In your language, how common are given names that are flowers?

In Romanian they are quite common. All people bearing personal names derived from names of flowers celebrate their name day in the Christian Orthodox tradition on Palm Sunday. According to one source, more than 1. read more

[i.e in English there is Violet/Viola, Rose, Heather, Daisy, Hyacinth, Posey, Jasmine, Ivy etc.., all fairly common to varying degrees] This is from Tamil, an Indian language of thousands of years vintage. read more

Common and botanical names of flowers listed alphabetically by their common name. Please find below an extensive list of flower names, firstly by common name and then their botanical equivalent. Please note for many of these flowers there are a multitude of different species within the given genus. read more

In fact, the symbolic meaning of flowers has given birth to a language of its own, known as floriography. Apart from each of the names of flowers being imbued with symbolism such as romance or sympathy or affection, all flowers express specific phrases as well. read more