Lavender

As a gamer who plays Pokemon, that name reminds me just one thing: Lavender Town. Just no.

I was struggling with nicknames, but I love this idea - it's so sweet.

I wouldn't use this name for my real child but, I would for sure use this name for my character.

I don't find it to be a hipster name. While I have never known a Lavender, I have known a Magnolia and a Sequoia . I think this name just falls into the same underused nature name category without "hipster-ness"implied. :)

This name is on our short list. Love Lavendar Lewis from Anne of Avonlea. Hate all things Harry Potter. NN... Livie, Lovey, ender, enny, dilly...

Ven!

I love the nickname 'Ven' soooo much but its kinda a GP

I love this name, but I'm sure the nickname "lavvy" would come forward at some point.

If you're going for purple I think Lila/Lilac or even Mauve would work just as well. Lavender makes me think of laundry.

My thoughts exactly. It is a pity really, as lavender is a beautiful plant and I love the essential oils. I feel as though I should love the name, but the potential nicknames put me off. To be honest, lavatory is used less frequently, even in the UK, but it's still heard too often for my liking.

In America, at least where I live, the term Lavatory isn't used as much, but it's not unheard of either. I do like the name Lavender, but Lav and Lavvy ARE awful nicknames. They're not even cute.

I agree. Pretty name, but not a good nickname.

I don't know if it's just a UK thing, but another name for a toilet is a lavatory. People use lav and lavvy as slang terms for this. And that is why I just can't like this as a name.

I am starting to really like Lavender. It has spunk and I love the nickname Lala and to make it better I am a huge Harry Potter fan and Lavender Brown is awesome. I think a cute name for Lavender is Lavender Sienna.

I used to hate this name because of Harry Potter's Lavender Brown, but I've recently begun to love it. I still don't like the character, but I love the name. It's just unique, lovely, and slightly mysterious.

I think Vendi is a cute nn for Lavender

I really like this name for a daughter. It's the name of a little girl in Matilda which I love since my daughter is multiracial. I love how different it is and I think it's really pretty. I wish Lavender had some better nicknames, though. I think I like Indie for a nickname or Vena. If anything I would call her by her middle name, Belle.

Lavender is a uni-sex name, there are males with the name lavender, also here's a nickname, lav

I dont really see lavender as a legitimate name. It seems like it would be hard to pull off. However, I know im in the minority when it comes to this name.

I absolutely love this name! So calming and yet strong. If I name my daughter Lavender, we're going to call her Indie.

"Lavender" is so fun to say! I never thought I'd like such a name, but it sounds so fresh. It would suit a person from childhood to old age. ("Lavvie" makes me cringe a bit, though.)

I think it would :)

I love this name on a little girl, but am not sure how well it would work on an adult :/

Sounds masculine to me.

I actually love this name... Would Lola work as a nickname?

I love Vandy!

Pretty. Tied to Harry Potter.

I adore this name and I don't know why. I don't go for long or frilly names usually, but Lavender is different. I would use it as a middle name so I wouldn't have to worry about the nickname Lavvie. I don't even like how Lavender smells. It sounds too hipster for me to use as a first name, but I would love to meet someone named Lavender.

Miss Lavender is a major character in Anne of Avonlea...although the spelling there is Lavendar.

I have a baby named Lavender Mae. We call her lavvie. She's super calm just like lavender. She has a twin named Max Henry and he's super crazy like to the max!

I named my daughter lavender and we call her lala because her big brother couldn't pronounce her name. We also call her love and Vandy. I like dilly but don't think my husband would be cool with that lol.

I really love the name Lavender, and also Lavande, the French word for it!

This has always been my favourite girls name. I thought if I had a daughter I would name her Lavender and call her Lovey for short. Unfortunately we are now expecting and my husband is not keen on this name at all.

Lana, Ava, Avie, Ender, Vee

I love the name but Lav as a nickname is just awful, like lavatory. I'm not sure that nn could be prevented. What other nn's could be used?

If I were to name a future daughter Lavender I would use the nickname Dilly, like the nursery rhyme Lavender's Blue. It's such a sweet song and it would be so cute to name your daughter after it. some of the lyrics:

Lavender's green, dilly, dilly, Lavender's blue,
If you love me, dilly, dilly, I will love you.
Let the birds sing, dilly, dilly, and the lambs play;
We shall be safe, dilly, dilly, out of harm's way.

I Love this name! But I hate it when people say "Oh they just didn't want to use Violet (etc etc)", No. They are two entirely different names and sounds.

This name flows so well. Is it too hipsterish, though?

It was originally also used for boys? How interesting, hmm...

Love the flower, love the scent, love the name!

Nice.

Hearing this name makes me think of calm things so I would use it as a middle name.

When you say the diminutive "Lavvie" I think of the toilet. If this name were to be used, I certainly would go for a different nickname maybe Lana, Ava or Eda/ Ede or even Edie and Ender seems to fair better than Lavvie.

Lavender references a wash women, this is the only reason why I wouldn't choose this name...

This would probably be a favorite of mine if I didn't hate the smell of lavender so much.

I like this name, but diminutives like "Lavvie" make me feel sick.

I named a character "Lavender" once. Her sister's name was Amalia. I ended up calling her Lavvie all the time. Not on purpose.