What Should I Name My Plant

One press names your houseplant, with the joke or the plant behind the name.

What Should I Name My Plant

  1. BudrickCedric, just in bud.
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How it works

New plant on the windowsill? Give it a name. Press the button for one of 61, from Photosynthia to Sir Spikes, each with the joke or the plant behind it.

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Match the name to the plant

After your first press, the list beside the button narrows the draw. For cacti and succulents holds 10 spiky names, For trailing plants suits a pothos on a high shelf, and For big plants suits the one that has outgrown its window.

Pick a style

Names with a twist hide a plant word in a person's name, such as Rootbert. Grand titles give a plant a rank, such as Duchess of Drainage. Names that are plants, such as Ivy and Basil, are real first names already.

Tips
  • Write the name on a plant stake with the date you got it, and the day it last had fresh soil.

Questions and answers

What is a good name for a cactus?

Spike, Prickles, Pokey, Thornelia, Hug-Me-Not, or Aloe There for an aloe. A small round cactus suits Pickle, and a tall one with long spines suits Needles.

What are cute plant names?

Sprout, Pip, Sprig, Mossy, Button and Leafy are small and soft, good for a seedling or a tiny pot. Daisy and Heather are plants and real names at once.

Why are there no celebrity puns?

A pun on a famous name borrows someone else's name. Every name here is built on a plant word or an ordinary first name, so it belongs to your plant alone and can go on a label, a post or a pot.

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All 61 plant names

Names with a twist 12

  • Budrick Cedric, just in bud.
  • Chloe Phyll Say it fast: chlorophyll, the pigment that makes leaves green.
  • Fernanda Fernanda with a fern tucked inside; for any fern.
  • Leafrey Jeffrey, all leaves.
  • Petalope Penelope with petals, for a plant that flowers.
  • Photosynthia Cynthia, powered by photosynthesis: how leaves turn light into food.
  • Potrick Patrick, happily in his pot.
  • Rootbert Robert, with roots.
  • Soilvia Sylvia, in good soil.
  • Sproutina A grand-sounding name for a very new sprout.
  • Stemma Emma, on a stem.
  • Thornelia Cornelia, with thorns.

Grand titles 13

  • Admiral Aphid Named after the small bugs he keeps winning against.
  • Baron von Bloom For a plant that flowers once a year and wants applause.
  • Captain Photosynthesis In charge of the windowsill and the sunlight.
  • Count Chlorophyll Noble, green, and rather pleased with himself.
  • Doctor Dirt For the plant that has seen three repottings and lived.
  • Duchess of Drainage For the plant that sulks unless the pot drains well.
  • Lady Greenleaf A proper title for a well-behaved plant.
  • Lord Stemsworth Tall, upright and a little stiff.
  • Madame Mist For a plant that likes its leaves sprayed with water.
  • Queen Fronda A frond is the leaf of a fern or a palm, and she has many.
  • Sergeant Shade For a plant big enough to shade the sofa.
  • Sir Leafs-a-Lot For a plant that drops a leaf every time you look away.
  • Sir Spikes A knighted cactus, armor included.
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Names that are plants 12

  • Basil An herb and an old-fashioned name.
  • Daisy A sunny flower and a sunny name.
  • Fern Both a person and a plant.
  • Hazel A tree, a nut and a warm eye color.
  • Heather A low, flowering shrub of moors and hills.
  • Holly The plant with red berries, and a winter name.
  • Ivy The classic climber, and a real first name.
  • Juniper A shrub with sharp, needle-like leaves.
  • Olive For an olive tree, or any plant with gray-green leaves.
  • Rosemary The herb, and a name that sounds kind.
  • Sage An herb, and a word for someone wise.
  • Willow A tree known for drooping branches.

Small and cute 8

  • Bud For a plant about to flower, or just a pal.
  • Button For a plant with little round leaves.
  • Leafy Plain, happy and true.
  • Mossy Soft, green and low to the ground.
  • Pickle For a small, round, green cactus.
  • Pip A seed in an apple or a lemon, and a tiny name for a tiny plant.
  • Sprig A small stem with leaves, cut or growing.
  • Sprout For a plant that is only just getting started.

For cacti and succulents 6

  • Aloe There Hello there, said by an aloe.
  • Hug-Me-Not A clear warning for the family.
  • Needles For a cactus covered in long, thin spines.
  • Pokey For the cactus you keep bumping into.
  • Prickles Friendly-sounding, but still do not pat it.
  • Spike The obvious one, and it suits every cactus.

For trailing plants 6

  • Curly For tendrils that curl round anything they touch.
  • Dangle For a pot on a high shelf and leaves that hang down.
  • Ramble For a plant that wanders all over the shelf.
  • Swing For a plant in a hanging basket.
  • Trailblazer For a plant heading for the floor as fast as it can.
  • Vinnie Named for the vine it is.

For big plants 4

  • The Canopy The top layer of a forest; for the tallest plant in the room.
  • Monty Short for Monstera, a big plant with holes in its leaves.
  • Timber For a plant that is nearly a tree.
  • Towering Terry For a plant that has outgrown the window.

How this list was compiled: Own list of 61 names for a houseplant, written 2026-09-23. Plant facts checked that day on English Wikipedia: chlorophyll (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyll), frond (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frond), Monstera deliciosa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstera_deliciosa), juniper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus), heather (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calluna), willow and aphids on their own articles. No puns on real people's names; every name screened by script for rude words and checked against Wikipedia titles. Licence: own work