# Are Any Boys Named After Flowers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 17, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397 "2009-04-17T10:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/1 "2009-04-17T10:04:33Z")
There are plenty of girls’ names that are also names of flowers, like Rose, Violet, Iris, Lily, Ivy, Petunia Daisy, Pansy, Dahlia, and of course Hyacinth 🙂 I can’t think of any names of flowers that could be boys’ names or at least gender nuetral Any such names? ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/2 "2009-04-17T10:29:56Z")
I’m not sure if the smiley after Hyacinth is a recognition of this, but it originally was, in fact, [a boy’s name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinth_(mythology)) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/3 "2009-04-17T11:50:31Z")
Still is in Spanish, and I do know several Jacintos. Met a Margarito once as well (Margarita = Margaret, but as a flower = Daisy). ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/4 "2009-04-17T11:54:42Z")
Bud? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/5 "2009-04-17T11:55:51Z")
There is an example of a flower named after a boy that I do know of. In a bunch of languages, daffodils are known as narcisses, because they were named after Narcissus (as is narcissism). Just like Narcissus (who stared at his own reflection mirrored in the water), daffodils peer down. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/6 "2009-04-17T12:21:11Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Bud? > > 😉 Leaf. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/7 "2009-04-17T12:34:11Z")
There was a film some time ago called _The Hanging Garden_, in which all the characters are named for flowers. The male lead was named [Sweet William](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_William). ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/8 "2009-04-17T13:03:59Z")
Life ain’t easy for a boy named Hibiscus. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/9 "2009-04-17T14:09:33Z")
Guy LaFleur? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/10 "2009-04-17T14:30:19Z")
Does [Timothy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy-grass) count? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/11 "2009-04-17T14:33:00Z")
Orlando Bloom? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/12 "2009-04-17T14:37:58Z")
Definitely Fiorello La Guardia, a former Mayor of New York City. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/13 "2009-04-17T14:48:34Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > I’m not sure if the smiley after Hyacinth is a recognition of this, but it originally was, in fact, [a boy’s name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinth_(mythology)) I thought Hyacinth would be better known. There is a Bri-com _Keeping Up Appearances_ with the lead character Hyacinth. She has sisters, Rose, Violet, and Dasiy, hence the smiley. Guess it’s not as well known as I thought ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/14 "2009-04-17T14:50:22Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > I’m not sure if the smiley after Hyacinth is a recognition of this, but it originally was, in fact, [a boy’s name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinth_(mythology)) Isn’t the Spanish name “Jacinto” the equivalent of Hyacinth? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/15 "2009-04-17T15:13:24Z")
I’ve heard of men named [Orris](http://www.nameplayground.com/Orris) (although fairly far in the past (mid-19th to early-20th Centuries), which is a variation on Iris (though referring mostly to the rhizome in herbalism). [Valerian](http://www.babyzone.com/babynames/name/n15274) is another male [flower](http://www.way2go4.com/walking/uk_wildflowers/wildflowers_red_valerian.htm) name. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/16 "2009-04-17T15:16:13Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > I’m not sure if the smiley after Hyacinth is a recognition of this, but it originally was, in fact, [a boy’s name](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinth_(mythology)) It was in fact my late step-fathers middle name. When my brother and myself first saw his borth certificate, he was alive at the time, my mother warned us never to call him “flower” Naturally as sprogs we couldn’t resist, cost us both a clip round the ear:p ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/17 "2009-04-17T15:17:14Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Life ain’t easy for a boy named Hibiscus. …or Sue ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/18 "2009-04-17T15:27:49Z")
Mandrake Snapdragon (sounds manly, at least) ---
**Author:** ![lexi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lexi/32/6806_2.png) [@lexi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lexi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/19 "2009-04-17T16:28:30Z")
How about Basil, it is a flowering plant. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397/20 "2009-04-17T18:06:10Z")
There is a genus of orchids called Dracula. Does that count? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-boys-named-after-flowers/493397.md?page=2)