Forgotten Historic 'Vintage Botanical' Baby Names - A-Z | SJ STRUM RARE BABY NAMES 

I can't get on board with Myrtle! I can't get passed the Moaning Myrtle association from Harry Potter. Lol 😆

Abilene is really sweet but I can only think about Maybeline

If you’ve ever watched the movie or read the book “The Help,” Aibileen is one of the main characters. She’s an incredible character and it’s a great story. Such a beautiful name and connection.

Hear me out a hunger games themed baby name video? - I think they have such interesting names

We named our amazing baby boy Orrin after discovering the beautiful name in this video! A big thank you SJ! X

Please could you do a video of beautiful less common names in Shakespeare's plays? Would love to see and thought you would come up with some amazing ones especially with your degree! Recently been really loving Puck and Titania and was wondering about some others....

Callyx reminds me of the Ikea Kallax unit that i can’t bloody stand 😂 I think Garland is lovely! ✨

Hi baby name community! We have been avid watchers for the past 9 months. We welcomed our first child on Monday evening. We called him Magnus. 💛💚 X

SJ’s voice calms me down so much😌

We had a surprise baby girl! We didn’t have a name going into delivery but after having three boys my husband gave me the gift of naming our daughter. We named her Wilhelmina Darling Rachel and we call her Willa. She is named after three grandmothers. Such a special name to us 💞

Can you do another Scottish baby name list for boys and girls? We have first names picked out but need help with middle names !

The name Garland makes me immediately think of Judy Garland, perhaps that's why it's on so many lists?

Sequoia just reminds me so much of that moment in friends when Ross and Rachel are trying to decide their baby name 😂

I was wishing that my husband would love pepper for our daughter but he didn’t sadly! I think it’s so fun, quirky and “peppy” sounding! Another 2 I loved were Delta & Arland! 🤩🥰

Lathan is my brother-in-law's name! My husband's parents chose to go with an "L" theme for their kids, naming them Lance, Lauren, and Lathan. ♥ Very unique!

YESS I JUST GOT A NOTIFICATION AND SCREAMED YES ITS BABY NAME MONDAY WOOPOPP lol like i really did 😂😂😂

Abilene: Billie Ivory: Rory Jessamine: Minnie Florens: Reece

I love Abilene and Pepper. Callyx, Sequoia, and Terra are already on my list :) Here's my A-Z Vintage Botanical List: Anthea (flower)/Aven (white flower) Birch Cataleya (orchid) Demetria (mother of the land)/Delamere (forest by the sea) Escott (from the cottage near the stream) Fiori (flower)/Fielding Georgette (farmer) Holmes (from the island near the river) Ione (violet)/Iver (yew) Jorah (early rains) Kalika (rosebud) Lotus Meadow/Melia (work/tree nymph) Nola (magnolia flower) Oleander Penrose Quilla (Goddess of the Moon) Roosevelt (rise field) Sylvie (forest) Thistle Urvi (rivers, soil, heaven and earth) Violeta Whittaker (white flower) Xanthia (golden) Yvette (yew tree) Zamora (land) Thoughts?

i’m 20 weeks pregnant woth a baby boy and we’ve chosen Teddy Lee both are family names🥰 first name we both really loved too!

I love A-Z name lists! My favorite. Also, PLEASE do Roald Dahl names! 😍

When you happened to have left a comment about the name Jessamine a few weeks ago and now actually see the name getting the love it deserves 🥰 I’m obsessed

How about Linnea- like the flower. I haven’t heard it in any baby name videos. I think it’s a good substitute for Lydia if you want something unique!

Also Sj I love your podcast soo much please come out with more soon! I’ve watched your videos since I was 10 so I was soo happy when I heard you came out with a podcast! Keep up with the great work, your amazing and deserve all the love and support. God bless🤍

Oooh vintage botanical!! You are so amazing with all these cool creative genres of names 😍😍❤️❤️xxx

Your energy is always so uplifting SJ!

ooh i love these!! One of my favourite names is Ardith, which means ‘flowering field’, with Edith getting quite popular Ardith would be a cool alternative!!

