At a Glance
- Meaning
- Pipe/tube — refers to the hollow stems that gave the lilac shrub its botanical name
- Origin
- Greek (via Latin syringa, from syrinx, 'pipe')
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- sih-RING-guh
Syringa is a Greek (via Latin syringa, from syrinx, 'pipe') girl's name meaning “pipe/tube — refers to the hollow stems that gave the lilac shrub its botanical name”. It appears in our list of 175+ Color-Inspired Baby Names From Azure to Indigo.
Meaning & Origin of Syringa
Meaning: Pipe/tube — refers to the hollow stems that gave the lilac shrub its botanical name.
Origin: Greek (via Latin syringa, from syrinx, 'pipe').
A common claim: often assumed to simply mean 'lilac' Actually: the plant genus is called Syringa because of its hollow, pipe-like stems (Greek syrinx, 'pipe') — 'lilac' is just the common name of the plant it designates, not the literal meaning of the word.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Syringa
sih-RING-guhIPA /səˈrɪŋɡə/
Popularity of Syringa
Syringa doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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