Plant Names

[catjac1975]

Well, you remember what happened to the "Boy named Sue."

 

[Pulsegleaner]

Depends, do you mean what happened to him if you confine it to the Jonny Cash song, or what happend to him if you include the sequel Shel Silverstein (who wrote the original song) came up with and sung himself (trust me, you DON'T want to hear it)
Actually, speaking of flower names, there was a time that I imagined that, when and if I ever had a daughter I might name her Asphodel. It always sounded pretty to mean. (for the record, at that time I also thought that if I had a boy I might name him Celadon. But I grew up and realized that, even if I did ever have kids, my conscience would not let me get away with burdening my kids with the stigma of odd names
And i realized it isn't neccecarily just Gils who can get plant names. Women may have Sage and Rosemary, but men do have Basil. And men have most of the tree names (Ash is the only one coming to mind now, but I know there are other trees used as given names.
Actually I have a funny story. To this day , because it happens to be my aunt's name, I have a hard time thinking of Hillary as a man's given name (it actually is, just one they don't use much anymore.)

 

[digitS']

So ...

is Nigella the feminine of Nigel, or ..

. the plant otherwise known as love-in-the-mist?

Sequoia

 

[Pulsegleaner]

Probably both

Reminds me of another old timey plant one, Philomena. No it's not the female of Philip (that would be Philippa). It's actually the old time term for an almond (or I supposed other stone fruit stone) which contains two kernels. I was considered a lucky name, since they were considered lucky (basically if a couple found a Philomena and each ate one of the kernels they were supposed to be destined to marry. )

 

[so lucky]

Fern
then there are the gem names:
Garnet, Ruby, Pearl, Jade...

Crystal, Sapphire, Opal, Amber

 

[Pulsegleaner]

Beryl, Onyx, Agate (I think) And guys have Jasper.

 

[Smart Red]

Ever thought about all the female names that are plants/flowers?
Rose, Daisy, Lily, Daphne, Iris, Sage, Rosemary, Myrtle, Violet.......what else?

There is my precious Gypsy Magnolia.

 

[baymule]

So.....who wants to name their newborn Tomato? Eggplant? Okra? Lettuce? Carrot? Or what about Watermelon or Cantaloupe? We think flower or tree names are pretty or manly, but NO vegetables! Running down the mental list of grains, the only name I can think of is BUCKWHEAT, and he was a cute little boy on an old TV show, the Little Rascals.

I have never met anyone named Onion or Garlic. Nor have I ever known anyone named Bean or Pea, the closest to Corn is Cornelius. I have heard of Turnip and Butterbean, but only as nicknames, not given names.

Anybody know anyone with the given first of middle name of a vegetable? How come Artichoke or Escarole is not on the top 100 list of baby names?

 

[ninnymary]

My neighbor's little girl is named Olive.

Mary

 

[Nyboy]

Wasn't that Poeyes girlfrend Olive?