Roses are red. Violets are blue. We love flower names, what about you? We can assume a lot of people feel the same way about names that mean flower by looking at data from the U.S. Social Security ...

In considering the meaning of names, William Shakespeare used a rose as an example. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet," he wrote in "Romeo and Juliet." Even before Shakespeare's time, ...

There are so many ways our children are like flowers: They represent a beautiful hope for the future, the survival of a species, the continuity of life, and a colorful addition to the garden that is ...

What’s behind a name? Lots most of the time. Sometimes it’s obvious, sometimes it’s a mystery, but often it’s botanical. Curiosity got the best of me, as it often does, and I set out to learn about ...