Flower names for kids are both beautiful and symbolic, and, not surprisingly, there’s also an impressive range of floral names that are perfectly suitable for boys.
Whether you spend most of the year in the garden or are spontaneously attracted to flowers of all descriptions, chances are you’ll soon unearth one or two flowery monikers for your precious newborn that will grow on you.
A growing number of parents are becoming inspired by colorful living things that blossom from the earth, and with this in mind, we’ve handpicked an eye-catching variety of flower names for both boys and girls to help your little one sound and feel like a tiny force of nature.
So without further ado – why not take a walk on the wild side and browse through our collection?
Female baby names
- Amaryllis — [Greek] – “to sparkle” or “fresh”
- Ayla — [Hebrew] – “oak tree” or “terebinth tree”
- Azalea — [Greek] – “dry” or “flower”
- Blossom — [English] – “flower”
- Bluebell — [English] “blue bell-shaped flower”
- Calla — [Greek] – “beautiful” or “lovely”
- Clover — [English] – “lucky” or “clover plant”
- Dahlia — [Swedish] – “valley” or “flower named after botanist Anders Dahl”
- Daisy — [English] – “day’s eye” or “eye of the day”
- Daphne — [Greek] – “laurel tree” or “bay tree”
- Fern — [English] – “fern plant”
- Fleur — [French] – “flower” or “blossom”
- Flora — [Latin] – “flower” or “blooming”
- Gardenia — [English] “garden flower”
- Heather — [English] “a flowering plant”
- Holly — [English] – “holy” or “to prick”
- Hyacinth — [Greek] “blue larkspur”
- Iris — [Greek] – “rainbow” or “colored flower”
- Jasmine — [Persian] – “fragrant flower” or “gift from God”
- Lavender — [English] – “lavender flower” or “purple flower”
- Lilac — [Persian] – “bluish-purple flower” or “flower of the lilac bush”
- Lily — [English] – “lily flower” or “innocence”
- Lotus — [Greek] – “a type of water lily”
- Magnolia — [English] – “magnolia’s flower” or “dignified beauty”
- Orchid — [Greek] – “testicle” or “orchid flower”
- Peony — [Greek] – “healing” or “flower”
- Petunia — [English] – “trumpet-shaped flower” or “of Latin American origin”
- Poppy — [English] – “red flower” or “papaver”
- Primrose — [English] – “first rose” or “first flower of spring”
- Rose — [English] – “rose flower” or “fame”
- Ruby — [English] – “red gemstone” or “precious stone”
- Sakura — [Japanese] – “cherry blossom”
- Sunflower — [English] – “sun” or “flower”
- Tansy — [English] – “immortal” or “flowering plant”
- Violet — [English] – “purple-blue flower”
- Xochitl — [Nahuatl] – “flower” or “precious flower”
- Yasmin — [Persian] – “jasmine flower”
- Zinnia — [German] – “thoughts of absent friends” or “flower of remembrance”
Mane baby names
- Acacia — [Greek] – “thorny” or “guileless”
- Alder — [English] – “alder tree”
- Ash — [English] – “ash tree”
- Aster — [Greek] – “star”
- Basil — [Greek] – “royal” or “kingly”
- Blossom — [English] – “flower”
- Bryony — [English] – “to sprout” or “to grow”
- Camellia — [Latin] – “evergreen shrub”
- Cedar — [English] – “strong, aromatic wood”
- Clematis — [Greek] – “climbing plant”
- Cosmos — [Greek] – “order” or “universe”
- Cypress — [English] – “evergreen tree”
- Dahlia — [Swedish] – “valley” or “flower named after botanist Anders Dahl”
- Elder — [English] – “elder tree”
- Fennel — [English] – “fragrant herb”
- Hawthorn — [English] – “thorny shrub”
- Heath — [English] – “heathland” or “wasteland”
- Holly — [English] – “holy” or “to prick”
- Hyacinth — [Greek] – “blue larkspur flower”
- Indigo — [Greek] – “purple-blue dye”
- Ivy — [English] – “climbing evergreen plant”
- Juniper — [Latin] – “evergreen shrub”
- Larkspur — [English] – “delphinium flower”
- Laurel — [English] – “laurel tree”
- Linden — [German] – “lime tree”
- Lotus — [Greek] – “a type of water lily”
- Marigold — [English] – “golden flower”
- Moss — [English] – “bryophyte plant”
- Oleander — [Greek] – “evergreen shrub”
- Oren — [Hebrew] – “pine tree”
- Peregrine — [Latin] – “wanderer” or “traveler”
- Reed — [English] – “reed plant”
- Rowan — [Irish] – “little redhead” or “mountain ash tree”
- Sage — [Latin] – “wise” or “healing herb”
- Sorrel — [English] – “reddish-brown” or “a type of herb”
- Thistle — [English] – “thorny plant”
- Tulip — [Persian] – “turban” or “turban-shaped flower”
- Valerian — [Latin] – “strong” or “healthy”
- Willow — [English] – “slender” or “willow tree”
- Yarrow — [English] – “a type of flowering plant”
Unisex baby names
- Anemone — [Greek] “windflower”
- Aspen — [English] “a tree with heart-shaped leaves”
- Bellflower — [English] ” a flower with bell-shaped petals”
- Briar — [English] – “thorny plant”
- Bryony — [English] – “climbing vine with small flowers”
- Buttercup — [English] – “bright yellow flower”
- Carnation — [Latin] “flower of love and affection”
- Cypress — [Greek] “to sprout”
- Meadow — [English] – “open field”
- Myrtle — [Greek] “a fragrant evergreen shrub”
- Oakley — [English] – “oak meadow”
- Olive — [English] – “olive tree”
- Petal — [English] – “a single unit of a flower”
- River — [English] “a flowing body of water”
- Robin — [English] “a small songbird”