Flower names - alphabetical

The names here are arranged alphabetically. However, when versions of the very popular names (Lily, Violet, Rose, Daisy etc are mentioned, you'll see a link to the special section about those – so all the different spellings and variants are not listed here).

ACACIA: English name derived from the tree name, from Latin acacia, from Greek akakia, meaning "thorny Egyptian tree."
ADSILA: Native American Cherokee name meaning "blossom."
ALYSA: Variant spelling of English Alyssa, meaning either "noble sort" or "alyssum flower."
ALYSSUM – tender carpet plant with fragrant blossoms; Alyssa, AllysonAMARYLLIS: English name derived from the flower name amaryllis, from Greek amarysso, meaning "to sparkle."
AMARANTA – tropical flower with bold leaves and flowers;
AMARYLLIS – family of colourful, flowering plants;
AMISI: Egyptian name meaning "flower."
ANEMONE (Άνεμονη): Greek name derived from the word anemos, meaning "wind." In mythology, this is the name of a nymph who was turned into a wind-flower.
ANFISA (Анфи́са): Russian form of Greek Anthousa, meaning "flower."
ANTHEIA (Άνθεια): Greek name meaning "flower." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of flowers, gardens, love, marshes, and swamps. She was worshiped on Crete.
ARROSA: Basque name meaning "rose."
AYAKA (1-彩花, 2-彩華): Japanese name meaning 1) "color-flower" or 2) "color-petal."
AYAME (菖蒲): Japanese name meaning "iris flower."
AYANA - means ‘beautiful flower’
AYGÜL: Turkish name meaning "moon rose."
AZALEA: English name derived from the name of the flower, from the Greek word azaleos, meaning "dry."
AZUCENA: Spanish name meaning "madonna lily."

BELLEFLOWER – deep-purple flowers with heart-shaped leaves;
BELLE (Black Eyed) Susan – golden flower resembling a daisy; acronym nickname – Bess
BLAANID: Manx form of Irish Gaelic Bláithín, meaning "little flower."
BLÁITHÍN: Irish name derived from the Gaelic word blath "flower" with added diminutive suffix, meaning "little flower."
BLANCHEFLEUR: Variant spelling of French Blancheflour, meaning "white flower."
BLANCHEFLOUR: French Arthurian legend name from Flores and Blancheflour, a popular romantic poem from the Middle Ages. Blancheflour was Tristan's mother, known as the "white flower" of the House of Cornwall. She was the daughter of King Felix, sister to King Mark of Cornwall, and wife to Rivalen, Lord of Armenye.
BLÁTHNAT: Irish Gaelic name meaning "little flower." In mythology, this is the name of a maiden who loved Cúchulainn, the hero of Ulster.
BLEJAN: Cornish name meaning "flower."
BLODEUEDD: Welsh myth name, derived from the word blawd, meaning "flowers."
BLODWEN: Welsh name meaning "white flower."
BLOSSOM: 19th century pet name derived from Old English blōstm, meaning "flowers on a fruit-tree (or ornamental tree)."
BLUEBELL: American flower name popular in the 19th century, but rarely used today.
BLUMA (בְּלוּמָא): Yiddish name meaning "flower." Also spelled Blume.
BOPHA: Cambodian Khmer name meaning "flower."
BRIALLEN: Welsh name meaning "primrose."
BRYONY: English name derived from the flower name, The name derives from Latin bryonia, from Greek bryo, meaning "to grow, sprout, swell."
BUPPHA: Thai name meaning "flower."
BURBUQE: Albanian name meaning "bud; sprout."
BUSSABA: Thai name meaning "flower."

