255 Earthy Girl Names (with Meanings & Nicknames)

Are you looking for a unique and nature-inspired name for your little girl?

Your search ends here!

We have a list of earthy girl names that will make you feel like you’re in a beautiful forest or exploring the deep sea.

These names are not only unique and meaningful, but they also celebrate the natural world around us.

In addition to each name’s origin and meaning, we’ve included possible nicknames in parentheses.

And to make your search easier, we’ve added the current popularity ranking beside each name. Any name not rated indicates it’s out of the top 1000 baby names on the US SSA website, making it a rare choice.

Read on to find the perfect earthy name for your little one!

Nature-Inspired Girl Names

• Ainsley – #363 

Old English Meadow, one hermitage (Ains, Lee, Annie) 

• Blossom 

English Flower-like (Bloss, Blossy)

• Briar – #515

English Thorny bush of wild roses (Brie, Bree) 

• Brooke – #259 

English Water or Small stream (Brookes, Bree) 

• Bryony 

Greek Climbing plant (Bry, Nee) 

• Calla 

Greek Beauty (Cal, Lala) 

• Camellia 

Latin Helper to the priest (Cam, Cammy, Lia) 

• Cherry 

English Dear one (Cher)

• Clover – 866

English Meadow flower (Clo, Clove, Vera) 

• Daffodil 

English Yellow flower (Daff, Daffy)

• Dahlia – #309

Scandinavian Valley flower (Dahl, Lia, Dee) 

• Daisy – #134

English Day’s eye (Day, Days) 

• Eliza – #111 

English Pledged to God (Liz, Liza, Eli) 

• Fawn 

French Young deer (Faw, Fawny)

• Fern 

English Someone who lives among ferns (Ferny, Fen, Fer)

• Fleur 

French Flower (Fleury, Flurry) 

• Flora – #647 

Latin Flower (Flo, Flory) 

• Ginger 

English Pure, chaste (Ginny, Gingey)

• Hana – #807 

Japanese Flower (Han, Nana) 

• Harper – #10

English Someone who plays the harp (Harp, Harps) 

• Holly – #465

Old English Resilience, Eternal life (Holl, Hollis)

• Iris #107

Greek Rainbow (Rissy, Rees, Iry)

• Ivy – #49

English Evergreen climbing plant, Vine (Ives, Ive, Vee)

• Ixora 

English Flowering plant (Ixie, Ix, Sora) 

• Jasmine – #170

Persian Gift of God (Jazz, Jas, Minnie, Jazzy)

• Laurel – #636

English The laurel tree (Laurie, Laur, El, Ella) 

• Lennox – #599 

Scottish With many elm trees (Lenny, Len)

• Lilac 

Latin Bluish purple color (Lila, Lil, Lily)

• Lily – #31 

Latin Lily flower, Innocence (Lil, Lee) 

• Linden 

German Lime tree (Lin, Linny) 

• Linnea 

Swedish Linden tree (Lin, Linny) 

• Magnolia – #140 

Latin Of great excellence (Maggie, Mags, Mag, Lia) 

• Marigold 

English Golden flower (Mary, Goldie) 

• Oceana 

Greek Ocean (Ocean, Oce, Sea, Sean) 

• Orchid 

Greek Orchid flower (Ore, Chid) 

• Paloma – #886 

Spanish Dove (Pal, Pally, Oma) 

• Petal 

English A part of a flower’s blossom (Patty, Tal, Tally) 

• Poppy – #401 

Latin Red flower (Pop, Pops, Pip) 

• Posie 

English Small flower (Pose, Po) 

• Prairie 

French Meadow or grassland (Rie, Prair, Pree) 

• Primrose 

English First rose (Prim, Rose, Rosie, Pree) 

• River – #151

English A flowing body of water (Riv, Rive, Riva)

• Rosalie – #185 

French Rose garden (Rosa, Rosie, Rose, Allie) 

• Rose – #116

Latin Rose flower (Rose, Rosie, Rosa) 

• Rowan – #241

Irish Little redhead (Row, Ro, Rowie) 

• Ruelle 

French Famous wolf (Rue, Elle, Ella) 

• Saylor – #253 

English Boatman (Say, Saysay) 

