Lavender
Lavender is a girl name of English origin, meaning The fragrant purple flower.
What Lavender means
The fragrant purple flower.
Lavender sits at 8 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Lavender comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Lavender is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Lavender?
Lavender sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Lavender
Two ideas meet in Lavender: flowers and growing things and Color. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Lavender
These share Lavender's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Bluebell — The woodland bell flower.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Lilac — The pale-purple blossom.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Hyacinth — The fragrant purple bloom.
- Ianthe — Violet flower.
- Tulip — The tulip flower; turban.
- Viola — Violet flower.
- Zinnia — The bright zinnia flower.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
More English names
- Lark — The singing songbird.
- Legend — A celebrated story; a renowned one.
- Landon — From the long hill.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Lake — A still body of water.
- Lincoln — Town by the pool.
- Kulture — Culture; heritage and art.
- Linden — The linden tree.
- Koda — Friend; little bear.
- Mabel — Lovable and dear.