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Buttercup
OriginFlower name, from English
Meaning"yellow wildflower"
About Buttercup
Though Buttercup is most often reserved for cows (and pets of other kinds), this humble flower name was given to the princess in "The Princess Bride" and to one of The Power Puff Girls. Yet to rank in the US stats, it might work best in the middle spot if you did want to use if for a baby.
Pronounced BUT-ur-kup.
Editor's take: The name Buttercup is a girl's name of English origin meaning "yellow wildflower".
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Famous Buttercups
- Lewis Pessano "Buttercup" Dickerson
American male baseball player
Buttercup in pop culture
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princess in The Princess Bride
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male unicorn in Pixar's "Toy Story 3"
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male main character in a Norwegian fairy tale
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Buttercup," song by The Foundations
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