Nature inspired names - opinions and suggestions?

[ForestDweller27]

Hi there. OH and I are settled on a nature led first name as we love the environment and it just feels right for us as parents. What do you think of this shortlist and do you have any suggestions? I’ve struggled to find names we agree on and almost all of these are very popular which isn’t ideal

Girls:
Ivy
Lily
Rose
Violet

Boys:
Rowan
Robin
Kit
Hazel (my personal favourite for a son but OH insist it’s a ‘girls name’ )

I think Hazel is a girl’s name too.

Wren?
Lily and Rose very popular now.
I have heard Oakley and Fox for boys ...

I love Sorrel for a girl and Lark for either girl or boy :)

Saffron?
Marina?

I really like Kit and Rowan from your boys' list.

I like Violet and Robin from your list. I'd agree, Hazel is a girl's name. How about
Willow
Autumn
Coral
Flora

The only boy's name I can think of is Ash.

Heather
Iris
Jasmine
Aurora
Stella
Savannah
Holly
Pearl
Willow
Clover
Posey
Fern
Olive

Jasper
Oakley
Ash

The girls names are nice-ish but very popular as you say and quite girly. I like Fern and Wren as alternatives.

Rowan and Robin are good. For me, hazel is 100% a girl’s name.

I like Robin and Kit! Brook is nice for a boy too I think.

I think Rose is a lovely name. Clementine is a great nature name.

Hazel is recognisably a girl for most people.
Sorrel
Heather
Hebe

Boys are much harder. What about Leo?

Hazel is a girl's name. Robin is also nice for a girl. Fern and Brooke are other options. Glenn is also nice for a boy.

Elm, Wren or Fox, Bear

Hazel is a girl's name.

Heath
Maris

Hazel IS a girls name!

Hazel is definitely a girls name. If you want to give it to a boy that's fine if course but be prepared that everyone will think he's a girl.

There are loads of more interesting nature names than the ones you've written, especially for girls. Surely a brief google of "nature baby names" will help?!

Just checked the ONS and there haven't been any boys recorded to have the name Hazel. It's definitely a girls name.. That being said, do what you like! Be potentially the first if you wish.

And whilst I love nature names, I don't like any of your names.

Rock
Lark
Fennel
Wren
Tempest
Tarn

We have a Willow

Love Rowan and Kit!

Tarn for a boy? I've only ever met one, and he was lovely.

Wren
Willow
Lavender
Violet- although I don't like it
Winter-Rose
Star (Anastasia)
Autum
Summer
Blossom
Coral
Fleur
Iris - horrid..
Ivy
Juniper
Primrose
Sky

River

Girls:
Linnet
Saffron
Skylark
Robin
Hebe
Daphne

Boys:
Rowan
Heath
Basil
Bay
Hawk
Robin

Ivy or Rowan would be my choices, although personally I love Robyn for a girl and would choose that over ivy.

I wouldn't use Hazel for a boy.

All the names are lovely but Hazel has not been used for a boy since they started releasing annual records in 1996. So you could use it of course, but you’d likely be the first. Given the rising trend in giving boy names to girls, I don’t see why you shouldn’t.

I love all your names especially Ivy, Rowan & Robin.

It’s funny how many say Robin is nice for a girl but don’t use Hazel for a boy, when Robin was exclusively for boys until very recently.

I know a little boy called Moss.

Agree, Hazel is a girls name.
I like Moss for a boy.
Blaze?
Cove?

Hazel most definitely a girls name, never heard it for a boy.
Fern
Robin/robyn
River
Forest
Bracken
Briar
Holly
Vera
Wren
Ivy
Iris
Petal
Flora
Fauna
Meadow