"Girls in white dresses..."

"Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes..." so the song goes about Maria's favorite things in The Sound of Music.

It's a pretty bit of imagery, and I've always imagined these anonymous little girls to be named after white flowers, to match their white dresses.

So, I'm asking our Nameberryites for two things.

#1 - Can you please add to my list of feminine names below that represent white flowers?

#2 - Can you please select eight of these names (either from my list below or from additional names that you or others leave here) that you feel go best together, for a group of eight little girls all wearing white dresses? I need just eight names that conjure up the image described.

Blanchefleur (French: White Flower)
Blodwen (Welsh: White Flower)
Bryony
Cicely
Clover
Daisy
Gwenonwy (Welsh: Lily of the Valley)
Honesty
Jasmine
Jessamine (Jasmine)
Lily
Marguerite (French: Daisy)
Mayblossom
Melissa
Paquerette (French: Daisy)
Siasmin (Welsh: Jasmine)
Stellaire (French: Starwort)
Stellaria (Latin: Starwort)



Thanks in advance!

-- Nephele

Here are a few more:

Briallen -- primrose (Welsh)
Caja -- daisy (Cornish)
Calla (calla lily)
Camellia
Camri -- camomile (Welsh)
Eirlys -- snowdrop (Welsh)
Ivy
Lillias -- lily
Luneria (honesty)
Meillionen -- clover (Welsh)
Rosenwyn -- white / fair rose (Cornish)
Susanna -- 'lily'
Veronica (figwort)

I would group:

Bryony, Cicely, Eirlys, Lillias, Caja, Jessamine, Calla, Briallen

or

Rosenwyn, Marguerite, Gwenonwy, Blanchfleur, Stellaria, Jessamine, Camellia, Meillionen

Hmm ... a lovely group would be Cicely, Clover, Honesty, Gwenonwy, Marguerite, Siasmin, Lily (or Liliana), and Blanche (I personally prefer simply Blanche, finding Blanchefleur a little too obvious and clunky) or Ivy, as Elea suggested.

This is a lovely idea!

Elea, how could I have missed Eirlys? I love that name! And your Cornish addition of Rosenwyn is another name that is fast becoming one of my favorites!

As for Briallen... While I love all Welsh names, isn't the primrose a yellow flower? (Edit: I just checked, and one can find white primroses, too!)

Twinkle, I agree with you on Blanchefleur being a little too obvious. It's still one of my favorite flower names, though, because of its literary connections:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanchefleur

Thanks, both of you, for your input!

-- Nephele

Snowdrop- a botanical name of a white flower
Zuri- A french name meaning lovely and white
Zuza- A Polish form of Susan meaning "resembling a white lily"
Zsa Zsa- Hungarian form of Susan meaning "resembling a white lily"
Yasmine- Persian name meaning "resembling the jasmine"
Whitleigh/Whitley- English name meaning" from the white meadow"
Susannah- Hebrew name meaning "resembling a white lily"

Shasta- reminds me of the Shasta daisy
Lily/Lilly/Lillian
Disa- English name meaning "resembling an orchid". Orchids can be white.
Blanche

I would add Edelweiss. It may be a little too obvious, but why not include the name of the little white flower that inspired a song in the same musical??

My favorite combination is:

Bryony, Eirlys, Calla, Lillias, Blodwen, Camri, Whitleigh and Edelweiss

Blanchefleur (French: White Flower)
Blodwen (Welsh: White Flower)
Bryony
Clover
Daisy
Lily
Siasmin (Welsh: Jasmine)
Stellaria (Latin: Starwort)

On Blanchefleur - I do like it, for that reason. Tristan and Isolde is possibly my favourite tale ... it is just so beautiful, and full of wonderful names!

Blanchefleur (French: White Flower)
Bryony
Daisy
Gwenonwy (Welsh: Lily of the Valley)
Honesty
Marguerite (French: Daisy)
Mayblossom
Stellaria (Latin: Starwort)

These are my favorites! I love Marguerite!

Some others ones I think of are
Helene
Ottilie
Bianca - White
BelleFleur - beautiful flower
Victorine
Lilou
Rosealba - white rose
Patience
Iris
Catherine

Oh I love this thread ...

I'd love to see eight charming girls in white dresses whose names were

Blanchefleur
Cicely
Eirlys
Stellaria
Edelweiss
Jessamine
Lillias
Marguerite