CALANTHE: Variant spelling of English Calantha, meaning "beautiful flower." This is the name of a genus of orchid flowers.
CALFURAY: Native American Mapuche flower name meaning "violet."
CALLA: English name derived from the name of the Calla Lily, from Greek kallaia, meaning "wattle of a cock," from kallos meaning "beauty."
CALTHA: English name derived from the flower name, also known as the kingcup and marsh marigold, derived from the Greek word calyx, meaning "cup," denoting the shape of the flowers when they open.
CAMELIA: Romanian name derived from the Latin name of the flowering evergreen shrub, camellia, named after the Czech-born missionary/botanist Georg Josef Kamel, from the word kamel, meaning "camel."
CAPUCINE: From the French flower name, meaning "nasturtium."
CELANDINE: English name derived from the name of a yellow wildflower, from Greek chelidon, meaning "a swallow bird."
CHLORIS: Latin form of Greek Khloris, meaning "green buds." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of flowers and vegetation.
CHRYSANTA: Latin form of Greek Chrysanthe, meaning "golden flower."
CHUN-HUA (1-春花, 2-春华): Chinese name meaning "spring flower" or "spring magnificence."
CHU'SI: Native American Hopi name meaning "snake flower."
CLEMATIS: English name derived from the name of the flowering vine clematis.
CLOVER: Old English flower name, meaning simply "clover."
CRINA: Romanian name meaning "lily."
CUC: Vietnamese name meaning "chrysanthemum."
CVETKA (Цветка): Feminine form of Slovene Cvetko, meaning "blossom."

DAFFODIL: English name derived from the flower name.
DAHLIA: English name derived from the flower name, from the surname of Swedish botanist Anders Dahl, meaning "valley," hence "dahlia flower" or "valley flower."
DAISY: Originally a nickname for Margaret (the French Marguerite is the word for the flower), Daisy comes from the  Old English dægeseage, "day's eye" because it opens its petals at daybreak
DANICA – Royal Copenhagen “Flowers of Denmark” pattern;
DELPHINE - the delphinium is a bluebell-like flower
Dianthus – colorful ground cover with bright blooms;

EFTHALIA (Εφθαλία): Modern spelling of Greek Euthalia, meaning "blooming, flourishing."
EGLANTINE: English name derived from the Latin name for the "sweetbrier rose," from aculeus, meaning "spine, prickle."
ELOXOCHITL: Nahuatl name meaning "magnolia."
Erica – Latin for heather

FERN: English name derived from the vocabulary word fern, from Old English fearn, meaning "fern," a type of leafy plant. The name was first used in the 19th century when flower, plant or other "dainty" names were popular.

FIORALBA: Italian name composed of the elements fiore "flower" and alba "dawn," meaning "flower of dawn."
For more variations of the name Flower see here.


GARDENIA: English name derived from the flower name, meaning simply "gardenia flower."
GENTA: Feminine form of Albanian Genti, meaning "gentian flower" or "(well)-born."
GENTIJANA: Albanian feminine form of Latin Gentius, meaning "gentian flower" or "(well)-born."
GHONCHEH: Persian name meaning "flower bud."
GIACINTA: Feminine form of Italian Giacinto, meaning "hyacinth flower."
GINGER – plant used for spice and medicine
GLADIOLA – tall majestic summer plant; Gladys
GONCA: Turkish form of Persian Ghoncheh, meaning "flower bud."
GÜLISTAN: Turkish form of Persian Gulistan, meaning "rose-land."
GULISTAN (گلستان): Persian name meaning "rose-land."

HANA (花): Japanese name meaning "favorite" or "flower."
HARÉRÉ: Egyptian name meaning "flower."
HASMIG: Armenian name meaning "jasmine."
HAZEL:  of the hazelnut tree
HEATHER: English name derived from the plant name, meaning "heather."
Helenium – daisy-like flower; Helen
HOA (pron. hwa): Vietnamese name meaning "flower."
HOLLIE: Variant spelling of English Holly, meaning "holly."
HOLLIS: English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from Old English holegn "holly" denoting someone who "lives near holly trees."
HÒNG: Vietnamese name meaning "rose."
HUE: Vietnamese name meaning "lily" or "intelligence."
HUHANA: Maori form of Latin Susanna, meaning "lily."
HÙONG: Vietnamese name meaning "pink" or "rose."
HYACINTH: English form of Latin Hyacintha, meaning "hyacinth flower."

