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Character Name

Magnolia

Meaning — From the genus name Magnolia, the flowering tree named by the botanist Charles Plumier in honour of the French botanist Pierre Magnol (1638–1715). The word Magnolia is thus a Latinised form of the French surname Magnol, from the Occitan magno, related to the Latin magnus, "great." As a feminine given name, Magnolia is a floral name in the tradition of Violet, Lily, and Rose, used primarily in the American South, where the magnolia is the state flower of both Mississippi and Louisiana.·Latin origin·Female·mag-NOH-lee-uh

Magnolia Magnolia is a name of deep Southern grandeur — full-bloomed, fragrant, and slightly overwhelming in the best possible sense. Characters named Magnolia tend to have a presence that fills the room, a fierce attachment to home and family, and a complicated relationship to the history their landscape carries. The name can be used with warm affection or with careful irony about the burdens of beauty and tradition.

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Southern FictionHistorical FictionLiterary FictionRomance

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MagnoliaMaggieNolaNolie

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Magnolia BeaumontMagnolia CallowayMagnolia HargroveMagnolia LangfordMagnolia PruittMagnolia Tanner

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