Nature, Place and Word Names · Baby Name Meanings
Updated September 2026
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Finnish, Dutch
"berry"
A Dutch, Finnish and Sorbian form of Mary, which also happens to mean "berry" in Finnish, giving it a sweet naturey charm.
English surname
"green hill; green berry"
A surname style name that may have emerged from either the Old English elements grene and beorg , meaning "green hill", or from grene and berie , associating it perhaps with gooseberries or green…
Nature name
As a name, it's linked to Sir Mulberry Hawk, a character in Charles Dicken's Nicholas Nickleby.
With the recent arrival of fruit names like Apple and Plum, this more traditional example, symbolic of fertility, might rise in popularity. Photographer Berry Berenson was born Berinthia.…
French
"bilbury, blueberry"
Sometimes used as a diminutive of Myrtle, Myrtille is also the French word for "blueberry". As such, this name has a fun and zippy feel from its "berry" meaning, but also plenty of sophistication and…
"blackberry shrub"
Related to blackberry plants and more colloquially to any thorny shrub, Bramble has history as an English surname. Cozy in sound but spiky in feel, it could even get you nickname Bram.
Italian
"mulberry tree"
An international nature name, Gelso was originally given to those who grew mulberry trees or lived near a place where they grew. More conventionally used as an Italian surname, Gelso has very…
Finnish
"cloudberry"
Hilla is a rising girl name in Finland, where it is seen as both an independent name and a short form of names beginning with Hil-.
Welsh
"strawberries"
Similar enough to Mavis in sound that it might just work, Mefus is a sweet and summery choice taken directly from the Welsh word for "strawberries". Similar in sound to Mavis, in Wales, it might have…
Cornish, Breton
"strawberry"
Possibly borrowed from the Cornish sevien and Breton sivienn , this rare name has a sweet, summery, and fruity meaning. It has additionally been used as a twist on the word name Seven.
Cornish
Zippy and cool, Sevi is a rare Cornish name meaning "strawberries", though it could be used as a nickname for names containing the letters sev too.
Diminutive of Jagwida or word name, Polish and Croatian
"war, battle; berry, strawberry"
Jagoda is a Top 50 choice in Poland and Croatia, where it doubles up as a diminutive of Jagwida — itself a variation of the battle-mighty Hedwig — and as a word name, meaning "berry" in Polish, but…
Croatian, Serbian, and Polish diminutive of Agatha, Jagwida, Jagoda, and similar
"good; war, combat; strawberry, berry"
A diminutive used for a variety of names, including the popular Polish Jagwida (a form of Hedwig), the classic Agatha, Agata, and Agnieszka, and Jagoda (a wordy name meaning "strawberry). It appears…
Ojibwe
"raspberry"
An upbeat sounding name, Miskomin is the Ojibwe word for raspberry, or, more literally "red, small and globular berry".
Place name, Chinook
The name of a state park in Washington known for its waterfalls, and the name of a lake in Oregon too, Olallie is a Chinook word meaning "berry". There is also a berry that was released in the 1950s…
Modern Finnish name taken directly from the Finnish word for raspberry.
Fruit name
Another entry in the fruit name category, this one borne by writer Strawberry Saroyan, granddaughter of William, so named by her hippie parents. While fruit names may become more familiar, they'll…
Sweet yet spiky in sound, Mansikka is the Finnish word for strawberry, making this a summery, foodie choice. While the word Strawberry has only appeared in the US stats a handful of times over the…