Meaning and Origin
What does the name Blossom mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to 2 people from New York, U.S., the name Blossom is of African origin and means "FLOWER".
- A user from Nigeria says the name Blossom means "a flower that will never stop booming,it also means a flower that can't die off".
- According to a user from Nigeria, the name Blossom means "Great season of reproduction".
- A submission from Virginia, U.S. says the name Blossom means "To bloom" and is of English origin.
- The flower of a plant, or the essential organs of reproduction, with their appendages; florescence; bloom; the flowers of a plant, collectively; as, the blossoms and fruit of a tree; an apple tree in blossom ." Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day." [Longfellow.]
- A blooming period or stage of development; something lovely that gives rich promise."In the blossom of my youth." [Massinger.]
- The color of a horse that has white hairs intermixed with sorrel and bay hairs; -- otherwise called peach color.
Note: ☞ The term has been applied by some botanists, and is also applied in common usage, to the corolla. It is more commonly used than flower or bloom, when we have reference to the fruit which is to succeed. Thus we use flowers when we speak of plants cultivated for ornament, and bloom in a more general sense, as of flowers in general, or in reference to the beauty of flowers.
Etymology: OE. blosme blostme, AS. blōsma blōstma, blossom; akin to D. bloesem, L. fios, and E. flower; from the root of E. blow to blossom. See Blow to blossom, and cf. Bloom a blossom
- To put forth blossoms or flowers; to bloom; to blow; to flower."The moving whisper of huge trees that branched And blossomed." [Tennyson.]
- To flourish and prosper; to develop into a superior type."Israel shall blossom and bud, and full the face of the world with fruit." [Isa. xxvii. 6.]
- to appear or grow as if by blossoming; to spread out rapidly.
Etymology: AS. bl�stmian. See Blossom (n.)
- Reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts
- The period of greatest prosperity or productivity
- Develop or come to a promising stage ("Youth blossomed into maturity")
- Produce or yield flowers
From blossom.
- A hamlet in New York.
- A city in Texas.
- (rare) A female given name