IANTHA: Latin form of Greek Ianthe, meaning "violet flower."
Chosen by the poet Shelley for his daughter, Ianthe has a poetic, romantic, almost ethereal quality. In the ancient myth, she was the daughter of Oceanus, supreme ruler of the sea, and also a Cretan woman so beautiful that when she died the Gods made purple flowers grow around her grave.
For more versions of Violet see here

IRIS (Ίρις): Greek name meaning "rainbow." In mythology, this is the name of a rainbow goddess. Used in English as a feminine name, and by Jewish people as a unisex name.
Ivy – well-known green climber
IZDIHAR (إزدهار): Arabic name meaning "blossoming."

JACINDA: English variant form of Latin Jacintha, meaning "hyacinth flower."
JASMINE – from Persian yasmin, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family used in perfume and tea;
JONQUIL: English name derived from the name of the "jonquil flower," from Latin juncus, meaning "rush."
JU (菊): Chinese name meaning "chrysanthemum."
       
KALANIT (כַּלָּנִית): Hebrew name for the Anemone coronaria native to the Mediterranean region, derived from the word kalanit, meaning "poppy anemone."
KALEI: Hawaiian name meaning "beloved; flower wreath."
KALYNA (Калина): Ukrainian name derived from the name of a plant called the "guelder rose."
KAMI: Short form of Chamoru Kamia, meaning "flower."
KAMIA: Chamoru name meaning "flower."
KERRIA – Japanese yellow rose; Kerry
KHLORIS (Χλωρίς): Greek name, meaning "green buds." In mythology, this is the name of a goddess of flowers and vegetation.
KIELE: Hawaiian name meaning "fragrant blossom; gardenia."
KIELO: Finnish name meaning "lily of the valley."
KIKU (菊): Japanese name meaning "chrysanthemum."
KIM CUC: Vietnamese name meaning "golden chrysanthemum."
KINEVART: Armenian name meaning "wine-colored rose."
KIRI: Hindi name meaning "amaranth flower."
KLYTIÊ: Greek name derived from the word klytos, meaning "famous." In mythology, this is the name of a nymph who was buried alive in sand and transformed into a sunflower.
KOLAB: Cambodian Khmer name meaning "rose."
KOSUM: Thai name meaning "flower."
KRABELIN: Basque name meaning "carnation."
KUKKA: Finnish name meaning "flower."
KULAP: Thai name meaning "rose."
KVETA: Czech name derived from the word kvet, meaning "flower blossom."

LÆLIA: This is the name of a beautiful orchid flower
LALA (Лала): Bulgarian name meaning "tulip." In use by the Romani.
LALEH (لاله): Persian name meaning "tulip."
LAN (蘭): Chinese name meaning "orchid," or "elegant, graceful."
LANFEN (蘭芬): Chinese name meaning "orchid fragrance."
Lantana – tropical perennial also known as verbena; Lana, Tanya
LANYING (蘭英): Chinese name meaning "orchid heroine."
LAUREL
LAVENDER: English color and flower name derived from the vocabulary word, from Anglo-Saxon lavendre, from Late Latin lavendula which may ultimately derive from lividus, meaning "bluish, livid." Since 1840, the word has had the meaning "pale purple." And in the past it was also used for boys.

LEILANI: Hawaiian name meaning "heavenly flowers."
Liatris – ornamental plants with showy blooms; Lia, Trish
LIEN: Vietnamese name meaning "lotus flower."
LIHUA: Chinese name meaning either "beautiful flower" or "pear flower."
LILA (ليلی): Persian name meaning "lilac flower." Compare with other forms of Lila.
LILAC: English name derived from the name of the flowering bush.

LILI - Irish form of Latin Liliana, meaning "lily."
(For more varioations of Lily, see here)

LINN: English short form of Latin Linnaea, meaning "twin flower."
Short form of Swedish Linnéa, meaning "twin flower."
LINNAEA: From the Latin name for the "twin flower."
An attractive Scandinavian name that derives from the renowned 18th century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who developed the Linnean system of classifying plants and animals

LJUBICA (Љубица): Serbian name meaning "violet flower."
LOKELANI: Hawaiian name meaning "small red rose."
Lomasi – Native American for flower
LOREA: Feminine form of Basque unisex Lore, meaning "flower."
LOTUS: Lotus is one of the most exotic and languorous of the flower names, with intriguing significance in both Buddhism and Hinduism, symbolizing purity, grace and spiritual growth--not to mention a familiar yoga position.
In ancient Greece, the lotus was a legendary plant, whose fruit was eaten by the mythical lotus eaters, causing them to go into a state of hypnotic forgetfulness. The Greek word may ultimately come from Hebrew lowt, meaning "covering, veil."

