Earthy names encompass any and all names inspired by nature and planet earth. This includes animal-inspired names like Fox and Bjorn (which means “bear” in Swedish), tree names like Aspen, Elm, and Forrest, and names taken from natural landforms, like River and Bryn (which means “hill” in Welsh). These are our favourite examples of earthy baby boy names in 2023.
Take a look through our list of 67 earthy baby boy names:
- Acorn – English, the nut
- Ainsley – Scottish, means “clearing in the woods”
- Alder – German, means “eagle”
- Ash – English, means “ash tree”
- Aspen – English, the tree
- Beech – English, means “beech tree”
- Birch – English, means “birch tree”
- Bjorn – Swedish, means “bear”
- Brent – Celtic, means “hills”
- Bryn – Welsh, English, means “hill”
- Cashel – Irish, means “castle, stone fort”
- Cedar – English, the tree
- Clay – English, means “clay”
- Colm – Gaelic, means “dove”
- Connal – Irish, Scottish, means “wolf”
- Connell – Irish, means “strong wolf”
- Cullen – Irish, means “holly tree”
- Cypress – Greek, the tree
- Darby – Norse, means “place of the deer”
- Darragh – Irish, means “oak”
- Demeter – Slovak, Hungarian, means “Earth mother”
- Dionne – French, means “child of heaven and earth”
- Drake – English, a duck, also means “dragon”
- Elm – English, the tree
- Eoghan – Irish, means “born of the Yew tree”
- Everley – English, means “meadow of boars”
- Fern – English, means “green shady plant”
- Ferris – Irish, means “rock”
- Fiore – Italian, means “flower”
- Fisher – English, means “fisherman”
- Forrest – French, means “forest”
- Fox – English, the animal
- Gardener – Anglo-Saxon, means “keeper of the garden”
- Geo – Greek, means “earth”
- Glenn – Gaelic, means “valley”
- Goran – Slavic, means “highlander, mountain-man”
- Greene – Old English, means “green”
- Haelyn – English means “a waterfall to the sea”
- Hammon – Old English, means “mountain home”
- Hawk – English, the bird
- Heath – Old English, means “someone who lived at a moor”
- Idra – Hebrew, means “fig tree”
- Jasper – English, a semiprecious stone
- Jay – English, a bird
- Juniper – English, an evergreen plant
- Lake – English, means “lake”
- Lance – German, means “land”
- Larch – English, the tree
- Lark – English, the bird
- Leif – Scandinavian, means “heir”
- Linden – English, the tree
- Lupin – Latin, means “wolf”
- Lyndon – English, means “linden tree”
- Marshall – Irish, means “horse servant”
- Nova – Latin, an exploding star
- Oriel – Latin, a bird
- Pierce – Welsh, means “rock”
- Raven – English, the bird
- Reed – English, means “reed”
- River – English, means “river”
- Sky – English, means “sky”
- Spruce – English, the tree
- Sterling – English, means “starling”
- Terran – English, means “man of the earth”
- Teryn – Celtic, means “Irish hillside”
- Vermont – French, means “green mountain”
- Wolf – English, means “wolf”
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