Flower Power

With the Spring comes a new start so it seems fitting that celeb Sunkissed mommies would choose a floral moniker to forever keep that feeling of Spring in the air.

SKM Melanie Brown named her daughter Iris, which is a three petaled flower which comes in many varieties, but the flower’s cut versions are mostly blue (the most popular type), white, and yellow. With striking uniqueness and beauty, irises have rich meanings, and when given as gifts, they can convey deep sentiments. The iris, which fittingly takes its name from the Greek word for “rainbow,” dates back to Ancient Greek times when the Greek Goddess Iris, the messenger of the gods and the personification of the rainbow, acted as the link between heaven and earth. Purple irises were planted over the graves of women to summon the Goddess to guide the dead in their journey. Ancient Egyptian kings marveled in the iris’s exotic nature, and drawings have been found of the flower in a number of Egyptian palaces.

Soon-to-be Sunkissed Mommy, Christina Milian has also chosen a floral, sentimental, vintage name for her baby, due any day now. The Dream, Christina’s husband, tells MTV News “It’s a girl, Violet will be her first name,”

Folklore says the violet connotes a love that is delicate. The sensibility of delicacy is also associated with the violet from ancient mythology. Roman and Greek myths recount a tragic story of one of the goddess Diana’s (Artemis) nymph companions, all of whom had sworn to stay maidens. The nymph was unrelentingly chased by Diana’s twin brother, Apollo, so that Diana changed the nymph into a violet to protect her. The modesty of the nymph is attributed to the violet.

Be sure to stop by our Dew Soon section to see all the expectant Sunkissed Mommies!