LOUSVART: Armenian name meaning "light rose."
LULE: Albanian name meaning "flower."
LULJETA: Albanian name composed of the elements lule "flower" and jete "live," hence "flower of life."
LULUDJA: Possibly a Romani form of Albanian Luljeta, meaning "flower of life."
LYSSA: Short form of English Alyssa, meaning either "noble sort" or "alyssum flower."
Lynae – Scandanavian for small blue flower; Lynne

MADARA: Latvian name derived from the name of a flowering plant known in English as "bedstraw, cleavers."
MADOKA (1-円, 2-円花): Japanese name meaning 1) "circle" or 2) "circle, flower."
MAGNOLIA: a name derived from the name of the flowering tree.
MAI: Vietnamese name meaning "golden flower."
MAI'ANA: Chamoru name meaning "flower."
MALATI (मालती): Hindi name meaning "jasmine."
MALEE: Thai name meaning "flower."
MALI: Thai flower name meaning "jasmine."
MALINALXOCHITL: Nahuatl name meaning "grass flower."
MANISHAG: Armenian name meaning "violet flower."
MANJOLA: Albanian form of Magnolia,
MANSI: Native American Hopi name meaning "plucked flower."
MARGANIT (מַרְגָּנִית): Hebrew name derived from the name of a plant of Israel having blue, gold and red flowers.
MARGANITA (מַרְגָּנִיתָה): Variant form of Hebrew Marganit, the name of a plant of Israel having blue, gold and red flowers.

Marguerite - Marguerite is a classic French name with a remnant of old-fashioned Gallic charm; and is also a variety of daisy.
See more here

MARIGOLD: English name derived from the flower name, composed of the name Mary "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion" and the word "gold."
MAYLEA: Hawaiian name meaning "wildflower."
Meadow Rue – herbaceous flowering plant
MELANTHA: English name thought to probably be an elaborated form of the Greek word anthos, meaning "flower."
MIMOZA: Albanian name for "mimosa," a tree and plant name. The mimosa is also called the sensitive plant, and sleeping plant. The name derives from the Latin word mimus, meaning "to imitate." It was given this name because of the way it folds its leaves when touched.
      
MISAKI (美咲): Japanese name meaning "beauty bloom."
MITXOLETA: Basque flower name meaning "poppy."
MIYAOAXOCHITL: Nahuatl name meaning "maize tassel flower."
MÜGE: Turkish name meaning "lily."
MYRTHE: From the Dutch name for the flowering "myrtle."
MYRTLE: English name derived from the vocabulary word, myrtle, the name of a flowering shrub or tree, derived from the Old French diminutive myrtille, meaning "little myrtle."

NARGIZ: Armenian name meaning "narcissus flower."
NASREEN: Variant spelling of Persian Nasrin, meaning "wild rose."
NASRIN (نسرین): Persian name meaning "wild rose."
NAWRA (نورة): Variant spelling of Arabic Noura, meaning "blossom."
NÉA: Short form of Swedish Linnéa, meaning "twinflower."
NERGIS: Turkish name meaning "daffodil."
NERINE: Feminine form of Greek Nereus, meaning "daughter of Nereus" or "sea sprite" or "wet one." It is also the name of a genus of plants native to South Africa but now spread worldwide. It is a bulb plant that produces beautiful pink funnel-shaped flowers in the fall, similar to the Belladonna Lily, though smaller. In use by the English.

NESRIN: Turkish form of Persian Nasrin, meaning "wild rose."
NEVENA (Невена): Bulgarian name, meaning "marigold."
NILOFER (نیلوفر): Persian name meaning "water-lily."
also spelt NILOOFAR, NILOUFAR,
NILÜFER: Turkish form of Persian Nilofer, meaning "water-lily."

