Fuchsia

FEW-shuh

Plant and color name

"vivid purplish-red; tubular flower"

Fuchsia Origin and Meaning

The name Fuchsia is a girl's name meaning "vivid purplish-red; tubular flower".

A plausible color name, it was chosen by the singer Sting as a middle name for his daughter, after a character in the Gormenghast fantasy trilogy, of which he's a big fan. Another bearer is Fuchsia Voremberg, a member of the BBC Show, Antiques Roadshow who specializes in diaries and manuscripts.

20 Names Similar to Fuchsia

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Famous People Named Fuchsia

• Fuchsia Dunlop English chef and cookery author
• Fuchsia Katherine Sumner daughter of musician Sting

The name Fuchsia in Pop Culture

• Fuchsia Groan character in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series
• Fuchsia one of The Devil Girls, character in webcomic Sinfest
• Fuchsia plant with brilliant pink blossoms, named for the German botanist Leonhard Fuchs