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DAHLIA NAME ORIGINS

last updated May 04, 2008

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A. L. George Harrison

 

Steve Probizanski, Arlene's Legacy

USA

named after Beatles performer

A. L. Janis Joplin

 

Steve Probizanski, Arlene's Legacy

USA

named after rock and roll singer

A. L. Jimi Hendrix

 

Steve Probizanski, Arlene's Legacy

USA

named after rock musician

A. L. John Bonham

 

Steve Probizanski, Arlene's Legacy

USA

named after drummer for Led Zeppelin

A. L. Keith Moon

 

Steve Probizanski, Arlene's Legacy

USA

named after drummer for rock group The Who

A. L. Mama Cass Elliot

 

Steve Probizanski, Arlene's Legacy

USA

named after member of the Mamas and Papas group

A. T. Barnes

 

Harry Stredwick

UK

named after bertie barnes, giant dahlia grower

Aalsmeer

 

F Topsvoort

NL

Home of largest flower market in world

Abe Lincoln

I

Olesen

 

named after Abraham Lincoln

Abe Lincoln

II

   

named after Abraham Lincoln

Abel Tasman

 

L A Hoek

NL

named after explorer who found Tasmania

Abendlied

 

Ernst

D

Tran: Evening Song

Abendsonne

I

   

Tran: Evening Sun

Abendsonne

II

   

Tran: Evening Sun

Abendsonne

III

Wilhelm Schwieters

D

Tran: Evening Sun

Abendstern

I

Jan G Ballego and sons

NL

Tran: Evening Star

Abendstern

II

Kurt Englehardt

D

Tran: Evening Star

Abendstern

III

   

Tran: Evening Star

Abendstern

IV

   

Tran: Evening Star

Abridge Ben

 

Jack Kinns

UK

named after raiser's dog

Abridge Bertie

 

Jack Kinns

UK

named after raiser's friend, Bert Wiseman of NDS

Abridge Taffy

 

Jack Kinns

UK

named after his gun dog

Ada Hoffman

     

named for daughter of Governor of NJ

Adeline Jarvis

 

Ken E. Stock

UK

named after one of fund raisers for Tenovus cancer charity

Agamemnon

I

L A Hoek

NL

named after ancient Greek hero

Agatha Christie

 

not known

 

named after author

Agnes

IV

   

named after raisers daughter

Akebono

     

Tran: dawn or daybreak

Akibare Otome

     

tran: Maiden on a perfect autumn day

Aki-no-shirabe

 

Yusaku Konishi

J

tran: melody of autumn

Akita

 

Yusaku Konishi

J

name of a place in northern part of Japan

Albeniz

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after Spanish composer

Albert Camus

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after French writer

Albert Cuyp

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after Dutch painter

Albert Schweitzer

     

named after philosopher and physician

Alderley Edge

 

Lander

UK

Town in Cheshire England

Aldershot

 

Owen Parratt

UK

Town in Hampshire, England

Aldous Huxley

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after writer

Alexander Dubcek

     

named after czech politician

Alexander Dumas

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after author

Alexander Pope

     

named after poet and author

Alexander Von Humboldt

I

H Severin

D

named after scientist and explorer

Alexander von Humboldt

II

   

named after scientist and explorer

Alfred Nobel

     

named after swedish industrialist who introduced Nobel prize

Alf's Mascot

 

Alf Rogers

UK

alf rogers sport of mascot maya

Alice Chalifoux

 

Ed Flaws

USA

named after US Harpist from Cleveland

Alice May

III

Jack Vandament

C

named after neighhbour who loved flowers and passed away

Alice Roosevelt

     

named after daughter of Theodore Roosevelt

Allan Snowfire

 

Richard Cook

UK

named after late father and his hair colour

Allison

 

Steve Nowotarski

USA

Named after a friends granddaughter

Aloha

II

Madlyn Geisert

USA

Named after Aloha Rice, a school teacher in North Bend, Oregon

Alphonse Daudet

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after french author

Amber Banker

 

Mayfield

UK

sport of banker

Amber Cocorico

 

Cocorico

 

Sport of Cocorico

Amber Festival

 

Jack J R Gott

UK

amber sport of gateshead festival

Amber Gateshead Festival

 

David Boyd

UK

sport of Gateshead Festival

Amelia Earhart

 

not known

 

named after famous pilot

Amgard Candyman

 

Dave Bates

UK

candy pink colours

Amgard Coronet

 

Dave Bates

UK

bloom is pink face with yellow crown

Amgard Delicate

 

Dave Bates

UK

several people said its colour was delicate

Amgard Embers

 

Dave Bates

UK

resembles embers of fire

Amgard Emily

 

Dave Bates

UK

named after raisers granddaughter

Amgard Louise

 

