Seasonal names
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I've heard of Summer and Autumn but do you know of any Springs or Winters? 
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Not strictly seasonal as such, but April March (not her birth name) sang Chick Habit in Death Proof.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z94KkQMmnq4
It seems a natural thing to use say the names of early spring flowers as a given name for a baby girl because of the connections with new life, birth, hope, beginnings etc. But I am running through a list of spring flowers in my head and few feel right or familiar enough to double as given names.
Hyacinth and Iris exist as first names although both sound old fashioned to my ears. I suppose at a pinch I can just about conceive of someone being called Blossom. But daffodil, tulip, crocus and snowdrop all sound really odd. I wonder why these didn't get adopted as names when lots of summer and early autumn flowers and plants were.
I know a woman called Blossom.
Taverrimuch.:D
I'm gobsmacked that anyone (never mind four of them) can look at a baby and think Winter is a good name.
He/she must have been a real wee frosty-face.:o:o
I am not sure why but I feel I should commiserate.
Interesting isn't it? I wonder what makes some words worthy of using as a name and other similar words not. I can think of lots of floral names for summer/autumn flowers; Daisy, Lily, Rose, Marguerite, Myrtle, Jasmine, Hazel, Heather etc. Why those and not snowdrop, tulip, daffodil or forsythia I wonder.
Maybe is because its late but I just had a laugh out loud moment.
I had a vision of a lovely baby in a beautiful pram.
The mother is so proud of baby Daffodil.
Amazingly, there are 19 listings for Spring Wilson in the US White Pages!!
I know it seems ridiculous doesn't it? But no more so than say Poppy when you think about it.
It sounds like an activity more than a name. "Lets go and spring Wilson".
These are some of the flower/plant name's have met over the years:
Mistletoe
Fern
Poppy
Lettuce
Lily
Saffron
Basil
Rowan
Bryony
April
June
May
Daisy
Ivy
Violet
Camilia
Flora
Rose
Rosemary
Some other unusual ones have been Raven, Storm and Flint.
Before I could stop the words coming out of my mouth I said 'it sounds like a gun dog!'.
On flower names, I know two girls called Poppy, although one of them isn't her real name. My mum knows someone who's married name is Rose Bush.
Only vaguely related, but I also know someone called Saint, but that isn't her birth name.
Tulip Mazumdar regularly appears on Radio.
As for first name "Spring" - Flora was the Roman goddess for Spring - though its quite an old fashioned name now.:)
Not as bad as the NASCAR driver called Dick Trickle lol.
Winter could be in theory be used as a first name I suppose, but Spring is a bit like August, it doesn't really work.
Speaking of odd names, I'm guessing there are people around called Cloud and Squall.
IIRC Janice Long's daughter is just called "Blue".
I'm sure there are. I know of someone who waited years to conceive a child then had a son and called him Drax.
I couldn't understand why she named him after a power station
But then you have Augusta and Augustus.
I've known a couple of Summers, and also a girl named Winter Rose Meadows.
And boy named Vinter (as in the German pronunciation of "winter").
As for springtime flower names I know a Primrose.