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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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whatausername · 20/05/2020 00:22

Marina
Ocean
Brook(e)
Delta
Bay

It isn't directly wildlife-related but waters are teeming with interesting creatures.

Or something forest, valley or mountain related?

whatausername · 20/05/2020 00:18

'Suggestively sexy for a young woman' Hmm Perhaps OP's DD would like to be more than some sex object in the workplace and other areas of her life? Sexiness at the right time = positive
Sexiness at the wrong time = massive massive negative. She'll be a plaything.

Mucklowe · 19/05/2020 23:43

Badgerella
Skunkeline
Weasella

🤣

zscaler · 19/05/2020 12:29

I’ve always liked the name Alexander, after my hero - the great naturalist Alexander Von Humboldt. That might be tamer than what you’re after, though!

IckleBear · 19/05/2020 09:15

I like Moss!

cultkid · 18/05/2020 14:17

Pongo no!!

Tiramisuiloveyou · 18/05/2020 08:50

Summer
Heather
Violet
Rose
Amber
Sky
Kit
Holly
Ivy

BalloonSlayer · 18/05/2020 08:44

I didn't know Zorro meant Fox! How fab!

OP if you are going for Pongo as a middle name how about Turdus for the first name? It's the scientific name for Thrush and I think it meets your criteria nicely.

Quercus3 · 18/05/2020 08:39

Penelope is the scientific name for Wigeon

Anas Penelope

Prunella also features in lots of scientific plant names

TeetotalKoala · 18/05/2020 07:50

Yep, Bambi was a boy. Something my DH only found out last week when it came up in conversation.

Another vote for Fauna.

Fleur
Leo is Dutch for Lion
I knew a Fig once (actual name, not a nickname)

LudaMusser · 18/05/2020 07:45

Rat
Stoat
Vole
Mole
Mouse
Sheep
Worm

stella1know · 18/05/2020 07:42

Melisse
Lunaria

Smile19 · 17/05/2020 23:07

Mako (shark)
Wren (bird)
Heath
Warren

Malysh · 17/05/2020 23:06

Sorry but Bambi sounds like it's trying too hard to be cute and naive and helpless. When I hear it I imagine a hooker past her prime with too much make up.

Also wasn't Bambi a male...?

Orphlids · 17/05/2020 20:42

@Awwlookatmybabyspider, you have my undivided support in your liking the name Bambi. Adorable for a baby, rather suggestively sexy for a young woman, sweet for an old dear... all bases covered!

chunkyrun · 17/05/2020 19:58

Carey is a lovely name

Willow
Summer
Forrest if you're feeling brave

stella1know · 17/05/2020 19:49

Im not sure if this thread is serious, but assuming it is, my contributions are:

Bryony
Nerine
Eberhard (means boar in German)

LuluJakey1 · 17/05/2020 19:49

Domestic House Spider
Natterjack Toad
Slow Worm
Cockroach

Rosiejim · 17/05/2020 19:47

Luna
Sky
Bryn (hill in Welsh - Gavin and Stacey knowledge there)

Rosiejim · 17/05/2020 19:44

Wren
Bird
Agree Fauna is beautiful
Robin

Don’t call your kid lupus. It’s a disease!

Grasspigeons · 17/05/2020 19:43

Ericius
Otter
Lepus

AragornsManlyStubble · 17/05/2020 19:42

Mariposa (butterfly)
Louve (Wolf)
Tora (Tiger)
Arth (bear)
Zorro (fox)

If you wanted some ideas in other languages

Malysh · 17/05/2020 19:40

Does the name have to be a word or can it be a name that means something nature related ?

For instance :

Kurt means wolf in Turkish.

Orel means eagle in russian (it's pronounced Aryol but well).

Lupus, wolf in Latin.

Loup, wolf in French (and also an actual first name, albeit a rare one).

Miel, not a name but means Honey in French, always thought it sounded quite pretty

Bjorn, bear in some scandinavian language (dont remember, swedish or norwegian ?)

Ursula - close to Ursus

Anyway, I could go on. It'd be easier to choose a specific theme (river, eagle, wolf, whatever) and look up the various translations and names related to it. Otherwise there really are too many names to list here.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 17/05/2020 19:32

I'll probably get laughed off mumsnet but I love Bambi for a little girl.
It's so sweet. I love twee names. I'll hold hands up. I get they're not everyone's thing though. There again nothing is 'everyone's thing's is it.
Girls. (Wildlife/ Natrure names)
Meadow.
Lavender.
Sunshine.
Daffodil.
Tulip.
Sunrise.
Horizon.
Bee.
Heather.
Dove.
Lark.
Raven.
Maple.
Rainbow.
Valley.

Boys.
Wolf.
Oak
Forrest.
Woods.

MikeUniformMike · 17/05/2020 19:16

Beaver
Rattus
Pangolin
Shark
Hyrax
Sirenia
Mastodon
Ferret
Walrus

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