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’ )

Love Rose and Rowan. Hazel def a girls name. I love the name Wren, Clementine, Skye

You could have Haze or Hayes for a boy instead of Hazel.

Would a child called Hayes come with an instruction manual?

Thank you for the suggestions

I think we’ve settled on Ivy and Kit as our first choices, with slightly more out there middle names. I love the idea of Ivy Sparrow, for example

@ForestDweller27

I actually really like Ivy Sparrow (Ivy is one of my most favourite names btw and Sparrow is nice- hasn’t Nicole Richie used it?)

Kit is lovely. How about middle name ‘Forrest’ if you’re wanting something nature based but very unusual. Or ‘Berry’? Or Radley or Ash.

Getting quite into this will leave it there. 🤣

I think Prof Brian Cox son has the middle name Eagle?

Ooh I like that idea
Ivy sparrow
Ivy robyn
Ivy willow
Ivy brooke
Ivy sage

Kit river
Kit forest
Kit bear
Kit robin
Kit Bracken
Kit wolf
I'll stop now... 😂
Ivy river

@Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav I like Ivy River , that’s a good suggestion

Kit River goes well, too.
Kit Winter/Autumn
Ivy Brook
Ivy Gaia (Earth Godess)

I remember reading the book ‘The Family from One End Street’ as a kid; all the girls had nature names and when they had a bit they introduced him as ‘William- Sweet William’. I thought that was cute.

I've just come off a thread about a 13 year old girl wanting to change her name and the mother was very unhappy.

Your names Kit and Ivy are nice and mainstream, but some of the suggestions on here (Moss, Bear etc) show that people don't actually consider the child having to grow up with such a name.

@MagicKindomDizzy I agree with you to an extent a small I personally wouldn’t call my child “Bear” but we need to get with the times a bit. 113 boys were called Bear last year in this country. It’s no longer an unusual name. I know someone called Wolf and someone called Fox (no one called Bear). I think we imagine a little boy called “bear” being in our playgrounds in the 1980s. Yes that little boy would probably have got teased. I think it’s very unlikely now

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• I agree with you to an extent and wouldn’t personally call my child “Bear”....

How about Elowen. It means Elm tree

When my dd was born the lady in the bed opposite called her newborn son Bear. It took ages to click why something was odd...her other son was Teddy. I kid you not.

I’m not sure about Sparrow as a middle name (though it’s better than thrush!)

My friend’s middle name is Merlin (a small hawk, fairly rare in the U.K.). You could also have Peregrine, Acquilla (eagle), Ptarmigan etc.

For girls:
Merle
Jay
Dove
Lark
Paloma
Oriole
Linnet