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Also, I think they fail the "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court" test.
No offense, but probably 95+% of these names fail the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court test, but more importantly, they fail the resume test no matter what job they get. If an executive picks up a resume with some flighty name on it, they are immediately prejudiced by the name, and your child will have a higher probability of not getting a returned call for the interview.
Some female names have floral meanings in the languages from which they derive: Susan means "lily" and has Hebrew roots.
Of course, "Lily" or "Lilly" is perfectly acceptable, if rather popular just now.
Others include Minty, short for Araminta, Chrys from Chrysanthemum (over the top, perhaps), Crystal, Kitty, Bunny, Bluebird, Peter ("stone"), Miriam ("Bitter herb"), Marina ("from the sea"), Finn (selkie), Stella (star), Diana (goddess of the moon), and various surnames frequently used as given names: Brook(e), Rivers, Stone, Blair (meadow), Lea (meadow), and so on.
I have several such names in my own family, and we seem to be heavy on tree names, with oaks, yews, beeches and chestnuts all represented, though only the yew-derived name is obvious unless you know French or Old Irish.
In South America, there are a number of ant-eating birds that resemble common bird families, and are called Antwrens, Antvireos, Ant-tanagers. So name the girls Wren, Vireo and Tanager, so their children will all have an Aunt Wren, an Aunt Tanager and an Aunt Vireo. (There is also an Antshrike, not recommended.)
Which are your favorites? Which do you think are too gauche? I'm looking for some sort of natural name (flower, tree, plant, season, bird, animal, et cetera) for my baby. What's your general opinion on this sort of thing?
These seem to be easier to come up with for girls, but I'd like to find a few that work for boys, too. I'll list a few that I've come up with, but I'm sure there are more.
There is a well-known character in a popular TV series, whose first and last names are both the names of birds. Can you think of who it is?
Spoiler
Martin Crane, Frazier's dad.
Of the first three major league baseball players who were named Robin, two of them have been inducted into the prestigious Hall of Fame (Roberts and Yount) and the third one (Ventura) played MLB for 16 years, and is now in his fourth year as a manager, and with success there, could get into the Hall of Fame after his management career. A perfect trifecta for the first three Robins. A fourth Robin (Jennings) broke the string, with a lackluster four-year career, playing in only 91 games.
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