Nature Names

Flowers, trees, weather, stones and creatures. The oldest layer is Victorian and almost entirely floral; the current one is broader and much less tidy.

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114 names, most popular first in the United States

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Ebony Ebony reached English from ancient Egyptian, which makes it one of the oldest borrowings in the language — hbny passed into Greek and Latin with the timber itself, and English kept both the wood and the word.
Girl English #5,427 in US
Saffron Saffron is a girl's name taken from the golden spice, which comes from the stigmas of a crocus.
Girl Arabic, French #6,670 in US
Nassim Nassim is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "gentle breeze," and it is one of very few names that describe weather rather than a person.
Boy Arabic #8,424 in US
Darragh Darragh is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "oak" or "oak grove," from the Irish dair.
Boy Irish #8,874 in US
Océane Océane means of the ocean, and it is almost entirely French — 283rd there against 2,998th in England and Wales and 10,001st in the United States.
Girl French #10,001 in US
Laverne Laverne means the alder grove, and the goddess sometimes cited for it is a poor fit — Laverna was the Roman patroness of thieves, which is not a namesake most sources mention when they list her.
Unisex French #10,845 in US
Sylvain Sylvain means of the forest, from the Roman god of woodlands and of field boundaries.
Boy French #13,265 in US
Ambre Ambre is a girl's name, the French word for amber, the fossilised tree resin used as a gemstone.
Girl French 66,158 births
Sylviane Sylviane means of the forest, and Rome had a god for exactly that — Silvanus presided over woodland and field boundaries, and Rhea Silvia, mother of Romulus and Remus, carries the same root.
Girl French 53,090 births
Hortense Hortense is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "of the garden," from hortus.
Girl French 21,733 births
Garance Garance is a girl's name taken from the madder plant, whose root gave Europe its most important red dye before synthetic colors.
Girl French 14,250 births
Muireann Muireann is a girl's name from Irish meaning sea-fair, built from the words for sea and white.
Girl Irish 1,822 births
Cuan Cuan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "harbor" or "little hound," depending on which reading you take.
Boy Irish 906 births
Éala Éala is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "swan," from the Irish eala.
Girl Irish 701 births
Bluebell Bluebell is a girl's name taken from the woodland flower, a compound of the English words blue and bell.
Girl English 587 births
Clova Clova is a rare girl's name with two likely sources: it's a respelling of Clover, the meadow plant, and it's also a place name in Scotland, as in Glen Clova in Angus.
Girl English, Scottish 125 births
Teak Teak is a rare boy's name from the hardwood tree.
Boy Malayalam, Portuguese 62 births
Lerryn Lerryn is a rare girl's name from Cornwall, taken from the River Lerryn and the village beside it.
Girl Cornish 58 births

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