43 Unique Nature Names - Page 2

The field of nature names is constantly expanding to include all species of flowers and trees and animals and birds and even fish. In addition to its appeal for anglers, Pike recalls Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered and gave his name to Pike's Peak.

Easy to pronounce and with good nickname potential, this bird name is given to a handful of boys and girls each year in the US

More unusual than Forest or Forrest, Field is a nature name that is simple, evocative, and fresh--sort of the male equivalent of Meadow.

Field and Fields are both relatively common surnames, noted bearers including department store owner Marshall Field, poet Eugene Field (Wynken, Blynken and Nod) and actress Sally. Those with the plural include W.C. Fields, cookie company founder Debbi, and entertainers Gracie and Kim Fields.

Yunhee, which can be anglicized several ways including Yun-hui and Yoonhee, is a Korean name that can be used for either boys and girls. The meaning changes depending on the hanja or characters used to write each syllable of the name, but two common meanings are lotus flower and pleasure.

If you find Grover too fusty and furry, this is a much cooler-sounding alternative.

This elegant surname has great potential to turn into an unusual first name, especially with its literary associations to both Stephen and Hart Crane.

Reddish dye that sounds as if it could be a real name — of the outdated, Old World, Yetta-Hedda variety.

A handsome, spruced-up post-Bruce tree name.

A rarer-than-rare floral name with a sting in the tail!

Solemn but soaring name with patriotic symbolism.

A slow and sultry southern choice that's definitely cool for babies of either gender.

Derived from the French word levée meaning "to raise", a levee is either a naturally formed ridge along a riverbank, made up of sediment deposited there by overflowing water, or a manmade barrier created to protect against flooding.

A genus of tropical shrubs that bear white and pink flowers.

Tree is an ultimate nature name, made famous by longtime Taylor Swift publicist Tree Paine, born Trina Snyder.

More commonly known as the Mongolian Gazelle, the Zeren is an antelope native to the steppes of Central Asia.

A tough and rugged nature name.

A Korean name that can work for either gender, Yunhee can be anglicized as Yun-hui and Yoonhee, among other variations. Like other Korean names, it has a number of meanings depending on the hanja or characters used to write the name's syllables, with lotus flower and pleasure two of the most common.

The French and Spanish word for "hummingbird" is lithe and charming as a girl name.

Has the offbeat quality and macho feel -- like Stone and Flint -- that appeals to increasing numbers of modern parents.

A rare nature name and an interesting way to familiar nicknames like Libby, Lula, Lulu, and Bel, Libelula (or Libélula) comes from the Spanish word for "dragonfly". The name itself comes from the Latin word for "level" and "balanced" (libella and liberatum), in reference to the horizontal wings of the insect.