Nature, Place and Word Names
Fruit Baby Names
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Apricot
Fruit name
A very unique fruit name heard more often on peachy-colored dogs than on baby girls.
Avalon
Celtic
"island of apples"
Avalon, an island paradise of Celtic myth and Arthurian legend--it was where King Arthur was taken to recover from his wounds-- and also the colorful capital of the California island of Catalina--…
Bay
English word, Old English
"an inlet of the sea where the land curves inward; berry"
One of the most usable of the pleasant, newly adopted nature/water names (like Lake and Ocean), especially in middle position. It's gentle, slightly whimsical, but grounded by its similarity to May…
Bramble
Nature name
"blackberry shrub"
Related to blackberry plants and colloquially to any thorny shrub, Bramble also has history as an English surname.
Cerise
French
"cherry"
Infinitely preferable to the tease-inspiring English version of the word.
Chamomile
Nature name
"earth apple"
A daisy-esque flower, although chamomile is much more commonly associated with the tea that's made from it.
Citron
French
"lemon"
A Gallic twist on a word or nature name, which has a nice lemony feel.
Crispin
Latin
"curly-haired"
Crispin, which was introduced into the mainstream by actor Crispin Glover and which means "curly-haired" in Latin, has an image very much like its first syllable: crisp, autumnal, and colorful. St.…
Danner
German
"dweller near the fig tree"
The authentic pronunciation brings it perilously close to Donna, but most English-speakers would rhyme it more attractively with tanner or manner. A nature name for boys that's both unusual and…
Enav
Hebrew
"grape"
Enav hits all the style notes of modern names, as a short, gender-neutral name with a strong V. The cute fruit meaning adds to its charms.