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My father-in-law had seven brothers, all with good Anglo-Saxon names, but his three sisters were called Rose, Violet and Daisy. There were many jokes about the sweet-smelling girls in the family.
I suppose flower names were and still remain popular, e.g. Lily, Marigold, and so on, but to have three of them in a family is a bit much. Of course, there's always Hyacinth Bucket (Boo-kay) and her sisters Rose, Daisy and Violet, who had room for a pony!
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Sounds like April, May, and June, Daisy Duck's nieces.
There are a lot of floral names. Our granddaughter is Jasmine, so floral names are still in vogue.
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My mother tried very hard to convince me Lily Blossom would be a great name for my daughter (with Lily-Bee for short) ;D I actually didn't mind it - but it didn't happen!
Holly, Poppy are very popular present day.
The previously popular, common garden Iris, Ivy, Heather, Flora - and the more unusual Aster, Briar, Pansy, Petunia, Myrtle, Laurel, Primrose....
And of course Olive Oyl's / Popeye's Swee' Pea ;D
Cheers
AMBLY
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My mum was Flora, so was her mum ... I'm the 3rd daughter and I somehow inherited it as one of my names, though mum was the 3rd daughter as well ... may be part of reason :-\ ... I've grown into it ;D didn't let anyone know when I was young but I like it now. *Added, I only had two daughters :D
In extended family, floral ones I can think of at the moment ... ages 8, 33 and 99, are Lily, Heather and Violet.
At our last home, I had neighbours; Iris, Rose and Ivy ... plus a Daphne not far away :)
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I have a really useful textbook - "The Agricultural Notebook" - by Primrose McConnell. The surprise here was that Primrose was male!
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My grand-daughter is Lily Rose.
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The wife of Ricky Fulton, the late actor's character the Rev' I.M.Jolly, was Euphrasia, she never actually materialised and was left very much to the viewers imagination. ;D
Skoosh.
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From one of my very favourite TV programmes and of course before that the novel -
Zinnia and Petunia Larkin The Darling Buds Of May.
Zinnia and Orchid - unusual but lovely.
Looby :)
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Don't forget Ericia,and Veronica both flower names. My daughter has Rose for a middle name, only due to my grandfather loving Roses.
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I have come across Hazel and Maple, both for girls
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Nigella (had a wdytya, don't remember if there was crying in that one)
Honeysuckle (Weeks)
Iris
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Nigella (had a wdytya, don't remember if there was crying in that one)
I thought that one was named after the father rather than a flower. :)
I have a great fondness for Virtue names, also old fashioned with some more popular than others.
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My mother-in-law, b 1900, was named Violet and her two sisters were Lily and Daisy. The brothers had more conventional names. Gazania (which is an African daisy)
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Gazania (which is an African daisy)
Lovely and very hardy. ;D
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Ruskie
By Virtue names I guess you mean Charity, Prudence, Clemency(my favourite), Chastity (see "Emmerdale") etc. Difficult to live up to, especially the last one. ::) I had a friend called Melody - it just didn't suit her at all. She couldn't even sing in tune. :D
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Ruskie
By Virtue names I guess you mean Charity, Prudence, Clemency(my favourite), Chastity (see "Emmerdale") etc. Difficult to live up to, especially the last one. ::) I had a friend called Melody - it just didn't suit her at all. She couldn't even sing in tune. :D
Yes, love them. (well, most of them anyway)
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Lilly, Iris and Rose/ie seem very popular again.
As a child, I remember some older ladies ( sisters I think) called Lilly, Florence, Olive and Ivy - can't help thinking that the latter two didn't have such pretty names as the others.
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I nearly got landed with "Heather"! Thanks goodness my father registered my birth, and chose a totally different name! My mother had kept coming up with all sorts of flower names.....I suppose I also escaped Daisy, Petunia, Dahlia, etc. But she did often call me "Petal" - was that revenge?
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Some more names girls names from the garden.
Camelia
Daphne
Jenny
Jonquil
Marguerite
Rosemary
Virginia
Willow
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Our local florist had two Saturday girls: Heather and Rose. Yes, perfectly true.
With regards the naming of girls ( and indeed, boys) I feel the name should be suitable for a little girl but also for a Prime Minister!
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I was christened Gillian Marguerite. The Marguerite was intended to be after my great grandmother, Margaretha, but I guess her son, my grandfather, pronounced it as Margrit (actually a Swiss name) and my mother came up with Marguerite.
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I know two women called Holly, both born near Christmas.
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Ruskie
By Virtue names I guess you mean Charity, Prudence, Clemency(my favourite), Chastity (see "Emmerdale") etc. Difficult to live up to, especially the last one. ::) I had a friend called Melody - it just didn't suit her at all. She couldn't even sing in tune. :D
Couldn't help but be reminded here of one of mum's younger sisters who became a nun ... she actually took the name Marguerite for the profession btw ... when she had her 50th jubilee, she laughingly admitted to everyone that as a child, the thought the 3 virtues were Faith, Hope and Cherry Tree ;D
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Not only girls!
When I worked at our DVA (War Veterans) hospital in the 1990s, there was a returned soldier called Field Flowers. And a few years later, I saw his father's funeral notice, with the same name!
Dawn M
PS They are both deceased, now.
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In my own family tree I have:
Iris, Ivy, Lily Daisy, Lily Rose, Lily, Rose, Violet, Rosemary, Primrose, May, Myrtle.
Virtuous names: Virtue, Grace, Honora, Freelove, Mercy, Patience, Worthy, Charity, Prudence.
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In my own family tree I have:
Iris, Ivy, Lily Daisy, Lily Rose, Lily, Rose, Violet, Rosemary, Primrose, May, Myrtle.
Virtuous names: Virtue, Grace, Honora, Freelove, Mercy, Patience, Worthy, Charity, Prudence.
You don't have a family tree!! You have a family garden. ;D
Added. Btw Freelove doesn't sound very virtuous :o
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My fault!
I should have given her full name!
Freelove Godly! ;D ;D
Honestly! b 1790, d1819, from Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire
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My fault!
I should have given her full name!
Freelove Godly! ;D ;D
Honestly! b 1790, d1819, from Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire
That is a marvelous name ! Would she have been a Quaker ??
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My Grandmothers name was Violet Primrose and her twin sister was Frances Primrose, beautiful names :)