We Have the Cutest (and Funniest) Names for Your Plants

Much like kids, houseplants want meals, mild and fixed consideration to develop. So, it’s solely pure you’d wish to identify your crops (proper?). Fortunately, you need to use our listing of cool, humorous and cute plant names to spark your “child’s” new title. We’ve gathered distinctive concepts to your leafiest and greenest crops and succulents, from the spider palm and snake plant to the peace lily and rubber tree.

Some of the artistic names shared cater to sure plant species — reminiscent of Sunny for an aloe vera plant, Bug Eater for a Venus fly lure and Button for a tiny succulent. Others are good for any of your indoor or out of doors beauties, together with tall crops, summer time flowers or perennial blossoms. Are you in search of a cute woman or boy plant identify? Consider Sweetie, Dumpling, Penny or Sage to your potted shrubs. You could recognize the names for teams, together with Gossip Girls, Avengers and Sour Patch Plants, whereas wittier concepts vary from Dr. Plant to The Duke or Duchess of Plant. And we are able to’t overlook about popular culture references, like Queen Charlotte from Bridgerton or The Half-Blood Prince from Harry Potter.

So earlier than bestowing your crops their official names, let this listing spark your creativity. You could wish to use our flower meanings information that can assist you select a reputation based mostly on the optimistic and adverse messages, too!

Cute Names for Plants

Sweet and easy identical to your houseplant. Pick a reputation impressed by its pure colour (whether or not it’s inexperienced, crimson or yellow) or plant kind, or go for one thing extra common.

Sweetie
Dumpling
Button (little succulent)
Noodle
Majesty
Bugsy
Bug Eater (Venus fly lure)
Amy
Blossom
Bud
Chloe, means “inexperienced shoot” in Greek
Cutie
Emerald
Esmeralda, means “emerald” in Spanish
Fern
Flora
Goldie
Jade
Lily (peace lily)
Minnie
Olive
Pearl (string of pearls)
Penelope
Penny
Prickles (cactus)
Ruby
Sage
Succa (succulent)
Sunny (aloe vera or sun-loving plant)
Sylvia/Sylvie, means “forest” in Latin
Vera (aloe vera plant)
Verde, means “inexperienced” in Spanish
Honey
Meadow
Hunter
Willow

Plant Names for Groups

If you may have a couple of plant rising, brainstorm a nickname for all of them. Take inspiration out of your favourite films, TV exhibits and musicians.

The Powerpuff Girls
Bonnie and Clyde
Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Could-Grow and Courtney Pots
The Golden Girls
The Chamber of Secrets
The Fantastic Four
The Branches
The Plant Street Girls
Charlie’s Angels or Charlie’s Plants
The Sour Patch Plants
The Supremes
Destiny’s Child
Cosmo and Wanda
Rick and Morty
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte
Zayn, Harry, Niall, Liam and Louis
Thing One and Thing Two
Cher and Dionne
Diana Moss & the Supremes
The Bridgerton Family (Hyacinth, Colin, Violet, Daphne, Eloise, Anthony, Gregory and Benedict)
Gossip Girls
The Avengers
The Justice League

Funny/Witty Names for Plants

Your plant has its quirks and its identify ought to mirror that. There are a number of punny monikers to select from, in addition to some which are simply plain ironic (which makes them equally as humorous).

Spaghetti (trailing succulents and ferns)
Hot Dog (Dragon fingers)
Bill (cash plant)
Christofern (fern plant)
Fluffy (cactus)
Lil Plant
Mr./Ms. Plant
Mr. Prickles (cactus)
Spike (cactus)
Woody (indoor tree)
Planty
Professor Plant
Dr. Plant
Justice Plant
President Plant
The Duke or Duchess of Plant

Celebrity Names for Plants

Take inspiration from popular culture — musicians, actors, politicians, artists and movie characters — with one in all these punny takes on a star identify. Some group names even work for plant households.

Bella Thorn
Mr. Rogers
Poison Ivy (crops that aren’t truly poison ivy)
Snake Gyllenhaal
Fernie Sanders
Blue Ivy
Ariana Grande (ponytail palm)
Taylor Swift (snake plant)
Flaura Croft
Captain America (for crops that begin small then develop massive)
Tony the Tiger (striped snake plant)
Count Plantula
Groot
Spike Leaf
Megan Thee Plant
Burnie Sanders (aloe vera plant)
Cactus Everdeen (cactus)
Elvis Parsley (herb plant)
Justin Timberlake
MC Hammer (cactus)
Morgan Treeman (indoor tree)
Orlando Bloom
Sir Pokes-a-Lot (cactus)
Snake Gyllenhaal (snake plant)
Tree Diddy (indoor tree)
Simon and Garfunkel (a plant duo)
Spice Girls (a bunch of herb crops)
Vincent Van Grow
The Half-Blood Prince
Shrek
Frankenstein’s Monster
Dobby the Houseplant
Michael B. Jordan
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Medusa
Fenty Beauty
Oompa Loompa
Lizzo
Beyoncé
My Itty Hobbit
Lil Timmy Tim
Queen Charlotte
Prince Harry
Penelope Featherington
Lady Danbury
Lady Whisteldown
King George
The Flash

Amanda Garrity is a life-style author and editor with over seven years of expertise, together with 5 years on workers at Good Housekeeping, the place she lined all issues residence and vacation, together with the most recent inside design tendencies, inspiring DIY concepts and present guides for any (and each) event. She additionally has a smooth spot for feel-good TV, so you may catch her writing about well-liked exhibits like Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart and extra. 

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