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Iolanthe! Greek for “violet flowers,” it’s my wee 6-year-old’s very big name!

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Gorgeous!!

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I love it! It's one of my guilty pleasure names.

Just curious how you pronounce it, though. I say eye-oh-LAN-thay.

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About like that, though the last syllable comes out more like “ee.” My classically-trained friends insist on “ee-o” but I’m just like, “Cool story bro, but I named her from Gilbert & Sullivan, and I’m saying it like Gilbert & Sullivan say it, if you think that’s wrong then your gripe is with Gilbert & Sullivan, not me.” Ha!

https://youtu.be/oQW3JhyAlXc?si=5igWzrT29mOUokil

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Róisín 🌹 Irish for little rose

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Posey and Poppy

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Petal is my favorite guilty pleasure name

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Informative. Thank you.

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"Capucine" ("cap.oo.seen") is a fairly popular rather Parisien French name.

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I love Ianthe (violet flower)

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We picked Bloom for our daughter's middle name :)

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Wow there all so pretty

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I love the name Iris

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Calla!

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