Baby names inspired by nature

To feel even more connected to our natural world, why not give your child a name borrowed from the great outdoors?

Explore our inspiring lists of nature-inspired girls' and boys' names, and names that will work for both. Don't forget to save your favourites to your baby names list.

Outdoorsy boy names

• Bear
• Birch
• Cliff
• Cloud
• Field
• Flint
• Forrest
• Glenn
• Grove
• Hawk / Hawke

• Leaf / Leif
• Land
• Leo
• North
• Orion
• Ridge
• Rock
• Wolf / Wolfe
• Wood / Woods / Woody

Nature-inspired girl names

• Autumn
• Blossom
• Breeze / Breezy
• Cascade
• Clementine
• Clove / Clover
• Coral
• Dawn
• Dove
• Evening
• Fauna
• Fawn
• Fern
• Flora
• Gaia
• Galaxy
• Gale
• Hazel

• Holly
• Ivy
• Maple
• Meadow
• Misty
• Nova
• Petal
• Prairie
• Season
• Solstice
• Sparrow
• Sunny
• Tempest
• Terra / Tierra
• Venus
• Willow
• Windy
• Wren

Unisex names from the natural world

• Ash
• Aspen
• Basil
• Bay
• Berry
• Blaze
• Brook / Brooke
• Cedar
• Clay
• Cove
• Dale
• Dusty
• Ember
• Jarrah
• Lake
• Lark
• Linden

• Lotus
• Ocean
• Olive
• Rain / Raine
• Reed
• River
• Roan
• Sage
• Sky / Skye
• Star / Starr
• Storm / Stormy
• Stone
• Tree
• West
• Winter

Boys names that mean Earth

• Ajax
• Arlo
• Atlas
• Clay
• Geo
• Land
• Tellus
• Terran

Girls names that mean Earth

• Azalea
• Eila
• Gaia
• Kaia / Kaiah
• Mayan
• Prairie
• Terra / Tierra
• Zola