Urban Prairie Names
Updated Mon Apr 01 2024
Share
Copy link
Urban Prairie is one of the hottest styles on the fashion runways, and one that translates perfectly to baby names. Fusty vintage names and conservative nature names collide in Urban Prairie, exemplified by such names as Alma and Amos, Fern and Field, even Prairie itself.
Along with Alma and Amos, other Urban Prairie names in the US Top 1000 include Clyde, Elsie, Harold, June, Mabel, Otis, Solomon, and Wren. Among the most avant-garde names in the Urban Prairie style are Bly, Calico, Petal, and Weaver.
These names are a little bit city and a little bit country, sophisticated yet artless, traditional yet edgy, so far out they're very very in. Take a look at our roster of Urban Prairie baby names, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
RELATED:
- Agatha
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"good woman"
- Alma
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"nurturing, soul"
- Alvin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"noble friend, friend of the elves"
- Amos
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"carried by God"
- Barney
Origin:
Variation of BarnabasMeaning:
"son of comfort"
- Bernard
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"strong, brave as a bear"
- Bess
Origin:
Diminutive of ElizabethMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Betty
Origin:
Diminutive of ElizabethMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Birdie
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bird"
- Blanche
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"white"
- Bly
Origin:
English surname nameMeaning:
"friendly"
- Calico
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"cotton cloth imported from India; a blotched or spotted animal"
- Chester
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fortress, walled town,"
- Clara
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"bright, clear"
- Clare
Origin:
Diminutive of Clarence
- Clarence
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"bright"
- Clifford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"lives near the ford by the cliff"
- Clyde
Origin:
Scottish river name
- Cora
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"maiden"
- Dinah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God will judge"
- Dolly
Origin:
English, diminutive of DorothyMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Doris
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gift of the ocean"
- Earl
Origin:
English aristocratic title
- Edgar
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wealthy spearman"
- Eliza
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Elmer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"noble and renowned"
- Elsie
Origin:
Diminutive of Elizabeth via its Scottish variation, ElspethMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Ernest
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"serious, resolute"
- Ervin
Origin:
Scottish variation of Irving; Hungarian variation of Erwin
- Esther
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"star"
- Eugene
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wellborn, noble"
- Fern
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"plant name"
- Field
Origin:
Nature name
- Flannery
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"descendant of Flannghal"
- Floyd
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"gray-haired"
- Harold
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"army ruler"
- Harriet
Origin:
English variation of French HenrietteMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Hazel
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the hazelnut tree"
- Herbert
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright army"
- Herman
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"soldier, warrior"
- Hester
Origin:
Medieval variation of Esther, PersianMeaning:
"star"
- Hiram
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"brother of the exalted one"
- Homer
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"security, pledge"
- Howard
Origin:
German or EnglishMeaning:
"high guardian or brave heart"
- Ida
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"industrious one"
- Jethro
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"excellence"
- June
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"young"
- Lake
Origin:
Nature name
- Leon
Origin:
Greek variation of LeoMeaning:
"lion"
- Lester
Origin:
English place-name; phonetic form of Leicester
- Leta
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"glad, joyful"
- Linus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"flax"
- Lloyd
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"gray"
- Mabel
Origin:
Diminutive of Amabel, LatinMeaning:
"lovable"
- Mamie
Origin:
Diminutive of Mary or Margaret
- Marguerite
Origin:
French variation of Margaret; also a flower nameMeaning:
"pearl; daisy"
- Marigold
Origin:
Flower name, from EnglishMeaning:
"golden flower"
- Marjorie
Origin:
Scottish variation of Margery, diminutive of MargaretMeaning:
"pearl"
- Martha
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"lady"
- Matilda
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"battle-mighty"
- May
Origin:
Diminutive of Margaret and Mary; month name
- Melvin
Origin:
English and ScottishMeaning:
"council protector"
- Mildred
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"gentle strength"
- Minnie
Origin:
Diminutive of WilhelminaMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Nell
Origin:
English, diminutive of Helen, Eleanor, et alMeaning:
"bright, shining one"
- Nettie
Origin:
English, diminutive of names ending in -ette or -etta, or variation of Neta, HebrewMeaning:
"plant"
- Olive
Origin:
English, from Latin, nature nameMeaning:
"olive tree"
- Otis
Origin:
Variation of Otto, GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Oz
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"strength, powerful, courageous"
- Pearl
Origin:
Latin gem nameMeaning:
"pearl"
- Peggy
Origin:
Diminutive of Margaret, GreekMeaning:
"pearl"
- Penn
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"enclosure"
- Penny
Origin:
English, diminutive of Penelope
- Petal
Origin:
English from GreekMeaning:
"leaf"
- Pike
Origin:
American animal nameMeaning:
"pike, a fish"
- Polly
Origin:
English variation of Molly
- Prairie
Origin:
English nature nameMeaning:
"prairie"
- Ransom
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shield's son"
- Ray
Origin:
Diminutive of RaymondMeaning:
"wise protector"
- Roscoe
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"deer forest"
- Roy
Origin:
French or CelticMeaning:
"king or red-haired"
- Ruth
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"compassionate friend"
- Sally
Origin:
Diminutive of SarahMeaning:
"princess"
- Sayer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woodcutter or reciter"
- Solomon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"peace"
- Stanley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"near the stony clearing"
- Susanna
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"lily"
- Verity
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"truth"
- Vernon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place of alders"
- Viola
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"violet"
- Virgil
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"staff bearer"
- Virginia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"virginal, pure"
- Warren
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"park-keeper"
- Weaver
Origin:
Occupational name
- Willa
Origin:
Feminine variation of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Willard
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"resolutely brave"
- Willis
Origin:
Diminutive of William, GermanMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Woodrow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"row of houses by a wood"
- Woods
Origin:
Nature name
- Wren
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small bird"