Flower, plant or tree names for boys?

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Our DD has Rowan as her middle name - it has various meanings for us, and we like that it's a 'nature' name.

Not even pregnant yet - not even trying - but next time round if we did have a boy, I would like him to have a nature name too, as his middle name.

Any ideas? I thought of Bay and Heath so far...

Dale
Ash
River
Forest
Aspen

erm...
Basil?

Not flower, plant or tree. But we have a Sol.

bryony can be male or female

Hi, we tried to come up with similar nature/plant inspired middle name for ds, as like you we had done the same for dd, but we found it impossible. Rowan is the only one I can think of, but you've already used it. We seriously considered Hawthorn, especially as plenty of them grow around here. In the end I had an unplanned homebirth and we used the fantastic doctor's (who rushed here to our aid and did an amazing job)name.

How about Berry, Oak, Moss, Juniper or Willow?

Briar
Sage

Heath
Jacinto, Aciano, Crisanto, Fiorello, Florent, Florian, Gentian, Hyacinthe, Nalin and Plantagenet, apparently

Ash
Ashley
Logan
Basil
Aspen
Heath
Sylvester
Alon
Linden
Cedar

Reef
Gorse

Aston -- ash
Acacio -- acacia
Acton -- oak tree settlement
Arlo -- barberry tree
Barclay/ Berkeley -- birch meadow
Burleigh -- knotty tree meadow
Chaney -- oak
Elder/ Ellery -- elder
Euan -- yew
Gideon -- "Feller of trees/ mighty warrior"
Haslett/ Hazlett -- hazel
Hawes -- berries of hawthorn tree
Hollis -- holly
Hurst -- thicket
Oliver -- olive?
Sequois -- the giant tree is named after Cherokee chief Sequoia who developed an alphabet for the Cherokee language
Dara -- Irish for oak tree

Sequoia -- sorry, typo

I'm liking Aspen, Heath, Briar and Logan so far!

Nice to know there are some possibilities.

Plantagenet is magnificent! I don't think I'd be brave enough though!

I like Oleander. But no one ever agrees with me.

I like that too, LadyThompson.

How about Hawk or Tiger?

Yay! It's a proper name and everything. Very handsome. Just a bit of a change from Oliver or Alexander. It's a shrub I believe.

Rayn. its on my shortlist.

Tor
Thyme
Larkin
Wren
Lief/Leif/Leaf

Love Thyme! Wren is nice, a bird name though - but we could always change the tradition as it's not really a tradition yet!

I'm getting more and more into Oleander. Might even make the first name list!

Robin

Love Moss - am I right in thinking it has same meaning as Matthew? Or did I just make it up?

Celyn is Welsh for holly and is commonly used as a boys' name.

Wren is not very masculine though is it? Might as well call him Tit or Hen!

That's interesting - I never thought of Wren as being particularly masculine or feminine. To be it's quite neutral.

TBH, it doesn't have to be a very masculine name. My DD has a very girly first name, and Rowan as her middle name, which I find balances the first name out somewhat. So this theoretical boy would probably have quite a 'manly' first name, and a softer middle name. We'll see!

Anyone else have any opinions on Wren?

Wren is nice, but I like longer names...
My boy is Sky but his full name is Skyler/Schuyler.

Laurel