Insect and Arachnid Names

Azure

English color name, Persian

"sky blue; lapis lazuli"

Azure is a colorful gender-neutral choice, currently used equally for baby girls and boys in the US. It refers to a specific shade of blue seen in a cloudless sky. Elon Musk revealed Azure to be the…

Bee

Animal name or English diminutive of Beatrice, Latin

"she who brings happiness"

We've seen Beatrice and Beatrix climb in popularity, along with traditional nickname Bea. And now there's Bee, giving it a buzzy nature world spin, plus a tie to popular late night TV''s Samantha…

Bindi

Australian Aboriginal

"butterfly"

In the Noongar language of Western Australia, Bindi means butterfly. Bindi is usually seen as a girls' name, as seen in Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Steve Irwin.

Butterfly

English word name

Fluttery and flighty. But there are a couple of names that mean butterfly you might consider, such as Yara and Farasha.

Cho

Japanese

"butterfly"

Chrysalis

Nature name, English word name

"a quiescent insect pupa, of a butterfly or moth"

Chrysalis is a girls' baby name derived from the state of a butterfly or moth between larva and adult. A chrysalis is a hard-shelled pupa in which the transition of the butterfly or moth takes place.…

Claudina

Spanish variation of Claudia, Latin

"lame"

Claudina — a traditional Spanish diminutive of Claudia — was a Top 500 name in Spain for the first half of the 20th century. It never caught on as a given name in the US. At its peak, Claudina was…

Clemanthe

nature name

This name comes from a type of butterfly famous for its red spot.

Cynthia

Greek

"moon goddess; woman from Kynthos"

Sleek and serious, yet bright and energetic at the same time, Cynthia appears in classic mythology as an epithet for Artemis or Diana. While it is now a more neglected choice, it was once hugely…