Additionally I saw an interesting article recently with unusual botanical names that saw some popularity during the Edwardian era; I found it interesting that Snowdrop appeared several times, both as a first and as a middle. Myrtle was also a pretty popular choice too! The names that stuck out the most to me on the list were: Acacia Harriet Alice Rhoda Camellia Theresa Megri Claude Oak Clematis Mary Claire Elm Oliver Felix Ruby Ivy Narcissus Lavender Mignonette Linden Fritz Barnabas Marguerite Gertrude Mignonette Ethel Mignonette Verbena Myrtle Irene Poppy Doretta Primrose Henrietta Rosebud Helena Esther Snowdrop Gladys Una Lilian Veronica Dorothy Violet Lobelia But the most interesting I think were twin brothers named Gladiolus Bernard and Hyacinth Joseph!

Garland was my maiden name. Probably going to use it as my son’s middle name, if I have one 🥰

Had my baby boy February 17th Roman Wolf 💙

Love Zinnia, so surprised it’s unranked. My name’s Matilda so I could do Roald Dahl the other way round (if that names sense) x

As someone who will be living in the UK it's so helpful hearing how you pronounce the names with your accent vs. how I might say it. There are a few names I liked until I heard them with my husband's accent and decided I couldn't have my family disagreeing on how they are pronounced.

Interesting thing with Pepper is that in Scotland we are rhotic (pronounce our ‘r’s) so it’s a completely different word to Peppa. I don’t love Peppa - I actually really love Pepper with the ‘r’ produced at the end. So pretty!

Lathan really reminds me of my brother's name, Laith, which is Arabic and it means lion.

An American celebrity, Stassi Schroeder recently had a little girl named Hartford Charlie Rose. Love the name. Also loving your podcast!! Can’t wait for the next episode :)

Lol....Abilene is the name of a city here in Texas. However, we pronounce it with a short A, like the A in the word absolute. For "N" names, what about Nasturtium, or Nandina (Heavenly bamboo), Nerine, Nelina, Nemesia, Nettle, Nyssa, or the word Nature. They may be a bit unusual for some, but unique and beautiful.

I know someone with Garland as a middlename! Jessamine was my great grandmother’s name! Plan on using it one day for my first daughter. ❤️ Also a variation on my name made the list! ❤️

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have their youngest daughter called Delta

Quigley! Like “Quigley Down Under”, I love it.💜

Tell me you’ve been watching SJ BabyName lists for too long without telling me. I just saw the word Whirlwind and thought “hm would that be cute in a middle spot?”😂💙

Wow I love the sound of "Thee" on the end of Evanthe, you're literally the only person who gives me new names because I've done so much scavenging myself XD and I love the atmosphere you bring to your videos :D I actually love the name Pepper, mostly because I used to watch this kids show called Jane and The Dragon which had a character called Pepper and loved it! It was such a sweet programme and like nothing else I had ever watched (in design). It's on youtube if anyone has kids :)

I just can't get behind Yves... here in Quebec it's an old man's name 😅 literally everyone has an uncle Yves (we don't pronounce the S) in their family

Azalea, tandy, primrose, petunia, dahlia, lilly, I think are just adorable botanical names

I love Edelweiss, Apricot, Mariposa, Merriweather, Lynn, Tulip (Tully for short), Tigerlilly, and Ponderosa for nature names

i’m obsessed with garland !! like especially as an ode to judy garland. adding it to my list rn

I never would've thought of Nirvana as a name, but it sounds so lovely! Probably wouldn't work with the last name in my particular case, but I think it's beautiful!

Abilene is a town in Texas, but it IS pronounced with an “Ah” sound as opposed to the English pronunciation that you give. AH-be-leen.

Oren (similar to Orrin) is one of my favorite boy names right now. Delta and Reed have been some of my favorites for a while, I hope they don’t become too popular in the next decade

You should do a video with teachers favorite rare names! Previous students names that they still love or names that they would love to have in their classroom someday 😍

baby name Mondays are the best part of my week🥰 also i love the podcast and cant wait for more episodes to come out in the future x

Oren is a hebrew name that means pine tree I love it!! I also recently came across the name Quigley I don't know if I'd ever be brave enough but it's adorable!

Yves is a boy's name. It was my grandfather's name.

There is a haunted mansion in Louisiana called The Myrtles so between moaning Myrtle and the haunted mansion it sounds so spooky! But the name itself is gorgeous

Abilene is also a city in Texas. We pronounce it like Ab.bil.lene.

SJ, I’m sure you can relate here!! I’m Scandinavian but my partner is American. We want names that sound beautiful in either languages but arent top 10 popular names like Emily/Emilie, Oscar/Oskar, etc. Any suggestions?

