Gender: Feminine
Origin: Japanese
Meaning: “Cherry blossom.”
Pronunciation: (sah-KOO-rah)
Nicknames: Saku, Saki, Suki
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Category Archives: Flower
Blanchefleur
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Germanic, French
Meaning: “White Flower.”
Pronunciation: (BLAHNSH-flur)
Nicknames: Blur, Fleur, Blannie, Bonnie, Bar
Details: From the Germanic blanc meaning ‘white, fair’ and the French fleur meaning ‘flower’.
Calluna
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “To beautify and cleanse.”
Pronunciation: (ka-LOO-nah)
Nicknames: Calla, Callie, Luna
Detail: The name Calluna derives from the Greek word kallunein which means “to beautify and cleanse”, which probably derives from the use of Calluna Vulgaris (Heather) twigs as brooms, or from its medicinal properties for treatment of a number of internal disorders.
Calluna Vulgaris is an herb of immortality, and protection. Its Invocatory can be Isis, Osiris, or Venus. It is associated with Midsummer’s Eve.
Poppy
Gender: Feminine
Origin: English
Meaning: “Poppy flower.”
Pronunciation: (POP-ee)
Nicknames: Pop
Detail: From the word for the red flower, derived from Old English popæg.
In the Harry Potter series Poppy Pomfrey is the Hogwarts school nurse.
Diantha
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “Heavenly flower.”
Pronunciation: (dahy-AN-thah)
Nicknames: Di, Anne, Thee
Detail: From dianthus, the name of a type of flower
Iris
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Greek
Meaning: “Rainbow.”
Pronunciation: (AHY-ris)
Nicknames: Iri
Detail: Iris was the ancient Greek goddess of the rainbow, the messenger of the Olympian gods.
Her name contains a double meaning, being connected both with iris, “the rainbow,” and eiris, “messenger.”
Iris can also refer to a genus of ornamental flowering plants, or a part of the eye.
Arolilja
Gender: Feminine
Origin: Finnish
Meaning: “Lily of the steppes.”
Pronunciation: (ar-oh-LEEL-yah)
Nicknames: Aro, Ari, Lilja, Lila, Lily
Detail: From the combination of aro meaning “steppes” (steppes are large areas of flat grassy land where there are no trees), and lilja meaning “lily”.
In a medieval, Norwegian ballad, Bendik falls in love with princess Arolilja. A boy tells the king that Bendik is seeing his daughter. Bendik’s punishment is death. Arolilja prays for him to no avail, he is hanged. She dies of heartache, and the king grieves. The two are buried on either side of a church, and up from their graves lilies grow and entwine above the church roof.
