Trees and shrubs
Names are inspired by other parts of nature in addition to flowers. Here are some inspired by other plants and trees.
ACACIA: English name derived from the tree name, from Latin acacia, from Greek akakia, meaning "thorny Egyptian tree."
Besides the flowering shrub or tree, Acacia is also the name of a fraternity. The acaica seyal is believed to have been the biblical shittah-tree (Isaiah 41:19) which furnished the wood for the Ark of the Covenant and for the Tabernacle. BRIAR: English unisex name derived from the plant name briar, from Old English brer, meaning "prickly bush." BRIER: Variant spelling of English unisex Briar, meaning "briar plant." CELYN: Welsh name meaning "holly." CLOVER: Old English flower name, meaning simply "clover." 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. HEATHER: English name derived from the plant name, meaning "heather." TXILAR: Basque name meaning "heather." HEADLEY: Variant spelling of Hedley, meaning "heather field." HEDLEY: English surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Old English elements hæð "heather" and leah "clearing, field," hence "heather field" or "heather meadow." 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." CELYN: Welsh name meaning "holly." 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." MALINALXOCHITL: Nahuatl name meaning "grass flower." MANJOLA: Albanian form of English Magnolia, meaning "magnolia tree." |
MIMOZA: Albanian name meaning "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.
MYRTHE: From the Dutch name for the flowering "myrtle." MYRTIE: Pet form of English Myrtle, meaning "little 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." MANJOLA: Albanian form of English Magnolia, meaning "magnolia tree." Olive ORNELLA: Italian name derived from the word ornello, meaning "flowering ash tree." ROTEM (רוֹתֶם): Hebrew unisex name derived from the word rethem, found in the bible, meaning "juniper" or "broom plant," a shrub growing in the deserts of Arabia with yellowish flowers, and a bitter root which the poor were accustomed to eat. SAFFRON: English name derived from the name of the spice which comes from the crocus flower, ultimately from Arabic aṣfar, meaning "yellow." SAKURA (桜): Japanese name meaning "cherry blossom." SHELDON: English surname transferred to forename use, from the name of a place in Derbyshire which was recorded in the Domesday Book as Scelhadun, composed of Old English scylf "shelf" and the place name Haddon (from hæð "heathland, heather, wasteland" + dun "hill"), hence "steep-sided heather hill." TXILAR: Basque name meaning "heather." UME (梅): Japanese name meaning "plum blossom." UMEKO (梅子): Japanese name meaning "plum blossom child." |