NITZA (נִצָה): Hebrew name meaning "flower bud."
NIVIARSIAQ: Greenlandic name, derived from the name of the national flower of Greenland, meaning "young maiden."
NOORA (نورة): Variant spelling of Arabic Noura, meaning "blossom." also spelled NOURA (نورة)
NOXOCHICOZTLI: Female Nahuatl name meaning "my necklace of flowers."
NURIT (נוּרִית): Hebrew flower name meaning "buttercup."
NÜYING (女英): Chinese myth name of the twin sister of Ehuang, meaning "girl flower." Both sisters were river goddesses and consorts of the mystical ruler Shun.
       
OLWEN: Welsh Arthurian legend name of the heroine of Culhwch and Olwen, composed of the elements ol "footprint, track," and (g)wen "fair, holy, white," hence "footprint/track of the holy one." Olwen was the daughter of the fierce giant Ysbaddaden who was fated to die if she ever married. She was a magical girl who caused flowers to spring up wherever she went. When Culhwch (a cousin of King Arthur) came to seek her hand, Ysbaddaden required that he complete a series of nearly impossibly tasks before he would grant permission for them to marry.
       
ORCHID: English name derived from the flower name, from Greek orkhis
ORNELLA: Italian name derived from the word ornello, meaning "flowering ash tree."
ORVOKKI: Finnish name meaning "pansy flower."

Pachysandra – fast-growing, leafy ground cover; Sandra, Sandy
PADMAVATI (पद्मावती): Hindi name composed of the Sanskrit elements padma "lotus flower" and vati "resembling," hence "resembles a lotus flower."
PADMINI (पद्मिनी): Hindi name composed of the Sanskrit elements padma "lotus flower" and ini "having," hence "possesses lotus flowers."
PANSY: English name derived from the flower name, from the Old French word pensee, meaning "thought."
PEIZHI (裴植): Chinese name meaning "admiring iris."
PEONY: English name derived from the flower name, peony, which was named after the physician god Pæon because the flower was formerly used in medicine.
Perah – Israeli for flower; Peri
PETUNIA: English name derived from the flower name, from French petun, an obsolete word for the tobacco plant.
Philantha – lover of flowers; Phyllis
POLIKWAPTIWA: Native American Hopi name meaning "butterfly sitting on a flower."
POLOLENA: Hawaiian form of English/French Florence, meaning "blossoming."
POPPY: English name derived from the flower name, from Latin papaver, which may be a reduplication of the base *pap-, meaning "to swell."
POSALA: Native American Miwok name meaning "farewell to spring flowers."
POSEY: Variant spelling of English Posy, meaning both "bouquet, flower" and "(God) shall add (another son)."
POSIE: Variant spelling of English Posy, meaning both "bouquet, flower" and "(God) shall add (another son)."
POSY: English name derived from the flower name which originally meant "a line of verse engraved on the inner surface of a ring," but later acquired the meaning "bouquet, flower." Compare with another form of Posy.
POURASDAN: Armenian name meaning "flower garden."
PRAPION: Armenian name meaning "tube rose."
PRIMROSE: English name derived from the flower name, from Latin prima rosa, meaning "first rose."
PUSHPA (पुष्पा): Hindi name meaning "flower."

QUETZALXOCHITL: Nahuatl name meaning "precious flower; queen."

RAISA (רֵייזָא): Yiddish name meaning "rose."
RAN (蘭): Japanese name meaning "lily" or "orchid."
RAYEN: Native American Mapuche name, meaning "flower."
RHODA: Latin form of Greek Rhodē, meaning "rose." In the bible, this is the name of a servant in the house of Mary.
RIKO (理子): Japanese name meaning "jasmine child."
       
Rose – queen of all flowers; Rosa, Rosalind, Rosanne, Rosemary (Rosario for a boy) For Rose in different languages click here.
Rudbeckia – coneflower; Becky (Rudy for a boy)
RUOLAN (若蘭): Chinese name meaning "like an orchid."

SACNITE: Mayan Nahuatl name meaning "white flower."
SAFFRON: English name derived from the name of the spice which comes from the crocus flower, ultimately from Arabic aṣfar, meaning "yellow."
SAKI (咲): Japanese name meaning "blossom."
SAKIKO (咲子): Japanese name meaning "blossoming child; earlier child."
SAKURA (桜): Japanese name meaning "cherry blossom."
SANNA: Short form of Scandinavian Susanna, meaning "lily."
(For other forms of Lily click here).

