~Whimsical

I know not all of these are orthodox names but I love the idea of them, peradventure a middle name or a fictional character.

[I will be updating this page with new words and descriptions]

Alihotsy – a magical plant. The leaves of the plant can induce hysteria. The name of the plant is derived from a Sidiki word meaning “lightness of spirit”

Almond – a species of tree native to the Middle East. Almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree.

Aloe – shrub belonging to the genus Aloe

Amity – friendship; peaceful harmony

Apple – the fruit of the apple tree.

April – fourth month of the year

Apricot – fruit

Asphodel – popular garden plants with white or yellow flowers.

Aurora – Roman goddess of sunrise and Sleeping Beauty

Autumn – Season name

Avalon – Island paradise of Celtic myth and Arthurian legend

Azura – Color blue

Basil – herb

Beryl – gemstone

Bloom -the flower of a plant.

Blossom -the flower of a plant, esp. of one producing an edible fruit.

Breeze -a wind or current of air, esp. a light or moderate one.

Briar – a prickly plant or shrub, esp. the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.

Brilliance – great brightness; luster

Bryony -any Old World vine or climbing plant belonging to the genus Bryonia,  of the gourd family, yielding acrid juice having emetic and purgative properties.

Butterfly – an insect with conspicuously marked wings.

Cactus – a succulent spiny plant, of warm, arid regions of the New World, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.

Calamint – plant

Calamondin – a small citrus tree of the Philippines.

Calla – Also called calla lily

Chakra – (in yoga) any of the seven major energy centers in the body

Chimaera – a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.

Citrus – including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, kumquat, shaddock, citron, and calamondin

Clementine – a small, sweet variety of tangerine with orange-red skin.

Cloud – a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air.

Clover – plant

Cobweb – a web spun by a spider to entrap its prey.

Coral – made of coral: a coral reef

Cosma

Dandelion

Dawn

Daydream

December – twelfth month of the year

Doxy

Dusk

Echo

Eclipse

Elm – Tree

Ember

Emerald – gemstone

Evenstar

Eye

Fae – a fairy.

Fairy -(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.

Feather

Fig

Finch – bird

Fire – a state of combustion in which fuel is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.

Firefly -any nocturnal beetle of the family Lampyridae, characterized by a soft body with a light-producing organ at the rear of the abdomen.

Flame – the state or condition of blazing combustion

Flight – power of flying

Flow

Flutterby – Mythical plant by J. K. Rowling. This kind of bush quivers and shakes. “Flutterby” is an old name for “butterfly”

Georgia – Place Name

Glow

Glowfly – Firefly

Gossamer – a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, esp. in autumn.

Grapevine – a vine that bears grapes

Hail – to cheer; small pellets of ice falling from clouds

Hallow – to honor as holy

Hazel – Hazelnut tree

Hazelnut – Hazelnut tree

Honey – a sweet fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers

Hymn – a song or ode in praise or honor of god, a deity, a nation, etc.

Hyssop

India – Place name

Iris – Flower; eyes; rainbow

Ivorine

Ivory

Ivy – Clinging Vine

Jade – Jewel

January – first month of the year

Jasmine – Flower

Journey

June – sixth month of the year

Juniper – Tree

Jute

Kappa

Kelpie

Kukka

Lace

Lake

Lark – bird

Lavender – shrub

Leaf – part of a plant

Licorice – plant

Light – something that makes things visible

Lilac – flower

Linnea – flower

Lore – learning, knowledge, or erudition esp. of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature

Lotus – flower

Luna – Latin for moon

Lyric – a short poem of song-like quality

Magpie – bird

Mallow – plant

Mallowsweet – Centaurs burn this, observing the fumes and flames to refine the results of their stargazing.

Maple – Trees, shrubs, syrup

May – fifth month of the year

Meadow

Mermaid

Merrow

Midnight

Mint

Mirror – a reflecting surface; shout out to the Mirror of Erised.

Mist

Moon

Moonbeam

Moonbow

Moonchimes

Moonfire

Moonlight

Moonray

Moonrise – the rising of the moon above the horizon.

Moonset

Moonshine

Moonstone – Gemstone; used in various potions

Moth

Muse

Mustardseed – Seed of any various mustard plant; a fairy in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Noon

Nova

November – eleventh month of the year

Occamy

Oceana – Ocean

October – tenth month of the year

Olallie – Berry

Olive – Tree

Om

Onion

Onyx – Gemstone

Opal – Gemstone

Opaline

Owl – bird

Panthera – Panther

Paprika – spice

Peaceblossom – a fairy in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Peach – fruit

Pearl – a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks; valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.

Pepper – spice

Peridot – gemstone

Pine – Tree

Piper – One who plays the pipes or flute

Plum – Tree, fruit

Poet – a person who composes poetry.

Poppy – Flower

Posy

Promise

Psyche – Soul

Puma

Quill

Quince

Rain

Rainbow

Ramora

Raspberry – berry

Root

Rose – Flower

Rosemary – herb

Rosewood

Ruby – gemstone

Saffron

Sage

Sagebrush

Salt – mineral

Sapphire – Blue; gemstone

Sea

Seashell

Seaweed

Secret

Seed

Selkie – a mythical creature that looks like a seal in water but assumes human form on land.

September – ninth month of the year

Sesame – seed

Shadow

Singsong

Sky

Snow

Solstice

Songbird

Soot

Sparrow – Bird

Spirit

Spite

Stardust

Starlight

Starshine

Storm

Story

Summer – Season name

Sun

Sunbeam

Sunburst

Sundance

Sunday – Day of the week

Sunray

Sunrise

Sunset

Sunshine

Tallow

Tallulah – Native American, “Leaping water.”

Thyme

Tigerlily

Tuesday – Day of the week

Unicorn

Venus

Vervain – herb

Violet – Purple, flower

Whisper

White – Color

Wildwind

Willow – tree

Wind

Windsong

Wing

Winter – Season name

Wren – Bird

Xanthe – Yellow

Yucca

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