• Skye – #429

Scottish Island of cloud (Sky) 

• Sparrow 

English Small, chirpy (Spare, Row) 

• Valerie – #153 

French Strong, brave (Val, Valley, Ree) 

• Viola 

Latin Purple (Vee, Vi)

• Willa – #353 

German Helmet, protection 

• Willow – #39

Old English Willow tree (Willa, Will, Low) 

• Wren – #251

English Small brown songbird (Wrennie, Ren) 

• Zinnia 

Latin Flower (Zee, Zinny, Nia)

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Earth Element Girl Names

• Aolani 

Hawaiian Beautiful cloud (Lani, Lan)

• Cadence – #759 

Italian Rhythmic (Cad, Caddie, Denny) 

• Celeste – #322

Latin Heavenly, celestial (Cece, Celia, Cel)

• Gaia 

Greek The Earth (Guy, Gia, Gigi) 

• Luna – #11 

Italian The Moon (Lu, Loony, Lulu)

• Lux 

Latin Light (Lu)

• Marina – #718

Latin From the sea (Mari, Rina, Nana)

• Rhea – #615 

Greek Flowing (Rhee, Ree)

• Serenity – #85 

French Peaceful (Serene, Serena, Ren)

• Solana 

Spanish Sunshine (Sol, Solar, Lana) 

• Soleil – #999  

French Sun (Sol, Lei, Soul) 

• Stella – #41

Latin Star (Stells, Stell, Stelly, Ella) 

• Terra 

Latin Earth (Terri, Ter)

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Natural Phenomenon Girl Names

• Aurora – #36

Latin Dawn (Auri, Aura, Rory, Ro)

• Breeze 

English Light gentle wind (Bree, Breezy) 

• Eira 

Welsh Snow, merciful (Eir, Ei, Ra) 

• Ember – #163

English Spark, burning low (Em, Berry, Embie) 

• Lumi 

Old Norse Snow (Loom, Minnie, Lu) 

• Meadow – #499 

English Grass, vegetation, field (Mae, Maddie, Doe, Mo) 

• Misty 

English Light fog, Haze (Mist, Tee, Mimi) 

• Sandy 

Greek Man’s defender (Sand, San, Deedee, Dee) 

• Snow 

English Frozen rain (Sno, Snowy) 

• Talia – #303

Hebrew Dew of God (Tally, Tal, Lia) 

• Twilight 

English Dusk (Twile, Twi)

• Wendy 

English Friend (Wend, Wen, Dee)

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Gemstone-Inspired Girl Names

• Amber #534

Latin Amber-colored (Am, Amy, Berry)

• Amethyst 

Greek Violet quartz (Amy, Ames, Thyst) 

• Beryl 

Greek Light green semiprecious gemstone (Berry, Bear, Bea) 

• Crystal – #960

Greek Ice, clear (Crys, Cece, Chrissy) 

• Diamond 

English Of high value (Dia, Dee, Deedee)

• Emerald – #913

English Green gemstone (Emmy, Emie, Em) 

• Esmeralda – #453

Spanish Emerald (Esme, Emmy, Essie) 

• Garnet 

English A red semi-precious gem (Garn, Nettie, Net, Gar) 

• Gemma – #191

Latin Gem, precious stone (Gemmy, Gem, Gee)

• Goldie – #883

English Made of gold (Gold, Dee, Deedee) 

• Jade – #91

English Precious stone (Jay, Jada, J)

• Jewel 

English Precious stone (Wellie, Jel) 

• Onyx 

Greek Fingernail, claw, black gemstone (Nyx, Oni) 

• Opal – #547

Sanskrit Precious stone (Op, Pally, Pal) 

• Opaline 

Sanskrit Jewel (Op, Pally, Pal, Opal) 

• Pearl – #751

Latin Precious (Pea, Pearlie, Pearla) 

• Peridot 

French Green gemstone (Peri, Dot, Dottie) 

• Ruby – #62

Latin Precious red stone (Rube, Rubes, Bee) 

• Sapphire 

Latin Blue (Sappy, Saffy, Saph) 

• Sylvia – #467

Latin Spirit of the wood (Syl, Sylla, Sylvie) 

