Lavender Name Meaning & Origin
Lavender
Pronunciation: LAV-in-der (key)
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- Nicknames for Lavender
Lav, Venny, Lavy, Ev
- Meanings and history of the name Lavender
The name Lavender comes from the plant. The evergreen shrub got its name from either Old French lavandre meaning "to wash", or from Latin livere, meaning "blueish".
- Famous real-life people named Lavender
Lavender Thornton Patton
Lavender May Avery- Daughter of Jack Avery- Lavender in song, story & screen
Lavender Brown, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series written by J.K Rowling.
Lavender is a character in the book Matilda by Roald Dahl.
Lavender in the song "Approaching Lavender" by Gordon Lightfoot
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