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Wildlife inspired names

63 replies

wildestdreamss · 17/05/2020 18:27

DH and I are looking for suggestions of names that are wildlife/nature related but something other than the usual Fox, Bear, Sage, Hazel, Savannah, Tiger, etc. They are all beautiful names but we are trying to come up with other options.

There are plenty of words we are familiar with that we'd love to use as names but they're perhaps only familiar to us since we are on the field so our judgment is slightly clouded. Here are a couple of examples of what we are looking into:

Carey - Related to a type of turtle
Pongo - Genus for orangutans

(They'd probably be middle names anyway as we do know we'd want more regular first names). They can be for a boy or girl as we won't know the sex.

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Graymare · 22/05/2020 00:24

Quercus,
Falco

florababy84 · 22/05/2020 00:10

I'm running on very little sleep and can't stop laughing at little baby Turdus Pongo.

Playdonut · 21/05/2020 23:42

Earth? Hunter? Gazelle? India? Nature? Godsgift? King (as in king of the jungle)?

LiviLoggs · 21/05/2020 23:38

Willow
Winter
Autumn
India
Skye
April
June

Atlas
Hunter
Cosmo

sorryiasked · 21/05/2020 23:15

Heron

Bouledeneige · 21/05/2020 23:12

I like the following herbs and flowers and trees:
Cicely (a herb)
Celandine (a poppy)
Marguerite (a daisy)
Peony
Saffron
Sorrel
Zinnia
Larch
Willow

Animals not so much.

Illbedownatthegardenwithmum · 21/05/2020 21:30

I taught a boy named Jay; I always thought of it as a happy, free name.

ilovepuggies · 21/05/2020 20:15

Sorrel

newmum332 · 21/05/2020 20:14

I know of a little boy called Swift, it’s not my cup of tea but isn’t quite as quirky as some of the suggestions.

WTF0ver · 21/05/2020 19:59

When I was travelling I met a girl called Tamarin. I thought that was quite a cool name.

Pieceofpurplesky · 21/05/2020 02:43

Yara or Kitty for a girl

Leo or Finch for a boy

AlCalavicci · 21/05/2020 02:35

@LostInTheColonies
I think it was the other way round , i think the goddess Hebe was named after MNHQ person not creeping to MNHQ at all me

Come on MNHQHebe which is it Grin

whatausername · 21/05/2020 01:00

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Orphlids · 20/05/2020 21:29

Ha ha, calm down @whatausername, it was just a little joke. Grin

stella1know · 20/05/2020 20:57

*Clemence (f) and Clemens/Klemens (m)

stella1know · 20/05/2020 20:57

A few more:
Urs means bear, so Ursula is the female form
Carmina
Lavinia
Lavender
Zinnia
Hortense
Clementine (although stems from clemecy like Clemense and Klemens)
Fleur

LostInTheColonies · 20/05/2020 02:48

@AlCalavicci but was the MNHQ person named after the Greek goddess or the plant? If the former, it's safe to leave Hebe on the list Grin Wink

caringcarer · 20/05/2020 02:01

Fern
Willow
Rowan
Tarn
Brook

BrandyandBabycham · 20/05/2020 01:24

Another vote for Bryony - so pretty. I once worked with someone called Star. Sky is overused unfortunately as it is pretty.

AlCalavicci · 20/05/2020 00:53

@LostInTheColonies
OP cant have Hebe thats taken by MNHQ person ! Shock Grin

Aclh13 · 20/05/2020 00:52

Chia
Saffron
Dove
Juniper
Eira (snow)
Yara (butterfly)
Tora (Tiger)
Devyn (Blackbird)

AlCalavicci · 20/05/2020 00:50

Not wildlife but nature , there is a huge choice of names if you look at minerals, some are def not suitable Borax . Arsenic ,
some are impossible to say Cuprosklodowskite !
But there are some nice ones too Amber , beryl , Carminite < looks like a punk hedgehog Grin Diamond and loads more

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minerals

Beekeeper1 · 20/05/2020 00:36

Pan
Simba (Swahili for lion)
Peregrine
Dexter ( cattle breed)
Angus ditto
Peaches
Draco (dragon)
Eartha
Autumn

emptyplinth · 20/05/2020 00:36

Pongo? Hmm
Fox and Bear are bad enough.

Plenty of names translate as an animal name, eg Leo or a pp's suggestion of Kurt.
But they're also actually names.

or how about Wolfgang

LostInTheColonies · 20/05/2020 00:26

Tarn

Sorrel
Hebe

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