Nameberry Birthdays & Natal Flower Names

January
2 - Namefan - Groundsel, Senecio vulgaris

February
2 - Esperrosa (Rosa) - Snowdrop, Galanthus nivalis
26 - Dannim26 - Lesser Periwinkle, Vinca minor

March
26 - Happydreamsbee - Nightshade-leafed Henbane, Hyosciamus scopalia

April
10 - Pamela Redmond Satran - Pale Violet, Viola tonbrigens
22 - Disa_lan - Wood Crowfoot or Goldilocks, Ranunculus auricomus

May
1 - Ricamaca (Erica) - Bachelor's Button, Lychnis dioica or Gesner Tulip, Tulipa gesnerina
14 - Irisrose - Common Peony, Paeonia officinalis
21 - Salifer - Ragged Robin, Lychnis flos cuculi
26 - Linda Rosenkrantz - Yellow Azalea, Azalea pontica or Purple Rhododendron, Rhododendron ponticum

June
4 - Ddair - Indian Pink, Dianthus chinensis
18 - Tamara - Horned Poppy, Chelidonium glaucum

July
16 - Rkarczynski - Convolvulus, Convolvulus purpureus

August
14 - Dearest - Zinnia, Zinnia elegans
24 - Jill - Tall Sunflower, Helianthus annuus

September
3 - Charliehotsox (Charlotte) - Common Yellow Fleabane, Inula dysenterica

October
10 - Redridinghood (Ailsa) - Wax-leafed Cape Aletris, Aletris viridifolia
16 - Hamstertamer (Sandra) and Unicorngal (Sandra) - Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
23 - Countrylizb - Slender-stalked Starwort, Aster junceus
24 - Elea - Carolina Starwort, Aster carolinus flexuosus
31 - Millikate - Fennel-leafed Tickseed, Coreopsis ferulafolia

November
9 - Josie, Glaucous-leafed Aletris, Veltheimia glauca
10 - Rachelmarie, Scotch Fir, Pinus sylvestris
13 - Diana - Bay, Laurus poetica
19 - Nephele - Apple-fruited Passion Flower, Passiflora maliformis
29 - Jacjac (Jacey) - Sphenogyne, Sphenogyne piliflora

December
22 - Twinkle - Pellucid Heath, Erica pellucida
24 - Elsabea - Frankincense Pine, Pinus taeda

I thought it would be a nice idea if we posted our birthdays (just month and day, not year), so when a birthday rolls around, people can shout out a birthday hail to whoever has a special day. I'll keep the birthday list chronologically updated in this thread, each time somebody adds her or his name and date here.

And, to make it fun (because everything we do here at Nameberry must have an element of fun in it!) I will give you the name of that particular flower that is associated with your date of birth, according to The Floral Calendar.

The Floral Calendar started out as a medieval church calendar in which certain flowers were associated with certain saints, and assigned to the feast days of those saints. Altars were also decorated with those flowers on the saints' feast days.

The Floral Calendar has its roots planted even deeper than the medieval Catholic church. For, as the church took over many old pagan holidays by substituting church holidays for those days, the church retained many of the sacred plants, trees, and flowers that were associated with the pagan gods and goddesses originally honored on those days of the year. In many cases, these sacred plants, trees, and flowers wound up being assigned to the saints who gradually replaced the pagan gods and goddesses for the countryfolk.

Now, to tie this all into our favorite subject of names... Obviously many of the names we admire today are derived from the names of flowers. For those of you who have been participating in my Flower Fairy Names thread at...

http://nameberry.com/nametalk/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1479

...you've already seen how many of the flowers used as people's anagrammed surnames could just as easily be used as charming first names -- particularly when translated into other languages.

Perhaps your own natal flower might make a charming name? Or, perhaps not. (the date of September 24th has an unfortunate "flower" assigned to it.)

So, post your month and day here, and I'll keep our Birthday Thread updated above -- as well as give you your natal flower's name!

-- Nephele

My name is Erica, my bday is May 1

great idea, btw! :)

ricamaca wrote:My name is Erica, my bday is May 1

great idea, btw! :)

Ricamaca, your natal flower is Bachelor's Buttons, signifying (in "the language of flowers") "Celibacy." For possible flower names we have "Centaurea" (Latin) and "Bleuet" (French).

-- Nephele

Does every day have a flower? I already have the flower of the month I was born (same as the state flower where I was born) as part of my name. :)

Great idea though - I will watch this thread and see what blooms!

karen wrote:Does every day have a flower? I already have the flower of the month I was born (same as the state flower where I was born) as part of my name. :)

Great idea though - I will watch this thread and see what blooms!

Yep! The Floral Calendar has a flower (or in some cases a tree or plant) assigned to each day of the year.

-- Nephele

nephele wrote:

ricamaca wrote:My name is Erica, my bday is May 1

great idea, btw! :)

Ricamaca, your natal flower is Bachelor's Buttons, signifying (in "the language of flowers") "Celibacy." For possible flower names we have "Centaurea" (Latin) and "Bleuet" (French).

-- Nephele

Celibacy? Oh boy...I'm going to hold back and jokes that are forming in my head :)
I always thought Blue was a great middle name! I looked up my plant...VERY pretty! :)

Count me in on this, I am all for celebrating birthdays!

My birthday is 10th October.

Ailsa
x
PS Nephele, hope you are going to share yours, too!

If it's ok with you, please don't record my date of birth for your list. You make this so hard. I looked and looked for such a calendar and - I found a different one (matched up the date given so far and it came up with a different flower). I looked up my birthday there and the flower I got meant "shame." The day before was so much luckier, "I shall not survive you." :( So now I know better than to fox you and your sources, Nephele!

21st day of June.

redridinghood wrote:Count me in on this, I am all for celebrating birthdays!

My birthday is 10th October.

Ailsa
x
PS Nephele, hope you are going to share yours, too!

Ailsa, your natal flower is the Cape Aletris. Sorry I couldn't find a symbolic meaning for it in the Language of Flowers.

-- Nephele
P.S. As you asked, I've added myself to the birthday list above. And I'll work on those additional Flower Fairy names for you. :)