur, Jasmijn, Sanne
Dutch is just English with a broken jaw
That sounds like good enough reason for the orange-man to invade the Netherlands.
“Why do they have rights over the Netherlands anyways? They got troops in the Netherlands a few hundreds of years ago, but we have troops over there too!”
Daisy, Daphne, Astrid, Petal, Flora, Florida, Violet, Rose
off the top of my head, but there’s lits of lists of names, books even :) you can look up ‘babyname book’
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.
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…
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 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.)
Also in English, there’s Rosa, Marigold, and Iris (though Marigold might be a color rather than a flower?)