• Topaz 

Latin Golden gem (Top, Toppy, Azzy)

Weather-Inspired Girl Names

• Amaya – #161 

Basque Night rain (Amy, Maya, May) 

• Audra 

English Noble strength, Storm (Audie, Addie) 

• Bronte 

Gaelic Thunder, bestower (Bron, Tee, Bee) 

• Gayle 

Hebrew A father’s joy (Gee, Gigi) 

• Hailie 

English Hay clearing, hay meadow (Hail, Hay, Lee) 

• Raiden 

Japanese God or thunder and lightning (Ray, Dennie)

• Rainbow 

English Rainbow (Rain, Bow, Bowie, Rainy) 

• Raine 

Sanskrit She is singing (Rainey, Rains)

• Skyler – #556 

English Scholar, sky (Skye, Sky, Cece)

• Stormie 

English Storm, tempest (Storm, Stormy, Mimi)

• Sunny – #650

English Sunshine, happy (Sun)  

• Tempest 

French Turbulent, stormy (Temp, Temmie, Tem) 

• Thora 

Old Norse Thunder (Thorie, Tori, Thor)

• Zephyr

Greek West wind (Zeph, Zep, Zeppy, Zee)

Place-Inspired Girl Names

• Acadia 

French Place of plenty (Ace, Dia, Dee, Cady)

• Adelaide – #263

English Noble natured (Addie, Della, Adele, Ade) 

• Alaska 

Aleut Great land (Lassie, Allie, Sky, Al) 

• America 

English Home ruler (Amy, Ames, Rica, Merry) 

• Asia 

Greek Ressurection (Ash, Asy, Sia) 

• Aspen – #201

English Quaking tree (Pen, Penny, Azzy) 

• Ava – #5

Persian Voice (Avie, Ave, Aves) 

• Boston 

English Town by the woods (Boss, Bos)

• Brooklyn – #63

English Beautiful brook (Brook, Lyn, Brooks, Broo) 

• Carolina – #509 

Latin Freeholder, Song of joy (Carol, Lina, Care, Lee) 

• Charlotte – #3

French Free man (Char, Charl, Charlie, Lottie)

• Chelsea – #634

English Chalk landing place (Chels, Sea, Chel) 

• Cheyenne – #611

Native American People of a different language (Chey, Enna, Annie, Annie) 

• Dakota –  #270 

Sioux Friend, Ally (Kota, Dax, Cody) 

• Dallas – #635

Scottish The valley meadows (Dall, Lassie, Lass) 

• Eden  – #121 

Hebrew Place of pleasure (Edie, Ed, Dennie) 

• Emory – #477

German Home strength, Industrious leader (Emmie, Em, Ry) 

• Evelyn – #9 

English Wished for, desired, island (Eve, Evie, Lyn) 

• Everest 

English Dweller on the Eure river (Ever, Eva, Evie)

• Florence – #713

Latin Blossoming in faith (Flow, Flo, Florie, Flora)

• Geneva 

German Juniper tree (Gen, Jenny, Ginny, Eve, Eva) 

• Georgia – #165

Greek Agriculture (Georgie, Gigi, Gia)

• Haven – #286 

English A place that makes you feel safe or comfortable (Have, Heaven, Ven, Venny)

• Ireland 

Irish Land of abundance, fertile land (Ira, Irie, Landy) 

• Isla #33

Spanish Island (Isle)

• Kenya

African Mountain of white (Kenna, Enya, Eni, Kenny, Kennie) 

• London – #219 

English From the London river (Lonnie, Londie, Don)  

• Madison #29 

English Son of Matthew (Maddie, Mad) 

• Memphis

Egyptian Enduring and beautiful (Mem) 

• Montana 

Latin Mountain (Monty, Mon, Anna, Annie) 

• Odessa 

Greek Wrathful, one who receives pain (Odie, Dessa, Ssa)

• Paris – #445

Greek Defender (Pare, Aris) 

• Phoenix – #308 

Greek Dark red, crimson (Nix, Fifi, Nicky, Phoe) 

• Savannah – #68 

Spanish Treeless plain (Savvy, Hannah, Anna) 

• Shiloh – #410 

Hebrew Tranquil, abundance (Shy) 

