Unique Baby Names Inspired By Nature

If you’re looking for a super unique baby name check out this big list of stunningly beautiful baby names inspired by nature.

Inspired not just by flowers, trees and animals but also water, land, sky and time itself, these natural baby names capture the spirit and energy of life and are perfect for earth mamas, boho families and any parents to be who love nature and the big outdoors.

Many of these rare baby names are based on forgotten British and Irish words for nature but also include adorable natural names from languages around the world including Maori, Arabic and Ghanian.

Some of these unusual nature inspired baby names are more commonly associated with boys or girls but many of them make wonderful unisex names that give children the freedom to thrive as they will.

I do hope you find a unique baby name you love on the list.

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Unique Baby Names Inspired By Nature For Boys & Girls

Nature Baby Names

Alder : a tree of great importance in Celtic mythology associated with courage and a balancing of male and female spirits
Ash : a tall, graceful tree
Ashley : an ash tree grove or wood
Autumn
Bay : the meeting of water and land
Beck : a small stream
Berwick : an old English name derived from Barley
Birch : an old English word for the slender silver trees of the forest
Brook : a small stream, often the source of a river
Brock : a badger
Bourne : a stream flowing from a spring
Brae : old Norse for the summit of a steep hill
Burn : a Scottish stream
Ceirw : Welsh for deer, pronounced Care-u
Chenoa : white dove in Cherokee
Cloud
Clover
Dawn
Dipper : a family of small birds who can swim underwater
Dobhran : Scots Gaelic for otter
Dune
Eira : snow in Welsh
Eirlys : snowdrop in Welsh
Ember
Enfys : rainbow in Welsh, pronounced En-vys
Fawn : a baby deer
Fern
Fianna : Gaelic for deer
Field
Finch : a small lively bird
Glen : Scots for a a valley
Grove : old English for a small wood
Forrest
Hawk
Heron
Hunter
Irida : Greek for rainbow
Kestrel
Kite : one of the great birds of prey
Koru : the tip of an unfurling fern in Maori, symbolising new life
Lane : a winding road
Lark : a song bird
Larkin : associated with the Lark but also meaning brave warrior
Laurel
Leaf
Linnet : a small bird with a beautiful song
Maidin : morning in Irish
Meadow
Mistle : old English for basil
Misty
Morning
Myrtle : a symbol of love
Oakley : old English for an oak wood
Opal
Osprey : a bird of prey
Otter
Owl
Perle : a rush of water in old English
Pipit : a beautiful song bird in the hills and on the shore
Plover : a shore board from an Anglo-Norman word for fine rain
Ridge
Robin
Samhradh : Irish for summer
Seren : Welsh for star
Serin : a small shy bird
Shore
Siskin : a small woodland bird
Sky
Skylark
Snow
Starr
Summer
Swift : a small but very fast flying bird
Thyme :
Tide
Tor : Celtic for a free standing rock
Willow
Wolf
Wren
Yaya : little butterfly in Arabic