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[Opinions] Aster and Calanthe
What do you think of Aster and Calanthe? What about with middle name Mary?What other flower/floral names do you like?

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Aster is very pretty, Calanthe is okay, but NMS. I love Mary. I also like Ffion, Flora, Iris, Ivy, Lily, Linnéa, Róża, Violet
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Calanthe Mary is nice.
Aster Mary is less appealing. I get hung up on the "as-" sound, too.My favorite floral names are Iris and Rose. I guess neither of them work fabulously well with Mary as a middle. If I were using Mary as a middle, I'd probably go with Violet, Azalea, or Zinnia.One of my favorite combos is Rose Marina.
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Love Calanthe (although I prefer Calanthia), dislike Aster. Aster is so harsh, and makes me think of words such as "castigate" and "mastigate", which have the same "ast" sound in them.I guess I'm not that into flower names, because the only other ones I like are Rose, Jasmine, and Jacinda. Oh, and Bryony. Never mind. I guess I'm averagely into them.Mary goes with almost anything as a middle name.

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Calanthe is the name of a queen on the Netflix show The Witcher who is more at home on the battlefield than in a ballroom, so right now when I hear that name I picture a total bada$$. Callie is also a cute nickname.Can't say I'm a fan of Aster, though. It appears (to me) like some bizarre misspelling of Astor (which I'm familiar with as a surname) and Esther. I much prefer Arista, if we're keeping the "star" theme of the name.As far as floral names I like...Iris
Verveine / Verbena
Juniper
Willow
Yasmine / Jasmine
Zinnia
Viola / Violet
Lilia / Lily
Hazel
Rose / Rosalie
Genista
Marguerite (though I'm not a fan of Daisy)
Saffron (but not Crocus!)
Sigalit
Henna
Zaynab
Amaryllis
Elanor (it's a flower name in Lord of the Rings)
Nasrin
Neroli
FlorA few of those names are flowering shrubs and trees.
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I don't like the sound of them much, but I like Aster better than Aspen, probably because it's more like Astrid. I think that one could grow on me.These are my favorite plant names for girls -
Iris
Violet
Amaryllis
Camellia
Gardenia
Prunella
Pansy
Willow
Rosemary
Jessamine
Marigold
Bryony
Cassia
Yarrow
Fern
RueIris is best with Mary, of those. :)
These are some more I somewhat like -
Azalea
Acacia
Myrtle
Daffodil
Dahlia
Holly
Ivy
Lily
Lotus
Poppy
Daisy
Rose
Hazel
Ginger
Gentiana
Coriander
Lavender
Juniper
Jasmine
Wisteria
Larkspur
Bluebell
Primrose
Celandine
Fuchsia
Verbena
ZinniaI kind of like Lotus Mary, of those. Primrose Mary, too....a bunch in various languages, like: Amarante, Jacinta, Shoshana, Hadassah, Mirta, Rosalba, Nerida, Sigalit, Viola, Yolande, Edera...

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I dont really like Aster, much prefer Esther or Astrid, Calanthe is ok. Mary is a good mnother floral names Delphine, Daphne, Lily, Rose, Jasmine, Briohne, Briellen, Heather, Holly, Erica, Jacinda, Jacinta, Kalina, Leilani, Linnea, Marguerite, Primrose, Suzanne, Susannah, Yasmin
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I want to like Aster, but I just can't get past the "ass" sound. Calanthe is lovely but I don't care for the repeated -ee endings in Calanthe Mary.Some of my favorite floral/botanical names:
Dahlia
Linnea
Rose, Rosalie
Rosemary
Lily, Lilia, Lillian, Liliana
Violet
Jasmine, JessamineAnd ones I like as middle names only:
Camellia
Lilac
Lavender
Azalea
Zinnia
Marigold
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I love Calanthe! Very pretty, and could be nn Callie! I don't mind Aster, but I don't think it's all that feminine.. I would enjoy seeing it on someone though! My favorite flower name is Dahlia:)
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I like Calanthe, but I prefer Calanthia - it's just prettier.Aster I'm not crazy about AT ALL! It makes me think of Rick Astley and YouTubers using his song to trick other people (Rick-rolling). I know Rick-rolling is sooooooooo last decade, but I still can't shake the association!
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I prefer Anthea to both of them; Aster could be problematic because it's so close to Esther.
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I had to look up Calanthe flowers! Very pretty too. I can see a Calanthe among the Phoebe’s and Emma’s in a class etc. Like the flowers I think the name is pretty and lyrical Aster I’m not keen on. I think Astraea is more attractive both in spelling as pronunciation.
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