• Sierra – #510 

Spanish Mountain range (Sea, Cece) 

• Sydney – #249 

Old English Wide meadow (Syd, Nee) 

• Tulsa 

English Old town (Tully) 

• Victoria – #43

Latin Victory (Tori, Vicky, Vic) 

• Vienna – #845

Latin Forest stream (Vee, Vi, Enna, Nana) 

• Virginia – #544

Latin Maid, pure (Gina, Niya)

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Time-Inspired Girl Names

• April – #520

Latin The fertile one (Prilla, Pree, Prilly)  

• Autumn – #66

English Fall, season of harvest (Tummy, Audie, Aut) 

• Dawn 

English The first appearance of light, daybreak (Dawny, Dee) 

• Friday 

Old English Day of Frigga (Fry, Frida, Day) 

• January 

English The first month of the year (Jan, Jenny, Ree) 

• June – #175

Latin Young (Junie, Junebug, Ju) 

• Lila – #223 

Arabic Night (Lil, Lee, Lili) 

• May 

English The fifth month (Mae, Maya) 

• Nyx 

Greek Night (Nixie)

• Oriana 

Latin Sunrise, Dawn (Ori, Ore, Ana, Riana) 

• Summer – #141

English The season of summer (Summy, Sum, Sunny)  

• Sunday 

English Day of the sun (Sunny, Day) 

• Wednesday 

English Woden’s day (Wed, Wens, Day) 

• Winter – #324

English Season of winter (Win, Wintry)

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Color-Inspired Girl Names

• Alba 

Latin White (Alby, Allie) 

• Alice 

German Noble (Allie, Leese, Lee, Lisa) 

• Aqua

Latin Sea blue, water (Qua) 

• Azura 

Spanish Sky blue (Azure, Zura, Zoo) 

• Azure 

French Sky blue (Zure, Zoo) 

• Bianca – #447

Italian White (Bee, Anka, Bia) 

• Blake – #199 

English Dark, black (Blakey) 

• Carmine 

Latin Purple red (Carmy, Cam, Cammy, Minnie) 

• Cerise 

French Cherry (Rise, Cer) 

• Clementine – #549

French Merciful (Clem, Clemmy, Lem) 

• Coral 

Latin Colorful sea growth (Cora, Cor) 

• Dove 

English A bird symbolizing peace (Dovey, Lovey)

• Ebony 

Latin Deep black wood (Ebs, Bonnie, Ebby) 

• Fiona – #296

Latin White, fair (Fifi, Fee, Faye, Finn) 

• Hazel – #28

English The hazel tree (Haze, Hazzy, El, Ella) 

• Heather 

English Evergreen flowering plant (Heath, Hattie) 

• Indie – #680  

English Independent, Indigo (Ind, Indy) 

• Juniper – #138

Latin Young, evergreen (June, Junie, Junebug, Jay, Juno)

• Kelly – #849

Irish Bright-headed, warrior (Kells, Kel) 

• Lavender 

English Purple flower (Lav, Lavey, Lavs)

• Mauve 

French Violet colored (Maw) 

• Olive – #182

English The olive tree (Ollie, Liv, Livie) 

• Peach 

Latin Persian apple (Peachy, Pea)

• Raven – #409 

Old English Dark haired (Rave, Raves, Ven, Venny) 

• Robin – #916

German Bright, shining (Rob, Robbie, Ro)

• Sable 

Slavic Black (Sab, Sabby, Say)

• Saffron 

Arabic Yellow flower (Saff, Saffy, Ron, Ronnie) 

• Sage – #172

Latin Wise, healthy (Say, Sagey)

• Scarlett – #20

French Red (Scar, Scarl, Lettie) 

• Sienna – #149 

Latin From Siena (Sea, Enna, En) 

• Thea – #312 

Greek Goddess of the shining ether of the bright blue sky (Thee) 

• Teal 

English Bird of blue green color (Tee) 

• Umber 

French Shade (Um, Berry, Umbie) 

• Violet – #35 

Latin Purple (Vi, Viola, Lettie)

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Unique Earthy Girl Names

• Adara 

Hebrew Beauty, noble (Ada, Dara, Addie, Ad) 

• Anise 

English Spice (Annie, Anne, Anna, Neese) 