I love the name Sequoia - always have loved the name. Another tree name I love which is also really unusual is Cedar

Love that you have a podcast now!

I am OBSESSED with your videos! I have no children and always felt like a weirdo for loving baby names. Thank you for starting this channel. I feel like I belong.

We have a Basil - he almost got another name, but I am sooooo happy we went with it! Going really well with his brothers name Balthasar (who we call Balz)...

SJ, I absolutely LOVE your podcast! I listened to them both consecutively and now I'm sad that I haven't any more. It's so entertaining to hear all the baby name discussions ❤️

Ok here are my favorite names from the video; Abilene (in America I’ve heard it pronounced Abba-Lean like as in the place in Texas but I love the way you say it!) Delta (if it wasn’t a name of a airline I would 💯 use it!) Florens Garland (bc of the iconic Judy garland love it!) Ivory Kerith (my cousins name is Kharis which means grace so this could be another option) Mertile Orrin Terra (I like it spelled Tara personally tho:) Yves Zinnea (love Linnea pronounced La-Ney-Ah which is a flower in Sweden)

My friend is an Abilene! It’s also a city name in Kansas and Texas. It’s actually pronounced it with a short “a” sound (like the “a” in “Abby.”)

Sequoia is cool, although it’s the name of a holiday park in France where I went on holiday a few years ago so might be a bit odd to name my child that 😂

I started a tiktok account for hungarian baby names, and it blew up! I’m so excited! 😍 Thank you for embracing loving names, now I can as well! Love you SJ! 🤗❤️

Sj, I love you and your videos so much.💕💕 I don’t know if Henrick has taught you any Swedish, but I was thinking it would be a fun bonus video if you try to say Swedish phrases with Henrik.

Love the name Nirvana! Maybe a little bit too out there for a first name but could definitely see myself using this one for a middle spot!

Fun fact, I randomly went by Terra for about 2 years in college. Never been called that before by any friends or family but I just decided to re-invent myself after a kinda tough time/breakup, and just corrected the teacher with the new name when the first day of school happened. It was fun while it lasted but eventually came back to Theresa as it just suited me much better. Felt nice to reclaim it for myself in the end. This is probably why I really prefer longer names with plenty of nickname options because you just never know what'll feel exactly right but at least you have a solid foundation to start with.

Calyx, the botanical term, is pronounced Kay-lix, so that's an option if you don't like the soft 'a' of Callyx. I wonder if Callyx is more of a made-up name inspired by the botanical term. I like both. I love the name Orrin. It's a contender along with Orson (bear cub) for my little one due in August :)

Allium Botany or Barley Coriander Fern Hawthorn - what I would have been named if I was a boy after my father's Uncle whose nickname was "Happy" Nantes Petal Sitka Viney - used to be a nickname for ask the old fashioned names like Malvina, Lavinia etc Wheaten Yarrow

Abilene is the name of the maid from The Help (spelt differently). Her son was called Treelore, so has a nature link - I guess.

Baby names monday makes me like mondays lot more 😊

Ivory was my grandmother's name. I've always thought it was so beautiful and unique

In the netherlands we spell florens like floris as a boy name xx

Myrtle is the name we picked for our second daughter (if we’ll have one, since there’s one name we like just a little bit more, so that’s the first baby girl)

I had a great-uncle Garland. That side of the family was from Texas & had some doozies of names... I'll include any nicknames in parentheses! My grandfather was first, J.L. yes that was his official name (growing up in Texas was called Jake, as an adult in Rhode Island was called Jim), second Garland (I heard people call him Tex when I was younger & never knew why, duh, he was from Texas, but transplanted to Rhode Island...all other siblings remained in Texas), third Wanda & fourth Vernell - the only girls, fifth Merlin, and sixth Adron (called Jim, don't ask me why). Enjoy!

Awe, the name Pepper makes me so happy! 💕 I know of two people named Orrin. One is an odd character on Parks & Rec, the other is my friend’s very odd husband.

I love Basil! But I do think (at least here in the US), people would end up pronouncing it "bay-zil" (with the hard A sound) instead of "bahz-ill" (with the softer A, like you say it in the video).

👍 I think my favs are Callyx and Pepper, if I used Pepper in the future I think I'd double barrel it, making it the 2nd part of the double barrel name (if I could think of the prefect name to go first) (but they're my opinion for you) :) A-Z naming is a good challenge to do 👏

I’m North America we say A-bileen (like the A in cat) I know it as a small town in Kansas by where my mom lives :) Evanthe I’ve always heard as ee-VAHN-thee. Interesting!

