Correlations between Romanian Names of Plants and Persons

Anthroponomy and Toponimy are branches of Linguistics that seal with the study of the etymology of the names of persons or geographical places. This paper presents Romanian anthroponyms derived from the name of flowers, their etymological meaning, their multiple connotations, the symbol of colours and the metaphorical language of flowers in Ikebana. The source of statistical data was the Civil Registry of the Cluj-Napoca City House, Person Registration Department. The number of anthroponym and patronym occurrences underwent analysis for the 2005- 2013 period. At the beginning, "Floare (flower)" was a metaphor, but nowadays it has become the name of a person. The current research is therefore a linguistic study on the connections established between the names of flowers and Romanian anthoponims. Based on our research we reached the conclusion that the Romanian patronyms derived from names of flowers are significantly less numerous than the anthroponyms. The most frequent anthroponyms are: Crina, Camelia, Florina, Florin, Iris, Laura, Lăcrămioara and Veronica. Certain names like Florica, considered to be a peasant name, disappears little by little, being replaced by modern names. The conclusion we reached is that plants choose the person, while the significance of the name exerts a determining influence on the person carrying it.