• Arden 

English Great forest (Ardie, Artie, Den, Denna) 

• Auden 

English Old friend (Audie, Aud, Addie) 

• Avalon 

Celtic Island of apples (Ave, Avie, Ava, Lonnie) 

• Avril 

English Opening buds of Spring (Ave, Aves, Avri, Riri) 

• Azora 

Spanish Sky blue (Azzy, Azore) 

• Bea 

English Bringer of happiness (Bee) 

• Belladonna 

Italian Beautiful lady (Bella, Belly, Belle, Donna, Donnie) 

• Bloom 

English Flower (Bloo, Bloomie) 

• Carissa 

Greek Gracce (Carrie, Rissa) 

• Cascadia 

Latin Cascading, falling (Cassie, Cass, Dia) 

• Cassia 

Greek Cinnamon (Cass, Cassie, Sia) 

• Circe 

Greek Hoop around, to secure with rings (Cirs, Cece, See) 

• Cove

English Small bay (Coves, Covey) 

• Cricket 

English Loud insect of the night (Crick, Crickey, Cree) 

• Eartha 

Old English Earth (Earthiy, Earth) 

• Elowen 

Cornish Elm (Elle, Low, Wen, Wennie) 

• Erika 

Norse Eternal ruler (Eri, Rika, Kiki, Ricky) 

• Eudora 

Greek Good gift (Dora, Dori) 

• Evanie 

Hebrew Life, animal (Evan, Eva, Anie, Ana) 

• Falon 

Irish Of a ruling family, in charge (Fal, Fall, Lon, Lonnie) 

• Farrah 

Arabic Happiness, joy (Far, Faye, Ferry) 

• Harbor 

English Boat dock on the shore (Har, Bear, Arbor) 

• Hyacinth 

Greek Blue larkspur flower (Cynth, Hya, Cinna) 

• Juno 

Latin Queen of heaven (June, Junie, Junebug) 

• Kestrel 

English Small, colorful falcon (Kes, Kess, Kessy, Kerri) 

• Lake 

English A body of water (Lakes, Lakey) 

• Lark 

English A playful, lighthearted songbird (Larks, Larkie) 

• Lotus 

Greek Lotus flower (Lottie, Lot) 

• Maple 

Old English One who lives near maple trees (Map, Maps, Mapes) 

• Mira 

Latin Admirable, peace (Mee, Mimi, Ra) 

• Odette 

German Wealthy (Odie, Detta, Dette) 

• Oona 

Scottish Lamb (Oo, Oon, Nana) 

• Ophelie 

Greek Help (Oph, Ophie, Ellie, Ella) 

• Pax 

Latin Peace (Paxie) 

• Peregrine 

Latin Foreigner, traveler (Peggy, Pip, Pippin) 

• Radha 

Sanskrit Success (Rad, Raddy) 

• Reverie 

French Daydream (Rev, Reve, Erie) 

• Reya 

Greek Flowing (Rey) 

• Saskia 

Danish Valley of the light (Sassy, Sass, Kia, Sasi) 

• Sedona 

English City in Arizona (Seddie, Syd, Nona, Donna, Sadie) 

• Sequoia 

Cherokee Redwood (Coya, Soya, Coco, Koi) 

• Serene 

Latin Calm (Ser, Rene, Rina) 

• Soline 

Spanish Sunlight (Sol, Line, Lina) 

• Solstice 

English When the sun stands still (Sol, Sols, Stace) 

• Sonnet 

Italian Little song (Son, Sonny) 

• Tallulah 

Native American Leaping water (Tally, Lulu, Lulah) 

• Venus 

Latin Roman Goddess of love and beauty (Ven, Venny, Vee) 

• Winona

Native American First born daughter (Win, Winnie, Nona) 

• Wisteria 

German A vine with purple blue blossoms (Wisty, Wist, Ria, Terry)

Wrapping Up Earthy Girl Names

We hope you found the perfect earthy girl name for your precious one.

Whether you opt for a name that is trendy or one that is uniquely yours, your child will have a name that is both meaningful and beautiful.

Take your time and pick the perfect name that reflects the natural world’s wonder and your love for your baby.

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Good luck on your journey of parenthood!