Wildlife inspired names

[wildestdreamss]

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.

Mako (shark)
Wren (bird)
Heath
Warren

Melisse
Lunaria

Rat
Stoat
Vole
Mole
Mouse
Sheep
Worm

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)

Penelope is the scientific name for Wigeon

Anas Penelope

Prunella also features in lots of scientific plant names

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.

Summer
Heather
Violet
Rose
Amber
Sky
Kit
Holly
Ivy

Pongo no!!

I like Moss!

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!

Badgerella
Skunkeline
Weasella

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'Suggestively sexy for a young woman' 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.

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?

Tarn

Sorrel
Hebe

Pongo?
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

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

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 Diamond and loads more

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minerals

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

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

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

Fern
Willow
Rowan
Tarn
Brook

@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

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

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

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