Abilene was the name of a character in The Help, that's where I first heard it! Pepper is so cute, though yes, the Peppa Pig thing does put me off a bit...Iron Man's love interest is Pepper Potts I believe? (played by Gwyneth Paltrow). There's a Quigley in Series of Unfortunate Events - a triplet - Duncan, Quigley & Isadora. I've never seen Sequoia as a name! I LOVE that!

Oh my goodness I love Ivory(Rory) and Sequoia!😍 Could you do a Native American name list, please? 😄

ORRIN- I chose this 27 yrs ago as my sons middle name. Just wasn't brave enough to use it as first name as it's so unusual.I understood it to mean 'pale skinned man'

I’m having a baby in 4 weeks, looking forward to some ideas. This is our 5th and we are struggling for names 🤣 x

I was sold on ivory for a long time until my mum said about the pouching aspect of the name so we finally settled on Renée for my little lady who was born last month because I like very different names and my partner liked more genetic names so we compromised .. if it was completely down to me she would of been called Sunday !

It would be awesome to see some true botanical names as in their Latin/scientific names! I have yet to see any good scientific and Latin roots used in their most authentic way, it’s always modern day version that ends up being a common name like “apple” or some buzzard mash between the two like “applecutus”

Well my sweet little girl’s name finally made SJ’s list! I have a 2 year old, Delta Kathryn who is such a joy & definitely lives up to the profound name she’s been given. We picked her name for links to family but also because of the mathematical meaning of change hoping she will be a world changer!! Awesome name for a strong little lady!❤️

Garland was my grandfather’s name. I’ve always thought it would be a special name to incorporate for a Christmastime baby. P.S. Love your channel, SJ! We just welcomed our first baby a couple weeks ago, and I watched SO many of your vids during pregnancy. We named him Nathan Russell. 💙

for a new color name- xanadu! it’s a variant of sage green, almost like a light grey green, very earthy and botanical too

It’s baby name Tuesday for where I live. Great video, joted a few down that’s for sure.

I love Jessamine! I've had it on my name list for a long time. I also especially like Zinnia, Woodrow, Delta, and Orrin.

The Hartford is an insurance company plus the capitol of Connecticut.

I think with Pepper Potts in MCU the name might be more wearable, she's pretty badass.

I named my first baby doll “Lily” I’ve always been obsessed with it but I don’t know if I’ll use it for my child now because it’s so popular..... but I love the name “Calla” it’s so gorg and unique... just like calla lilies!!! Also love Hawthorne for a boy

Sequoia - I can’t see past Ross & Rachel’s baby name conversation, haha! Love this list. Little Shop is one of my favourite musicals, and I thought of the Dentist as soon as you said Orin, but I hadn’t realised the subtle meaning link, love it! X

My Grandad’s aunt was called Myrtle she was born in 1926

i forget it monday till i see sj in my sub box

I LOVE REED (naturally as I'm going with the R theme) but YVES is wonderful!

OMG !! I LOVE NIRVANA ! Not sure id use it as a first name as the amount of comments youd get from people would drive me crazy ....but id definitely use it in the middle spot! I love love love DELTA too but for the same reason couldnt use it as Delta is a famous singer here in Australia

I honestly love Basil so much. It's not on our first name list but is still in the mix as a possible middle. And I actually like Garland. I think it's wearable. Orrin is sweet. I love the green meaning. Quigley will always make me think of A Series of Unfortunate Events. He's a great character, definitely a bold choice though. I adore Yves but prefer it for a boy. We consider Claude Yves as a doubke barrel middle to honor my great grandma, Claude Melvin (we've now leaning toward Clive as a middle instead.) My friends daughter is a little Pepper!!! We live in the US though. Unfortunately Abilene does make me think of Maybelline, but I love the thought of an Abilene nn Abe. Jessamine is lovely! I have a real soft spot for Myrtle. It's nice to see it on a list! And I actually know a Sequoia too! And not a Xylon but I know a Xyla. Generally speaking nature names are very popular in Oregon.

What a cool list. Zinnia is my favourite. I have these flowers growing in my garden and they are so so beautiful!

I’ve got a lovely friend called Basil, but I still always think of Basil from Faulty Towers or Basil Brush... I still can’t say Basil without doing the voice of Sybil 😂