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By amesambrose · Updated April 2023
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Botanical name and French
"reddish brown"
Sorrel is a gentle, amber-hued herbal and autumnal name that's used most often to describe the color of a horse. Sorrell is a variant spelling. Both make excellent names for autumn babies and can be…
Color or mineral name
Extreme cool possibilities in either of these modern categories, like a postmodern Linc.
Nature name
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.
Flower name, from French
"lion's tooth"
The bright yellow weed lends itself to a creative baby name, although we don't recommend the nickname Dandy.
Greek
"fire stone"
So named because it emits sparks when struck with a stone.
Word name
Slate, Stone and Steel are on the rise, so why not Shale?
Marble is an unusual male given name derived from the English word for the smooth, hard metamorphic rock used in sculpture and architecture. As a name, it falls into the category of object or…
Tin is a masculine name with multiple cultural origins. In Vietnamese, it means "belief" or "trust," making it a name with positive virtues embedded in its meaning. In Chinese culture, the name can…
There's a whole quarry of rocky names parents are now considering: Slate, Flint, etc. , but this one is particularly hard-edged and problematic.
