Please help us name baby - pagan/nature names

[phoenixrose314]

Hi all - DH and I are expecting our much wanted first and only child (due to fertility reasons I won't be having any more). We don't know if its a boy or girl, but we are finding it absolutely impossible to agree on names.
We have agreed that middle name for girl will be Rose, and for boy will be Andrew (both family names).

However, my husband's first choice of boys names are James and Daniel. Both ok names, but I am a Pagan and would rather not use biblical names. They are also quite popular and I'd prefer something less traditional.

I love the names Cory, Rowan and Leo. Hubby hates them all!

Please can you help us find names that are traditional/normal sounding enough for DH, but have a non-Christian meaning behind it?? I am 39+1 and freaking out that we are still at odds on naming baby!

In biblical astrology, Leo the lion symbolizes Jesus. I'm not trying to put you off, just pointing out that a non-Christian meaning to a name might not be as simple or easy as you reckon.

How about:

Rowan
Flora
Summer
Autumn

Girls

Summer
Jade
Lily
Willow
Amber
Celeste
Aurora
Savannah (treeless plain)

Boys
Dylan (means Sea)
Hunter
Brody
Cameron
Seth

Might the ancient religions might be less obvious than those centres on the three Books?

Isis, Iris, Juno, Artemis?

Alexander, Lysander?

Ooh I didn't know that Pottering, I thought it simply meant lion!

I might get hubby to concede on Dylan... Sounds normal but has a lovely meaning. I LOVE Lysander but I can picture the look on hubby's face now...!

Given that Christianity ripped off a lot of pagan festivals, does it matter too much?

What about Aeron, Aiden, Bronwyn, Connor, Seren?

Or names from trees like

Olive, Ash, Hazel?

Thanks Iggly, I don't think I would mind so much if the meanings for the names hubby likes weren't "Gods gift" and "judged by God" - it just doesn't sit right with me. Sorry if it seems silly.

Bronwyn is beautiful :)

Yes I love the name Bronwyn.

It's 'Bronwen' though - in Welsh, 'wen' is a feminine ending and 'wyn' masculine, so Bronwyn as a girl's name looks really odd.

Some of the nicest names heard for while!
I love Cory and Leo..
Hazel is nice
Juno - great

Robin - for a boy or girl.

Lots of names here that you might like.

Have you considered old English names?

Or how about;

Maud
Aelfwyn
Clytie/Klytie (nymph in love with sun god,means lovely one)
Merewyn (MEH-reh-win). (I love this name)
Elfreida
Mildri (means 'mild and lovely' in old Norse)
Phaedra
Juniper
Thora
Aldith
Hebe
Fritha
Idonea
Maeve

And boys....

Io
Albie
Broc
Farlan
Errol
Innes
Iver
Torrin
Fie
Ivo
Idriss
Loki
Lowen
Roan
Esau (pron EE-sah)
Auden
Emery
Imre
Florian
Fabian
Balthasar
Artan (little bear)
Ulric
Alban
Alden
Kip
Elwin
Yule
Talisen
Cato
Harte
Taliesin
Odin
Sorren

coming in for a sneak peek as well as these are the sort of names we love and DS2 due in May

Oh, Gaia it means 'earth' or 'mother earth'

Luna
Hera
Willow
Aurora
Phoebe (bright,moon)
Maya
Isis
Anya
Estel (star/hope)

*Estelle (sorry,auto correct is on a mission to destroy my spelling)

I love Gaia
Skye?
No help on boys as I would choose Leo. Or maybe Colt or Magnus.

I like River but think it suits a girl more than a boy even though I think it is a boy's name.

Arthur

Lilith or Loki

Girls

Lila
Riola
Candina
Nandine

Boys

Warwick
Brodie
Coran
Lucas

Thank you SO much for all your suggestions ladies!!

Am going to show this thread to DH later and see if he likes any of the suggestions - hope so as I've fallen in love with some of them! Thanks again for helping with an unusual baby name quest!

btw seth is an old testament name