SEMADAR (סְמָדַר): Hebrew name meaning "bud" or "blossom."
SETHUNYA: African Tswana name meaning "bloom, flower."
Shasta – large daisy
SHABNAM (শবনম): Hindi name derived from a Persian word meaning "dew drops on flowers."
SIRVART: Armenian name meaning "love rose."
SMADAR (סְמָדַר): Variant form of Hebrew Semadar, meaning "bud" or "blossom."
SUSANA: Variant spelling of Latin Susanna, meaning "lily."
(For other forms of Lily click here).

TANSY or TANZI: English name derived from the flower name, "tansy," from a contracted form of Greek Athanasia, meaning "immortal."
THALEIA or THALIA (Θάλεια): Greek name derived from the word thallein, meaning "blooming, flourishing."
TIWLIP: Welsh name meaning "tulip."
TSVETA: Feminine form of Bulgarian Tsvetan, meaning "flower."
TSVETANKA: Pet form of Bulgarian Tsveta, meaning "flower."
Tulip

UME (梅): Japanese name meaning "plum blossom."
UMEKO (梅子): Japanese name meaning "plum blossom child."

Valerian – flowering plant with fern-like leaves; Valerie
VANAMO: Finnish name meaning "twin-flower."
VARDA (וַרְדָּה): Hebrew name meaning "rose."
VARTANOUSH: Armenian name meaning "rose-sweet."
VARTENI: Armenian name meaning "rose tree."
VARTITER: Armenian name meaning "rose-butterfly."
VARTOUHI: Armenian name meaning "rose lady."

VIOLA: Latin name meaning "violet color" or "violet flower."
(For more variants of Viola, click here)
VIRÁG: Hungarian name meaning "flower."
VUOKKO: Finnish name meaning "anemone flower."

XARA: English name of uncertain origin, possibly a form of Arabic Zara, meaning "blooming flower."
XIAO-HUI (1-晓徽, 2-晓蕙): Chinese name meaning 1) "morning beauty" or "morning orchid."
XIULAN (秀兰): Chinese name meaning "beautiful/elegant orchid."
XIUYING (秀英): Chinese name meaning "beautiful/elegant flower" or "surpassing beauty."
XOCHICOTZIN: Nahuatl name meaning "little necklace of flowers."
XOCHIQUETZAL: Nahuatl myth name of the twin sister of Xochipilli, meaning "flower feather."
XOCHITL: Nahuatl (or Aztec) floral name used in southern Mexico meaning "flower."

YAMKA: Native American Hopi name meaning "blossom."
YASAMIN (يسمن): Persian form of Arabic Yasmin, meaning "jasmine flower," a plant in the olive family.
(For more varieties, click here)

YOLANDA: English form of French Yolande, meaning "violet flower." (For more varieties click here)
       
YOLOXOCHITL: Nahuatl name meaning "flower of the heart."
YONCA: Turkish name meaning "clover."
       
ZAHIRA (ظهيرة): Feminine form of Arabic Zahir, meaning "shining; blossoming."
ZAHRA: Egyptian name meaning "flower."Variant spelling of Arabic Zahrah, meaning "blooming flower."
      
ZAINAB (زينب): Variant spelling of Arabic Zaynab, derived from the name of a "flowering plant."
ZAIRA: Perhaps a variant spelling of Arabic Zahrah, meaning "blooming flower."
ZARA (زهرة): Variant spelling of Arabic Zahrah, meaning "blooming flower." Compare with another form of Zara.
ZAYNAB (زينب): Arabic name derived from the name of a "flowering plant."
       
ZHILAN (蘭植): Chinese name meaning "orchid plant."
ZINNIA: Named after an eighteenth German botanist called Johann Gottfried Zinn. In the language of flowers, Zinnias symbolize remembrance.
ZSA ZSA: Variant spelling of Hungarian Zsazsa, meaning "lily."
ZSUZSANNA: Hungarian form meaning "lily."
(For more varieties, click here)