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Best Nature Names for Boys

The best nature names for baby boys are drawn from a range of natural elements, from the sky to the sea, trees to animals.

Nature names are such a fascinating category for boys because it's been growing in so many different directions in recent years. Names like Bear, River, Ocean, and Oak, once relegated to the fringes, have become mainstream.

Parents like the evocative element of nature names. Many have, clear signifiers versus traditional names which may have ancient meanings like "spear battle" that don't resonate much in contemporary life.

On the other hand, some of the best nature names for baby boys have their nature element disguised in the meaning. Acacius, for instance, means thorn bush, while Lennox means elm grove.

This list spotlights the cream of the nature names for boys. For hundreds more options, check out our master list of Nature Names.

Colin

Meaning: people of victory; pup

Origin:English diminutive of Nicholas or Irish and Scottish
211
River A name as beautiful as River is another grea...
Origin:Nature name
114
Beckett

Meaning: bee hive, little brook or bee cottage

Origin:English and Irish
115
Orion

Meaning: boundary, limit

Origin:Greek
119
Phoenix

Meaning: dark red

Origin:Arizona place-name and Greek
123
Orson

Meaning: bear cub

Origin:Latin and English
152
Philip

Meaning: lover of horses

Origin:Greek
153
Jonah

Meaning: dove

Origin:Hebrew
169
Laith

Meaning: lion or wet

Origin:Arabic, Scottish
243
Lennox

Meaning: elm grove

Origin:Scottish
271
Florian

Meaning: flowering

Origin:Latin
473
Moss

Meaning: descendant of Moses

Origin:English
533
Origin:Animal name
336
Wolf

Meaning: traveling wolf

Origin:Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, German
382
Rhodes

Meaning: where roses grow

Origin:Greek
309
Hawthorne

Meaning: lives where hawthorn hedges grow

Origin:English
809
Grover

Meaning: lives near a grove of trees

Origin:English
888
Oisin

Meaning: little deer

Origin:Irish
300
Yves

Meaning: yew wood

Origin:French
355
Lev

Meaning: heart; lion

Origin:Hebrew, Russian
188