Dave Bates

UK

named after raisers granddaughter

Amgard Memories

 

Dave Bates

UK

named in memory of raisers mother and sister

Amgard Rosie

 

Dave Bates

UK

named after raisers daughter

Amgard Sahara

 

Dave Bates

UK

Named after the stage name of the raiser's son (DJ Graham Sahara)

Amgard Striker

 

Dave Bates

UK

very striking flower

Amy Cave

 

Derek Cave

UK

raisers mother

Anadi's Grace

     

Sport of Grace Hay

Andrea Lawson

 

P Godsmark

UK

named after owner of the land where nursery is sited

Andrea Ranson

 

Ernest Parsons

UK

named after raiser's granddaughter

Andrew Magson

 

Bill (W E) Mark

UK

raisers grandson

Anfield

     

named after Liverpool football stadium

Angela Dodi

 

Jack Vandament

C

raisers youngest daughter

Anglian Water

 

Norman W Lewis

UK

local water board (supplier)

Anita Summerhayes

 

Ivor Kitchener

UK

lady who sells horticultural supplies to raiser

Anke Brunn

     

Named for the Minister of Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

Ann Marie A.

 

Richard Rejman

USA

named after raisers daughter

Anniversary Ball

 

Dr D. Gareth Rowlands

UK

named for Aylett's nursery anniversary

Ann's Coronet

 

stuart clensy

UK

sport of Amgard coronet, named after raisers wife

Anthony Nash

 

Fred Oscroft

UK

raiser's grandson

Anton Mauve

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after Dutch painter

Anton Tsjechow

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

naned after writer

Apiary

     

Sport of Little Beeswings

Apricot Honeymoon Dress

 

M S Hall (Halls of Heddon)

UK

sport of honeymoon dress

Apricot Sunbeam

     

Sport of Little Sunbeam

Arnside Rose

 

George Fallows

UK

named after raisers wife

Arthur Godfrey

 

Capt. Ben Pittman Jr.

USA

named after TV Personality and Actor

Arthur Hills

 

Arthur F.Hills

UK

raiser's father

Arthur Lashlie

 

D Bruidegom

NL

named after English grower from north east

Athalie

 

Bill W H Dawes

UK

named after raisers wife

Audrey Day

     

Sport of Doris Day

Audrey Grace

 

Harvey&Beverly Brown

USA

named after daughter of Mark Oldenkamp

Aurora's Kiss

 

Wayne Holland

C

black red like the kiss of death of the

Spider Woman, Aurora.

Aurwen's Violet

 

R Gareth Roberts (Eglwysbach

UK

sport of Willo's Violet

Avoca Amanda

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after daughter

Avoca Apache

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Cherokee

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Choctaw

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Comanche

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Cree

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Geoffrey Moore

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named in memory of President of a society in Northampton

Avoca Kiowa

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Mohave

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Navajo

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Pawnee

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Pontiac

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Salmon

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named for flower colour

Avoca Seminole

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Avoca Signal

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named for flower colour

Avoca Sue

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after wife of Terry Bratcher, NDS Vice Chairmaan

Avoca Yuma

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

named after red indian tribe

Ayers Mable II

 

Harold and Mabel Ayers

USA

from wife's name

Aylesbury

 

Harry Stredwick

UK

town in Bucks, England

Ayston

 

Titchard

UK

village near his nursery

Aztec Gold

II

Walt and Cory Wynne

USA

named by grandson Kyle who loved ancient civilisations

Azuma-kagami

 

Yusaku Konishi

J

tran azuma -my better half; kagami - mirror (from 1180 history)

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B. J. Beauty

 

Terry Clarke

UK

beauty from Burton Joyce (village on river Trent)

Bach

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after german composer

Bambi

II

N V Ludwig & Co

NL

named after Disney character

Bambi

VI

Alex Lister and Son

UK

named after Disney character

Barbara Davies

 

Barry Davies

UK

raisers wife

Barbara Davies 89

 

Barry Davies

UK

raisers wife

Barbara Elaine

 

Davis

AUS

raisers wife

Barbara Fortier

 

Gordon Leroux

USA

named after next door neighbour who liked small dahlias

Barbara Hardisty Kantor

 

Michael Kantor

USA

named after member of Connecticut Dahlia Society

Barbara Miner

 

Ron Miner

USA

named after raisers wife

Barbara Rooke

 

Jimmy Rooke

UK

raisers wife

Barbara Z.

