Rabbit Names
- Flower
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"flower"Description:
It may sound sweet smelling, but remember, it was the name of the little skunk in Bambi. Better to pick a single bloom from the bouquet, like Violet or Lily or Daisy.
- Bud
Origin:
English nicknameDescription:
This is a name you get stuck with, not (we hope) one your parents choose for you.
- Bubba
Origin:
American nicknameDescription:
The original southern Good Ol' Boy.
- Bucky
- Miffy
Origin:
Invented nameDescription:
The adorable and iconic bunny character Miffy was created in 1955 by Dutch artist Dick Bruna. Her Dutch name is Nijntje, a contraction of the Dutch word for "little bunny", konijntje.
- Moose
- Ostara
Origin:
Old High GermanMeaning:
"dawn"Description:
In Germanic mythology, Ostara is the goddess of springtime, fertility, and dawn. Her existence as a mythological figure was pieced together by scholar Jacob Grimm, who used evidence such as the German word for April (ostermonat) and parallels to the Anglo-Saxon Eostre. Ostara is also the modern German name for the Easter holiday.
- Easter
Origin:
English, from GermanDescription:
Easter has been used as a name for several hundred years, as part of the day-naming tradition; now, this rarely heard holiday celebration name would make a novel choice for a springtime baby. Background:The early Anglo-Saxon monk and scholar Bede took the name of a goddess--Eostre-- whose feast was celebrated at the vernal equinox and gave it to the Christian festival of the resurrection of Christ.
- Snowy
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"snowy"Description:
Snowy has only ever appeared on the charts twice: in 2013, when it was given to 6 baby girls, and in 2016, when it was used for five. With recent celeb choices such as Stormi and Thunder, could Snowy be next on parents' lists?
- Oreo
Origin:
Invented nameDescription:
Nabisco has never revealed the origins of their sandwich cookie brand name, but the prevailing theory is that it was derived from Oreodaphne, a genus in the laurel family.
- Shaphan
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"rabbit"Description:
Shaphan was most notably the name of the scribe who brought the lost book of the Law to Israel’s King Josiah.
- Bezai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"eggs"Description:
Biblical family with 323 children. That's a lot of eggs.
- Pascha
Origin:
Greek from HebrewMeaning:
"Easter, pass over"Description:
The Greek name for Easter, derived from the same root as Pesach, the Hebrew word for Passover.
- Fletch
Origin:
Diminutive of Fletcher, EnglishMeaning:
"arrow maker"Description:
This snappy nickname may remind some of the 1985 Chevy Chase movie of the same name.
- Hutchings
Origin:
Scottish surname, related to HUGHMeaning:
"mind, intellect"Description:
Hutchings, rarely heard as a first name, is a semi-patronymic denoting 'son of Hugh'. What it's got going for it is cute nickname Hutch, a cousin of Hitch and Huck.
- Hutchinson
- Hazen
Origin:
Dutch surname from GermanMeaning:
"gray, black; hare"Description:
An androgynous alternative to Hazel, an American favorite that continues to rise.
- Hunt
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Blunt. Stick to Hunter.
- Parasha
Origin:
RussianMeaning:
"born on Good Friday"Description:
Slavic possibility for a girl born during the Easter season.
- Shashi
Origin:
Indian, Sanskrit, NepaliMeaning:
"moon, having a hare"Description:
Shashi is an Indian name for the moon, giving it a shimmering quality, but its literal meaning translates to "having a hare." In India, a hare is a common image to see in the moon.