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Personal experiences with the name Orchid

My name is Orchid Rose. I love the name now but hated when I was a kid. No one knows how to pronounce it. Which is amazing.

Nicknames for Orchid

wakid - It's how I said my name when I was little.

Meanings and history of the name Orchid

Orchid comes from the Greek "orkhis," which means "testicle." Given to the plant because it's roots have a similar shape.

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Orchid in song, story & screen

Orchid Smuckers, sister of Alex S. Smuckers, who starts out a hooker but finds the Lord, turns her life around and ends up the wife of a preacher, from the internet comic blog "The Greasers of Hazzick Flats" http://www.thegreasersofhazzickflats.blogspot.com