Plant Names for Girls

There are 16 Plant names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Plant names 1 to 16. Within these names, Lily (English) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Jasmine (English and French), Ivy (English), Iris (Dutch, English, and German), Hazel (English), and Heather (English). The unusual Plant names are Ina (English and German), Althea (English), Amaryllis (English), Bryony (English), Camellia (English), Fern (English), Ginger (English), Mimoza (Albanian, Slavic, and Turkish), Myrtle (English), and Rue (English).

Plant names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1901 with 1.847% of baby girls being given Plant names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 8 Plant names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of modest use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was 0.857% with 6 Plant names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Plant names, Lily (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #27 and a usage of 0.3542%.

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Ina ... rice plant ...Ina has the meaning rice plant. ...

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Althea ... wholesome, healing; ... for the marshmallow plant which was believed to ...

Amaryllis ... sparkling eyes ... with the flower or plant, itself named after the ...

Bryony ... to grow, sprout ... other plant names, this is derived from an ...

Camellia ... acolyte, attendant at a ritual ... name of the Camellia plant and flower, which is ...

Fern ... is derived from the plant name, which is from the ...

Ginger ... ginger; virgin ... is derived from the plant name; it evolved as a ...

Hazel 361 ... hazel ... the many flower and plant names coined and ...

Heather 409 ... heather ... other coined flower and plant names ... in Scotland where the plant is commonly found. ...

Iris 316 ... rainbow ... vogue for flower and plant names. ...

Ivy 301 ... ivy ... from the name of the plant; it was adopted in the ...

Jasmine 32 ... jasmine ... for flower and plant names. ...

Lily 27 ... lily ... for flower and plant names ...

Mimoza ... mimosa ... the name of the mimosa plant, which is itself ...

Myrtle ... is derived from the plant name of the garden ... plant name is from the Old French 'myrtille', the ...

Rue ... friend, companion, neighbor ... from the English plant name of the scented ...