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Psammead · 03/05/2010 20:27

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...

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pedrothellama · 05/05/2010 11:53

Timothy is a type of grass or how about 'stone' names such as Jasper - still nature inspired

snorkie · 05/05/2010 12:23

Campion?

tstar · 05/05/2010 13:18

If I were to have another child, a boy and it was up to me (partner not convinced) Rayne is the name, Ray for when he is older.
I also Like Sunni or Sunny or Sunnie.

MudandRoses · 05/05/2010 13:41

I like Sunny too but too many people assume it's Sonny - which I hate!

I don't think of Wren as particularly feminine - esp as there is a male precedent in Ren (as in, And Stimpy)

Craig and Ben are nature names too, meaning cliff/crag and mountain, obviously.

Laurel def seems like a girl's name to me.

Am v v keen on Larkin - it means little lark - but have had SUCH a mixed response as to whther it sounds like a girl's name!

pedrothellama · 05/05/2010 13:44

How about Falcon - as in Robert Falcon Scott? The Antartic explorer

GladioliBuckets · 05/05/2010 14:08

What about The WReNs though?

Psammead · 05/05/2010 16:26

GladioliBuckets - yes, I see what you mean, although we don't actually live in the UK so I can't see it would be a problem.

Somehow it still doesn't really strike me as female. I don't think the WRNS are the first think I think of when I hear the name. Good point though!

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mathanxiety · 05/05/2010 18:11

Wren is mostly a girls' name in the US. There's a newspaper cartoon where the children are Zoe, Ham and Wren.

parksidewriter · 05/07/2014 22:46

Came upon this thread whilst searching for a name for our child. Just wondering what you decided, Psammead.

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