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. For more inspiration do check out these other lists of beautiful unusual baby names.

Unique Baby Names Inspired By Nature For Boys & Girls

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Baby Names Inspired By Trees

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
Birch : an old English word for the slender silver trees of the forest
Forrest
Oakley : old English for an oak wood
Willow

Baby Names Inspired By Water

Bay : the meeting of water and land
Beck : a small stream
Bourne : a stream flowing from a spring
Brook : a small stream, often the source of a river
Burn : a Scottish stream
Perle : a rush of water in old English
Shore
Tide

Baby Names Inspired By Animals

Brock : a badger
Ceirw : Welsh for deer, pronounced Care-u
Dobhran : Scots Gaelic for otter
Fawn : a baby deer
Fianna : Gaelic for deer
Otter
Wolf
Yaya : little butterfly in Arabic

Baby Names Inspired By Time, Seasons & Weather

Autumn
Cloud
Dawn
Eira : snow in Welsh
Enfys : rainbow in Welsh, pronounced En-vys
Irida : Greek for rainbow
Maidin : morning in Irish
Misty
Morning
Samhradh : Irish for summer
Seren : Welsh for star
Snow
Starr
Summer

Baby Names Inspired By Plants

Clover
Eirlys : snowdrop in Welsh
Fern
Koru : the tip of an unfurling fern in Maori, symbolising new life
Laurel
Leaf
Mistle : old English for basil
Myrtle : a symbol of love
Thyme :

Baby Names Inspired By The Landscape

Berwick : an old English name derived from Barley
Brae : old Norse for the summit of a steep hill
Dune
Ember
Field
Glen : Scots for a a valley
Grove : old English for a small wood
Hunter
Lane : a winding road
Meadow
Opal
Ridge
Sky
Tor : Celtic for a free standing rock

Baby Names Inspired By Birds

Chenoa : white dove in Cherokee
Dipper : a family of small birds who can swim underwater
Finch : a small lively bird
Hawk
Heron
Kestrel
Kite : one of the great birds of prey
Lark : a song bird
Larkin : associated with the Lark but also meaning brave warrior
Linnet : a small bird with a beautiful song
Osprey : a bird of prey
Owl
Pipit : a beautiful song bird in the hills and on the shore
Plover : a shore bird from an Anglo-Norman word for fine rain
Robin
Serin : a small shy bird
Siskin : a small woodland bird
Skylark
Swift : a small but very fast flying bird
Wren

And there you go, 80 wonderful unique baby names inspired by nature that are beautiful for both boys and girls. Please do share. For more inspiration check out these other lists of wonderfully unusual baby names:

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