Finding New Names in Vintage Categories

This was wonderful! I especially love Iris, Wren, and Verity, but this entire list is filled with gems…no joke intended:)

Good list. We’re thinking of hazel, violet and daphne – could’ve been added to the f

I’ve been hearing Radiance tossed around as a virtue name lately

Lilac is the name I want if we have a girl….still trying to pursuade my partner. I like Lilac Amelie Pearl

There are a lot of great virtue names in spanish that could work nicely, my favorite is Mercedes.

I love Azalea with the variation Azalia and I actually like the name Amity for a boy….

Great list! I think you suggested Vrai – the French word for truth – in one of your books. That’s always been one of my favorites, at least in the middle spot.

Bernadette, Lilac is lovely!

Abby—I really like Vrai too, but haven’t heard of anyone picking up on it yet.

I like these categories of word names. I find Lilac, Lotus, Marigold, Tulip, Azalea, Aster, Hazel, Azure, Citron, Indigo, Wren, Lark, Alouette, Serenity all appealing.

For unusual gems, I’m fond of Emerald and Garnet. For unusual flowers, I like the sound of Marigold and Camellia. Hyacinth unfortunately reminds me of “Keeping up Appearances!”

“The Bouquet residence, the lady of the house speaking! Oooooh, it’s Sheridan! How much, dear?”

I think Sapphira is a really pretty Sapphire alternative…

I like most of these, but I wonder about “Turquoise”. Knowing how kids create ugly nicknames for classmates, I’d be afraid the poor kid would wind up being called “Turkey” all the time…! I do like it, but it doesn’t lend itself to nicknames other than the teasing kind. I’d probably save it for a cat or a parakeet.

I really wanted to use Azure, but no one could pronounce it correctly!! (Or spell it.) We went with Indigo instead (nn Indie).

Indigo is my guilty pleasure name, the name I loooove, but don’t think I’d ever have the courage to use. I’m honestly surprised Emerald doesn’t get more attention given the Emily/Emma craze combined with the gem craze.

I have no children, so I indulge in my love for names with my pets. My kittens are called Tulip and Petunia. ‘Tulip’ is my favourite flower and we were planning on only one kitten, so it was perfect. Then, we couldn’t leave behind Tulip’s sister at the SPCA, so she became ‘Petunia’.
They are great names and I think, for a baby girl, they’d be lovely too!

I submit Lavender!

I’ve always liked Dahlia.

I like these names:
AMARYLLIS
ALOUETTE
CLARITY

What about Linnet (bird name)? I also remember reading, years ago now, a series of books called the Jalna books, with a Pheasant (female) and a Finch (male). Weird and wonderful!

PS as well as six teenagers, I have six cats. Three of the cats are Pearl (white) Amber (ginger) and Jet (black of course). Three little jewels. Amber is a three-legged male, but a complete softie, and he doesn’t seem to mind that he has a girl’s name at all!

A name I used for my character on the game Rock Band, Liriope, my husband actually likes and thought we should consider it… Liriope is also know as lilyturf or monkey grass; not necessarily a beautiful flower, but fun to say nonetheless. Similar to Calliope.

I also love Juniper too, have you considered that? I would love to have a little girl named Juniper, nn June or Junie. I have a huge list of cool florals on my blog:

http://lucykrueger25.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/cool-botanical-names/

I also love Celastrus and Chantilly, nn Ellie and Tilly

I absolutely love Amaryllis. Because of how my hubby and I decided to name our children, my future daughters (if we have any more) will never have that name.

I also love: Pearl, Hazel, Olive and Wren.

My grandmas name is Bernadette (as was her mom) and they always called her Birdie. Her sister Matilda (my daughters namesake) was called Tillie. Their other sister Aurelia was call Rolly.