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HelpWhat are your favorite “nature” names? ~*~ Happy Earth Day!
However you define nature names — obvious meaning, subtle meaning, the name of a beach you grew up visiting that you particularly love and associate with the outdoors... anything.
I’m a big plant and bird and wild spaces lover; hoping against hope we move towards balanced relationship with our world, and that we have time to do so.
Thank you for living on Earth with me! :) Thanks for sharing my love of names! I so appreciate having a place for this pet interest of mine.
[Questionably allowed:
The theme of this year is plastic pollution. If you visit earthday.org you can learn more about it and how to reduce your own impact, if you so choose.]
I’m a big plant and bird and wild spaces lover; hoping against hope we move towards balanced relationship with our world, and that we have time to do so.
Thank you for living on Earth with me! :) Thanks for sharing my love of names! I so appreciate having a place for this pet interest of mine.
[Questionably allowed:
The theme of this year is plastic pollution. If you visit earthday.org you can learn more about it and how to reduce your own impact, if you so choose.]
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I love nature names! Here are some of my favorites:
Sage
Haven
Forest
Juniper
Cypress
Rain
Hyacinth
Harbor
Spring
Ilan (it means 'tree' in Hebrew)
Ilana (feminine form of Ilan)
Sigalit (it means 'violet' in Hebrew)
Ocean
Océane
Diklah ('palm grove' in Hebrew)
Ori ('my light' in Hebrew)
I guess I could add my own Hebrew name to this list; it means 'grape hyacinth' / 'muscari.'
Sage
Haven
Forest
Juniper
Cypress
Rain
Hyacinth
Harbor
Spring
Ilan (it means 'tree' in Hebrew)
Ilana (feminine form of Ilan)
Sigalit (it means 'violet' in Hebrew)
Ocean
Océane
Diklah ('palm grove' in Hebrew)
Ori ('my light' in Hebrew)
I guess I could add my own Hebrew name to this list; it means 'grape hyacinth' / 'muscari.'
This message was edited 4/24/2018, 11:23 AM
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Late to the party on this, but here are mine!
Juniper
Rowan (both genders)
Kestrel (GP)
Violet
Skye
Skylar (bc one letter off from "skylark" lol)
Wern
Fawn
Aurora (GP, means "dawn")
Ruby
Jade
Hazel
Amber
River (both genders)
Alexandra (one of the nicks is Sandy, which makes me think of beaches)
Daphne (means "laurel")
Sage (girl only)
Ginevra (comes from Italian for "juniper")
Veronica
Brooke
Sierra
Shiloh
Bridget
Ashley
Hailey
Leah
Keziah (GP, Biblical cinnamon tree)
Riley
Savannah
Juniper
Rowan (both genders)
Kestrel (GP)
Violet
Skye
Skylar (bc one letter off from "skylark" lol)
Wern
Fawn
Aurora (GP, means "dawn")
Ruby
Jade
Hazel
Amber
River (both genders)
Alexandra (one of the nicks is Sandy, which makes me think of beaches)
Daphne (means "laurel")
Sage (girl only)
Ginevra (comes from Italian for "juniper")
Veronica
Brooke
Sierra
Shiloh
Bridget
Ashley
Hailey
Leah
Keziah (GP, Biblical cinnamon tree)
Riley
Savannah
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GPs: Snowfall and Windflower
Alizée ("trade wind")
Amarante
Amaryllis
Anthea ("flower")
Arista ("ear of corn")
Aurora
Azucena ("madonna lily")
Celandine
Chrysanthe
Cinnamon
Edurne ("snow")
Eirwen ("beautiful snow")
Elowen ("elm tree")
Eos ("dawn")
Fern
Fleurdelys
Florentia, Florentina
Gaia
Gwyneira ("white snow")
Heledd (may mean "salt pond")
Japonica
Jonquil
Juniper
Lark
Lavender
Linnet
Lumi ("snow")
Meadowlark
Momoko ("peach child")
Nieves ("snow")
Nymphaea ("water lily")
Ocean
Pomeline ("apple")
Prairie
Primrose
Saffron
Seren ("star")
Sigalit ("violet")
Spring
Tesni ("warmth of the sun")
Umeko ("plum child")
Winter
Wren
Alizée ("trade wind")
Amarante
Amaryllis
Anthea ("flower")
Arista ("ear of corn")
Aurora
Azucena ("madonna lily")
Celandine
Chrysanthe
Cinnamon
Edurne ("snow")
Eirwen ("beautiful snow")
Elowen ("elm tree")
Eos ("dawn")
Fern
Fleurdelys
Florentia, Florentina
Gaia
Gwyneira ("white snow")
Heledd (may mean "salt pond")
Japonica
Jonquil
Juniper
Lark
Lavender
Linnet
Lumi ("snow")
Meadowlark
Momoko ("peach child")
Nieves ("snow")
Nymphaea ("water lily")
Ocean
Pomeline ("apple")
Prairie
Primrose
Saffron
Seren ("star")
Sigalit ("violet")
Spring
Tesni ("warmth of the sun")
Umeko ("plum child")
Winter
Wren
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I love
Bay
Dar
Florian
Frost
George - very appropriate for today!
