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my name is Peony, and no it has not been easy to know that all through school as a kid that you are the only one with the name that is different and no one but your teachers know about. But as getting older I came to like my name. It is who I am, a name doesn't make you, you make the name and that is what I did. I still am the only one out of anywhere I have ever been the only Peony. Not sure if there is any other person on this earth with the name Peony. But you are a person with this name, inbrace it don't shy away. It is a beautiful name and a beautiful flower that means good things. Peony:)

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Pronounced: PEE-ah-nee
Botanical name from the English word for a type of flower.
In Chinese art, the peony is the flower of "riches and honour."

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Peony in song, story & screen: | Edit

"Peony," novel by Pearl S. Buck.
"Peony in Love," novel by Lisa See.
"The Peony Pavilion," Chinese opera from the Ming Dynasty.