Names That Mean Wooded

  1. Holland
    • Origin:

      Dutch place name
    • Meaning:

      "wooded land"
    • Description:

      Holland is one of the coolest geographical names, unadorned and elegant, evocative of fine Rembrandt portraits and fields of pink and yellow tulips. It first entered the US Top 1000 for girls in 2014, but fell out of the Top 1000 for boys a century earlier.
  2. Kelvin
    • Origin:

      Scottish
    • Meaning:

      "narrow or wooded river"
    • Description:

      A tributary of the River Clyde in Scotland, called in Scottish Gaelic Abhainn Cheilbhinn: caol ("narrow") or coille ("wooded") + abhainn ("river"). As a surname, it derives from the name of the river.
  3. Bessarion
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "wooded valley"
    • Description:

      This was the name of a 5th-century Egyptian hermit and was later adopted by the Greek scholar Basilios Bessarion (1403-1472), who became a Roman Catholic bishop. Renowned Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811-1848) bore the Russian form of this rare name.
  4. Vissarion
    • Origin:

      Russian from Greek
    • Meaning:

      "wooded valley"
    • Description:

      Russian form of the Greek name Bessarion, most prominently borne by 19th-century Russian literary critic, writer and philosopher Vissarion Belinsky.
  5. Hurst
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "wooded hill"
    • Description:

       As a surname, it's most familiar as Hearst -- publishing magnate William Randolph and kidnapped granddaughter Patty. Few would use it if it wasn't their own family name.
  6. Winley
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "wooded meadow"
    • Description:

      An English surname originally denoting someone living near a farmstead in the forest. Makes a sweet and unusual addition to the -ley name family.
  7. Winley
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "wooded meadow"
    • Description:

      An English surname originally denoting someone living near a farmstead in the forest. Makes an attractive and unusual addition to the -ley name family.
  8. Woodland
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "wooded place"
    • Description:

      Woodsy names for boys are hotter than ever, so we wouldn't be surprised if Woodland gets picked up by unique baby name hunters in the coming years.
  9. Woodland
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "wooded place"
    • Description:

      Woodsy baby names are on the rise — particularly for boys — but Woodland has potential as a girl name as well. Woods is a preppy nickname option, with the ultra-feminine association of Legally Blonde protagonist Elle Woods.

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