 

John Zatkovich

USA

named after family member

Barbara's Pastelle

 

Jack J R Gott

UK

sport of grenidor pastelle

Barbara's Yellow

 

Jack J R Gott

UK

sport Barbara's Pastelle

Barbarry Coronet

 

Barry Davies

UK

seedling from emma's coronet

Bargaly Blush

 

R (Bob) J Farley

UK

raiser worked on Bargaly farm

Bartok

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after Hungarian composer

Bassingbourne Beauty

 

L John Scriven

UK

lived near Bassingbourne , Herts, England

Baudelaire

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after French poet

BBC

 

lindhout ornata (Pieter Lindhout)

NL

named after British Broadcasting Corporation

Beauty of Heemstede

 

Cor Geerlings

NL

Nursery at Heemstede, Netherlands

Belisha

 

Terry Clarke

UK

looked like a Belisha Beacon (UK traffic signal)

Belton

 

Titchard

UK

village near his nursery

Benjamin Britten

 

Hippeastra (Nurseries)

NL

named after musician and composer

Bernard Colwyn Hayes

 

R E Boore

UK

Sport of Rev. Colwyn Vale

Bertie Boy

 

David Walker

UK

named for Bert Wiseman of NDS

Berwick Wood

 

Roger W Turrell

UK

Named after one of his company's sites

Bette Davis

     

named after film star

Betty Ilene

 

E Griffin

AUS

named after raisers wife

Betty Lou

     

Sport of Betty Anne

Betty R.

 

Richard Rejman

USA

named after raisers wife

Bickleigh Castle

 

Ivor Kitchener

UK

named after local castle where he worked

Big Brother

     

Sport of Big Ben

Bill Holmberg

 

Madlyn Geisert

USA

Named after a partially blind friend in Minnesota who admired the texture of its petals

Bishop Of Llandaff

 

Ian Treseder & S Treseder & Sons

UK

named after the Bishop of llandaff

Bitsa

 

Sid Hinchcliffe

UK

named after family dog

Bizet

I

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after French composer

Blackie Not-So-Black

     

sport of Blackie

Blue Monarch

     

sport of Croydon Monarch

Bob FitzJohn

 

David Walker

UK

named after friend who died young

Boccherini

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after Italian composer

Bonesta

 

F B J van Bentem

Hol

Sport Onesta

Bonny Brenda

 

John Allely

UK

named after wife

Borodin

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after Russian composer

Bournemouth Belle

 

Ken E. Stock

UK

named after steam train that used to run from London to Bournemouth

Brackenhill Flame

 

Eric Furness

UK

flame coloured , raised at Brackenhill Park, Bradford, England

Brahms

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after German composer

Braintris

 

Terry Clarke

UK

Home of raiser's nursery in Essex, England

Brendon Shine

 

Alex Craven

UK

named after Irish singer

Brian's Dream

 

brian king

UK

named after Brian (King)

Bridgeview Madlyn

 

Madlyn Geisert

USA

named after Madlyn Giesert of Bridgeview Nursery

Bronze General

     

Sport of General Eisenhower

Brookfield Deirdre

 

Dr D. Gareth Rowlands

UK

raiser's daughter

Brookfield Wendy

 

Dr D. Gareth Rowlands

UK

named after raisers wife

Brown Bomber

 

Reynolds

SA

named after Joe Louis - the brown bomber

Bruckner

 

D Maarse or K.jnr

NL

named after Austrian composer

Brumas

 

D Bruidegom

NL

named after baby polar bear at London Zoo

Bryn Terfel

 

Kevin Sherlock

NZ

named after Welsh opera singer

Bud Flanagan

 

John Brown (Brown&Such)

UK

named after stage star (member of Crazy gang)

Burscough Fonteneaux

     

Sport of Baby Fonteneau

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Cafe Au Lait

I

D Bruidegom

NL

colour looks like milky coffee

Cafe au Lait Sucre

     

Sport of Cafe au Lait

Cairngorm

 

W (Davy) Paterson

UK

scottish mountain range

Caldecott

 

Titchard

UK

village near his nursery

Camano Bram

 

Richard/Susan Ambrose

USA

named for family cat - Bram

Camano Cotton

 

Richard/Susan Ambrose

USA

named after family cat Cotton that got stuck 30 feet up a tree

Camano Denali

 

Richard/Susan Ambrose

USA

named after family cat - Denali

Camano Pugsley

 

Richard/Susan Ambrose

USA

named after family cat -Pugsley

Camano Sitka

 

Richard/Susan Ambrose

USA

named after family cat - sitka

Camano Snuffles

 

Richard/Susan Ambrose

USA

named after family cat - snuffles

Candle In The Wind

 

Maurice White

UK

from song at Princess Diana's funeral

Candy Beauty

I

   

sport of Mistill Beauty

Candy Cupid

 

B Cooper

UK

sport of Wootton cupid

Candy Hamilton Lillian

 

Alan Buller

UK

sport of Hamilton Lillian

Candy Keene