Nature, Place and Word Names
By Sophie Kihm · Updated September 2026
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Word name
You can call your daughter Sugar, but it's probably best to keep it as a term of endearment. For sweet names, you try Dulcie, Honey, Mitsu, Amai, Sherine, Melita, Eulalia, or Melina, but Sugar does…
Japanese
"plum"
Refers to a particular variety of Japanese plum, the Prunus salicina , although in a literal translation it would mean "sour peach."
Nature name
"fig mulberry"
Tree name with a pleasant sound and rhythm.
Welsh
"beloved friend"
A diminutive of the (male) name Dafydd, the Welsh form of David. In the US, it's strongly associated with the candy.
Native American, Hopi
"corn tassel"
A given name found among the Hopi people as well as a Finnish surname.
Arabic
"tree and spice name"
A hardwood tree native to Africa, India and other tropical regions, which bears sweet pod-shaped fruits which are used as a flavoring in many world cuisines, including Indian and Filipino. A rare and…
We've had Apples, Plums, Peaches, Cherries, and Berries added to the fruit basket: you could be the first to pick a Tangerine.
"great (or eldest) son"
An energetic Japanese name that would make for an on-trend choice in the English-speaking world. Especially appropriate for a first-born son.
Latin herb name
Aromatic but also problematic.
Plant name from Greek
"dragon herb"
Spanish
"liquor distilled from the agave plant"
Mexican national drink, not to be served as a name to a baby.
Spelling variation of Thyme, nature name
Fragrant herb often used for cooking, but scarcely as a name.
English herb name
Not time yet for Thyme.
Place name
"Land of corn"
Tiree is the anglicised name of the Scottish island of Tiriodh in the Inner Hebrides. It’s known as Scotland’s "sunshine isle", benefiting from an uncharacteristically warm and sunny climate and…
Feminine short form of Thomas or form of Tamar, Hebrew
"date palm tree"
If you're looking for an honor name for grandpa Tom, this could be a good choice. It's also used as a male short form of the name in Eastern Europe.
Place name from Kansa
"place of potatoes"
The name of the capital city of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County, which is thought to come from a Kansa word meaning "good place to grow potatoes".
Thai
"pomegranate"
The Persian Golnar is likely a more wearable version of this ruby-colored fruit than this Thai name. Most famously, Tuptim was the servant girl in love with the prince in The King and I.
"plum-blossom child, patient"
Unfamiliar Asian choice that can work for a parent in search of something really different.
Finnish
"raspberry"
Modern Finnish name taken directly from the Finnish word for raspberry.
