I first came across Yarrow used as a name for a little girl on a family blog I used to read – which one I can’t remember as it was quite a few years ago now! But this sweet name stuck with me and I thought it was so pretty and much more rarely used than many other flower-derived names. It came back to me as I was making a winter wreath for our front door and found some dried cream-coloured yarrow that looked so lovely amongst the dried berries and other bits I was using for the wreath. Just as lovely a winter name as Holly or Ivy, I would say!
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meaning
‘rough stream’; the flower is a symbol of enduring love
pronunciation
YEH-row
origin
English; botanical name
popularity
Yarrow is quite unusual and rare and doesn’t seem to appear in many baby name lists. More popular in the sixties and seventies as many botanical names were.
