Fuchsia
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Fuchsia is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Fuchsia is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Le père Charles Plumier (1646-1706), explorateur et botaniste, a donné à cette plante le nom de fuchsia en hommage à Léonard, Leonhart ou Lenhardt Fuchs (1501-1566), botaniste bavarois.
as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
In Romanian, CERCELÚȘ, cerceluși, s. m. I. Diminutiv al lui cercel. II. (Bot.) 1. Nume dat mai multor specii de plante decorative, cu frunze opuse regulate, cu flori roșii, galbene-verzui sau pestrițe; fucsie (Fuchsia). 2. (La pl.) Lăcrămioare.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
In Latvian, Fuksijas
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Fuchsia Dunlopb. 1950GBBritish chef
- Fuchsia Howardb. 2000CAresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1980 | 1 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene | 2021 | 1 | #2 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Fuchsia mean, and where does it come from?
- A popular garden plant, of the genus Fuchsia, of the Onagraceae family, shrubs with red, pink or purple flowers. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Fuchsia a male or female name?
- Fuchsia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Fuchsia have the most bearers?
- Fuchsia is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fuchsia”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.