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Funny Plant Name Ideas

Show Your Houseplants How Much You Care With These 31 Punny Plant Names

If you've collected your fair share of plants over the years (or past few months), it's safe to say you've committed to being a plant parent — congratulations! Being a green mom or dad is awesome, and it comes with all sorts of quirks, like talking to your plants, playing music for them, and naming them, among other things. Of course, you don't have to do all three, but identifying your leafy greens by name definitely has its benefits.

Not only will humanizing your plants help you speak out loud to them more often (which is good!), but it'll remind you of your plant's weird necessities . . . like how Christofern likes indirect sunlight and how Teeny Weeny only needs to be watered a few times a week. It takes some getting used to, but once you've established your green kids' names, your care for them will only get better. If you're interested, have a look at a few that we've come up with, ahead.

"On Wednesdays, we wear pink." — Mean Girls

For a plant whose nickname is string of pearls, the name Holly Golightly seems appropriate. (Rewatch Breakfast at Tiffany's if you don't get it!)

Since monsteras are known as "swiss cheese plants," we just had to give it a cheesy name.

You'd have to name your greenovia dodrentalis — succulents that resemble roses — after the true star of Schitt's Creek. Ew, David!

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Gillyweed is a plant from Harry Potter that allows humans to breathe underwater when it's consumed.

Since prayer plants are non-toxic to pets, you might as well name one after Katy Perry's cat, Kitty Purry.

For a rubber plant, the name of this retro toy makes a great name idea.

Like Christopher, but with fern at the end. It sounds very prestigious, but it fits ferns perfectly!

Don't get too close to your cactus, it may prick you!

She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini . . . but "she" is a plant. If you remember the Yoplait Yoghurt commercial or know the song, you'll get it.

The philodendron micans' leaves are so soft, they feel like velvet. Take it up a notch with a name inspired by a velvet Elvis painting.

OK so you're not going to eat your plant as salad, but how funny is it to name it one?

Feel the Bern.

"So I creep, yeah, just creepin' on . . ." This trailing plant has a mind of its own, hence the name Creep. Playing TLC's "Creep" to your plant is a nonnegotiable.

We can almost hear Morgan Freeman's calm voice just looking at this tree.

Another name from the Harry Potter series, a devil's snare plant is known to constrict or strangle anything that comes in its path.

The watermelon peperomia is known for its watermelon-esque design, hence the name, Melonie.

The silver pothos' leaves develop a cool silvery design, making the name "Silver Fox" totally appropriate.

Nervous Nancy only makes sense for a plant nicknamed a "nerve plant."

Harry Potter stans . . . need I explain? A mandrake plant is a loud plant with a human-like root in the Harry Potter series.

Just look at this tree, it's a total puff daddy.

Chinese evergreens will occasionally produce flowers, so if you want it to bloom, name it after the actor.

If you're an R-Patz fan, the name Robert Planttinson will make your heart throb.

In Greek mythology, Medusa had wild hair made out of venomous snakes. So naturally, this is a perfect name for a snake plant.

There's fergalicious, and then there's fiddle leaf figilicious.

This plant is called the hoya linearis, and you'll rejoice having it around your home.

Since this is called a zebra plant, it only makes sense to name it after Marty the zebra in Madagascar.

Charlotte's web is the cutest story, and spider plants are cute, so Charlotte it is!

Because it'd be rude NOT to name your ivy plant after Beyoncé's daughter, Blue.

Money trees are supposed to bring good fortune, which is why naming it Bill (like a dollar bill) is so fitting.

Sorry, we had to throw in another Bernie pun! When in doubt, heal your burns with a little aloe vera.

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