Nature-Inspired Baby Names
March 4, 2009 at 4:10 PM by Cafe Melisa - Comments (20)
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My kids are Jasper (a type of stone) and Magnolia (a showy flower), so obviously I'm partial to nature-inspired baby names. But the gals over at nameberry have a great list, so if you're looking for inspiration, here's some.
Ruby
Pearl
Opal
Coral
Amber
Garnet
Topaz
Jade
Jasper
Acadia
Ansel (for park photographer Ansel Adams)
Bryce
Ash (mountains -- Sequoia and Kings Canyon)
Joshua (Joshua Tree)
Quincy (mountain -- Gates of the Arctic)
Rainier
Sage (creek -- Badlands)
Zion
Apple
Berry
Cherry
Clementine
Plum
For more ideas on baby names, and to see what other CafeMom moms are naming their babies, check out the baby name finder.
Like any of these nature names? What else is on your list of current faves?
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I love Violet and Clementine. I do not have any girls and was not into any of the nature-inspired names for boys.
River Phoniex was the first nature name i loved!
My daughter's name is Rose. :)
My old boss is naming her daughter Sage, and if it was going to be a boy she was going to name him Cedar.
i have a girlfriend that is naming her daughter Aspen. i think it's so pretty!
My son's name is Rowan (it's a tree), and I've always liked Rose, Lily or Sage for girls. If I didn't know a few girls named Aspen that I didn't like, I'd be a fan of it as well. :)
I like these a lot. My neice's (1st grandchild on my dads side) middle name is Rose and I tried to make it a family tradition to give plant or flower middle names...I gave my daughter the middle name Lily, but my sister didnt want to carry it on. I kind of wish I had thought of names like these for first names with my kids.
One of my friends just had a baby girl and named her Meadow! It is such a pretty name. As for nature inspired boys names, River is a good name, Willow, not so much but to each his own. Uhm...Shad (short for Shadow or Shadric), Faunus (god of nature), and Linden. If you are going for unheard of names, go with Faunus. Here is what it said about this name:
Faunus is a very rare male first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Faunus. Compare Faunus with related baby names.
We just found out today that we're having a girl! And while we haven't picked a name yet I've always kinda liked Apple.
I don't think I would go with it...But I do think it's cute.
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I dig the Nature baby names too .. with Lilly Rayn (rain) and Anissia (like anise- the plant black licorice comes from ) Luna ( moon in spanish ) and Leif (leaf) i thik i have the nature names pretty down.. i even have my next girls (Belladonna- flower) or (Almendra- Almond in Spanish) name picked out.. still looking for the boy.. any suggestions?
Jayn0000 Mar. 4, 2009 at 4:26 PM