999+ Nature Names for Babies

Isle is a super rare nature name that sounds like an appealing unisex form of Isla.

Divorces Aspen from its nature and ski resort associations. Aspyn first broke into the Top 1000 in 2020.

This spice name is typically used for girls, but we see no reason it couldn't join the growing list of gender-neutral nature names.

Unisex in its native country but especially popular for boys, this cool Finnish nature name would be perfect for the new addition to your family tree.

Unisex in its native country but especially popular for boys, this cool Finnish nature name would be perfect for the new addition to your family tree.

Also a city near Tel Aviv, Hadar is a name found primarily in Israel. There is also a citrus fruit associated with the holiday of Sukkat the Torah calls the "hadar fruit".

Brooke variation – or is the other way around? – that makes it more a nature name, less an eighties-style androgynous name.

It sounds like a modern nature name, but Leafy was coined as a Puritan nickname for the girls' name Relief, which referred to the relief of Christ.

A rare flower name that works as well for boys as it does for girls, so named because of its resemblance to a small glove.

Musician Ry Cooder brought this short form into the lexicon -- his full name is Ryland -- and it feels more familiar now that more Ry- beginning names such as Ryder and Riley are, ahem, riding up the ranks. The Rye spelling makes it more of a word or a nature name and less of a nickname.

The Latin name for the holly tree would make an interesting nature-inspired alternative to Alex.

A popular nature name in Turkey, where it was in the Top 10 from 2005-2013. Spelt Yağmur in Turkish.

An attractive update to Gladys.

Gladiola is a character in the 1991 novel and 1995 film How to Make an American Quilt

Shady, leafy nature-boy name.

Aromatic but also problematic.

Spicy.

An old-man name that sounds cute when used for a little girl, and is starting to seem cool again for boys too.

The double 'e' gives this Celtic surname a genial sound. It derives from an old Irish name — Suibhne (SHEEV-ne) that was borne by several early saints and kings, including, unfortunately, one known as Mad Sweeney who spent his life living in trees and composing nature poetry. Another possible drawback is the association with Sweeney Todd, the bloodthirsty butcher of Sondheim stage-musical fame.

Corymbia is the botanical name of many species of beautiful flowering gum trees. It is a rare, but attested, girls name in Australia.

Strong, interesting nature name reminiscent of Biblical favorites Ezra and Boaz.