Eglantine

French botanical name

Eglantine Origin and Meaning

The name Eglantine is a girl's name of French origin.

This name for the sweetbriar shrub is a bit too reminiscent of eggplant.

Famous People Named Eglantine

  • Eglantine
    Lady Wallace, English author
  • Eglantine Rembauville
    French actress
  • Inès Marie Lætitia Églantine Isabelle de Seignard de La Fressange
    French model
  • (Philippe François Nazaire) Fabre d'Églantine
    French male actor and politician

Eglantine in Pop Culture

  • Eglantine Price
    main character in Disney's "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"
  • Eglantine Banks Took
    mother of Pippin Took in "The Lord of the Rings" series
  • Ms. Eglantine
    character in "Death Cloud" by Andrew Lane
  • Eglantine Clall
    cook in "The Sailor's Return" (1925) by David Garnett
  • Eglantine
    owl character in "Guardians of Ga'Hoole" book/film series
  • Eglantine Chattisbourne
    a minor character in Connie Willis' novel To Say Nothing of the Dog
  • Eglantine von Puiset
    a character in the Carl Maria von Weber opera "Euryanthe"
  • Eglantine "Harry" Knight
    a character in It's All Greek To Me by Katie Macalister
  • Mr. Eglantine
    barber and perfumer in Thackeray's short story "The Ravenswing" (1842)
  • Professor Judy Eglantine
    character in The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
  • Eglantine
    botanical and flower name (for the plant otherwise known as sweetbrier)

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