Linden
Jasper
Jory
Jupiter
Mercury
Cloud and Rain for either sex
Aëlla
Clodagh
Clover
Daffodil
Evening
Flora
Lily
Linnet
Loveday
Lumi
Meraud
Océane
Ondine
Millaray
Rosina
Sapphire
Snowdrop
Sunshine
Tigerlily
Topaz
Vesper
Violet
Bay
Dar
Florian
Frost
George - very appropriate for today!
Linden
Jasper
Jory
Jupiter
Mercury
Cloud and Rain for either sex
Aëlla
Clodagh
Clover
Daffodil
Evening
Flora
Lily
Linnet
Loveday
Lumi
Meraud
Océane
Ondine
Millaray
Rosina
Sapphire
Snowdrop
Sunshine
Tigerlily
Topaz
Vesper
Violet
This message was edited 4/23/2018, 8:30 AM
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I love Wren, even though it's stylistically very different from most of my favorite names
I like Rowan on a girl, but I love it on a boy.
I like a lot of Rose variants, though my favorites aren't all really etymologically connected to the flower - Rosalind, Rosamund, Rosemary (a nature name in its own right, though)
I like Rowan on a girl, but I love it on a boy.
I like a lot of Rose variants, though my favorites aren't all really etymologically connected to the flower - Rosalind, Rosamund, Rosemary (a nature name in its own right, though)
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Gaia (Erde) - (mother earth) however we say her or pronounce her or spell her. Here is a lovely aria from Richard Strauss's Opera Daphne: Gaia's voice is the sweet & low contralto, Anna Larsson - while Daphne's voice is the lovely soprano Renee Fleming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiPaY4geTAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiPaY4geTAE
This message was edited 4/22/2018, 5:04 PM
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Girls:
Daisy - Middle name?
Emerald
Flora
Ginger
Hazel - Middle name?
Ivy
June
Juniper - Would use
Lily
Luna - Would use
Maple - Started my love for Mabel, might use
Marigold
Pearl
Rain
Rose
Ruby
Sage
Sparrow
Violet - Would use
Wren
Male:
August
Birch
Hazel - Yes, on a boy. Doubt would ever use (especially as a first name)
River - Would use
Vesper
Daisy - Middle name?
Emerald
Flora
Ginger
Hazel - Middle name?
Ivy
June
Juniper - Would use
Lily
Luna - Would use
Maple - Started my love for Mabel, might use
Marigold
Pearl
Rain
Rose
Ruby
Sage
Sparrow
Violet - Would use
Wren
Male:
August
Birch
Hazel - Yes, on a boy. Doubt would ever use (especially as a first name)
River - Would use
Vesper
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I really like Hazel on a boy! It's a plant, so I think it could totally fit.
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I wouldn't necessarily use them all but:
August (month names always seem nature-y to me)
Bluebell
Briar
Cosmo (not technically a nature name but it brings to mind "the cosmos")
Elowen ("elm tree")
Evening
Hazel
Jasper
Jupiter
Lavender
Maple
Marigold
Mars
Mimosa
Moonlight
Ocean
Oleander
Opal
Pearl
Plum
Poppy
Rain
Rowan
Ruby
Saffron
Sage
Silver
Sky
Sparrow
Starlight
Storm
Vesper ("evening")
Violet
Winter
Wisteria
Wren
August (month names always seem nature-y to me)
Bluebell
Briar
Cosmo (not technically a nature name but it brings to mind "the cosmos")
Elowen ("elm tree")
Evening
Hazel
Jasper
Jupiter
Lavender
Maple
Marigold
Mars
Mimosa
Moonlight
Ocean
Oleander
Opal
Pearl
Plum
Poppy
Rain
Rowan
Ruby
Saffron
Sage
Silver
Sky
Sparrow
Starlight
Storm
Vesper ("evening")
Violet
Winter
Wisteria
Wren
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Ones I'd use:
Sierra, Summer, Iris, Mavis, River, Tarn, Jasmine, Zephyr, Heather, Raven, Silvan
I don't really get a strong enviro / nature vibe from those, though. Except for Sierra because it reminds me of the Sierra Nevada.
I get more of an environmentalism / nature-lover vibe from the unusual, less namey ones, like Ocean and Kestrel and Meadow and Cascadia and Sequoia.
And Gaia of course, that seems like the quintessential born-on-Earth-Day name.
Sierra, Summer, Iris, Mavis, River, Tarn, Jasmine, Zephyr, Heather, Raven, Silvan
I don't really get a strong enviro / nature vibe from those, though. Except for Sierra because it reminds me of the Sierra Nevada.
I get more of an environmentalism / nature-lover vibe from the unusual, less namey ones, like Ocean and Kestrel and Meadow and Cascadia and Sequoia.
And Gaia of course, that seems like the quintessential born-on-Earth-Day name.
This message was edited 4/22/2018, 10:38 AM
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