Dune is a name of several layers. It's a modern nature name, like Ocean, Bay and Reef, although rarer, conjuring up images of breezy sand dunes on summer beach days.

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

This evocative name of a dramatic tropical Indian fig tree is ready to move west.

Solemn but soaring name with patriotic symbolism.

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

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.

The nature boy version of the Scandinavian Leif, which actually means "heir". In the creative-naming Phoenix family, Leaf is the former name of the actor we know as Joaquin.

Reddish dye that sounds as if it could be a real name — of the outdated, Old World, Yetta-Hedda variety.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

If Sage seems too mainstream nowadays, here's Zsálya: this modern word name comes directly from the Hungarian zsálya, meaning sage, and it's a rare choice even in its native country. It has an attractive sound, but the pronunciation would likely be a challenge for most non-Hungarian natives.

An elaboration on Ivik, a Greenlandic name meaning (blade of) grass, combined with the -nnguaq suffix to give it the adorable meaning of sweet little grass. While Ivik strongly leans masculine, Ivinnquaq is much more often used on girls.

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