220 Nature Boy Names (with Meanings & Nicknames)

Stuck on finding a one-of-a-kind nature-infused name for your baby boy?

Well, get ready to step into a world where boy names echo nature’s charm.

Think less ordinary, like John, and more along the lines of Cedar – nature-inspired boy names that’ll have your little dude blending in with the trees and standing out at the same time.

So, if you’re tired of the usual and looking for a name that exudes a sense of calm, stick around.

And as you explore these names, you’ll not only find their adventurous meanings and possible nicknames within the brackets, but you’ll also uncover their popularity rankings sourced straight from the top 1000 baby names on the US SSA website.

Unranked names are the unique earthy boy names you’ve been seeking!

Floral-Inspired Names For Boys

• Aster 

Greek Star, flower (Azzy, Az, Ace) 

• Basil 

Greek Royal, kingly (Baz, Bazzy, Base) 

• Briar – #743 

English Thorny bush of wild roses, brambles (Bri, Bee) 

• Crisanto 

Greek Golden flower (Chris, Chrissy) 

• Florian 

Latin Blooming, flowering (Flo, Flow, Flori, Rian) 

• Gladiolus 

Latin A little sword (Glad, Gladdy, Lad, Laddy, Dio) 

• Jared – #378 

Hebrew Rose (Jare, Jar, Jerry, Red) 

• Laurel 

Latin Laurel tree, bay tree (Laur, Laurie, Lars) 

• Moss 

English Descendant of Moses (Mossy, Mozz, Moze) 

• Rhodes – #922 

English Where roses grow (Rhode, Rhodey) 

• Roosevelt 

Dutch Field of Roses (Rose, Roose, Velt) 

• Sage – #391 

Latin Wise, aromatic spice (Sagey) 

• Sorrel 

Old German Reddish brown (Sor, Sore, Sorry, Rell) 

• Valerian 

Latin Strong, healthy (Val, Valley, Vals, Rian) 

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Earthy And Land Names For Boys

 

• Alder 

German Alder tree (Al, Ale, Alley) 

• Arlo – #169 

Old English Fortified hill (Arl, Arley, Low, Ar) 

• Ash 

Hebrew Happy, Ash tree (Ashey, Ashes, Asher) 

• Aspen 

Old English Shaking tree (Azzy, Asp, Pen) 

• Beacher 

Old English Near the beech trees (Bee, Beach, Beachy) 

• Birch 

Old English The birch tree, bright (Bir, Birchy) 

• Cedar 

Latin Cedar tree (Ced, Ceddy, Seed, Sea) 

• Clay – #615 

English Clay worker (Clays, Lay) 

• Cypress 

Greek Evergreen tree (Cy, Cyp, Ress) 

• Dale 

Old English Valley (Day, Dal, Dally, Dil, Dilly) 

• Dallas – #253

Scottish From the meadow dwelling (Dally, Dall) 

• Dimitri 

Greek Earth-lover, follower of Demeter (Dima, Dimi, Mit, Dee) 

• Elm 

English Someone who lived near an elm tree (Elmo, Elmy, Elms) 

• Elwood 

English Noble woods, elder tree forest (El, Ellie, Elm, Wood, Woody) 

• Everest – #832 

English Dweller on the Eure river (Ev, Ever, Vere) 

• Fabian – #457 

Latin Bean Grower (Fab, Fabi, Bian, Bee) 

• Forest – #706 

English Forest, the woods (For, Fore, Foray) 

• Graham – #155 

Scottish Gravelly homestead (Gray, Gra, Ham, Hammy, Gram) 

• Grove 

Middle English Grove of trees (Grovey, Grow, Groves, Grover) 

• Harlan – #725 

English Dweller by the boundary wood, rocky land (Harl, Harley, Har, Lan) 

• Hawthorne 

English Where hawthorn trees grow (Haw, Thorney, Thor) 

• Heath – #861 

English Land of heather and grass (Heathy, Hea) 

• Henley 

English High meadow (Hen, Henny, Lee) 

• Holden – #283 

Old English Valley (Hol, Hold, Holdy, Den, Denny) 

• Hollis 

English Holly tree (Holly, Holl) 

• Leif – #841 

Scandinavian Heir, descendent (Lei, Leify) 

• Lennox – #248 

Scottish With many elm trees, elm grove (Len, Lenny, Lenno, Nox) 

• Linden 

Germanic Lime tree, made from linwood (Lin, Linny, Den, Denny) 

• Oakley – #394 

English Meadow of oak trees (Oak, Oaky, Lee, Oaks) 

• Oleander 

Greek An evergreen tree (Oli, Ol, Leander, Lee, Ander, Anders) 

• Oliver – #3 

Old Norse Olive tree, ancestor’s descendants (Oli, Olive, Liv, Iver) 

• Oren 

Hebrew Pine, ash (Ore, Orie, Ren, Renny) 

• Perry

English One who dwells by the pear tree (Per, Pear, Ree) 

• Peter – #214 

Greek Rock, stone (Pete, Petey, Pet) 

• Pierson 

Greek Rock (Pierce, Piercey, Piercer, Pier) 

• Reed – #414 

Old English Red hair (Red, Reddy, Reedy, Reeds) 

• Ridge – #532 

English Continuous elevated mountain crest (Rid, Riddy, Reg, Reggie)  

• Roland – #608 

Old German Renowned land (Ro, Roro, Role, Lando) 

• Rowan – #96 

Irish Little red-head (Ro, Roro, Rowie) 

• Salix

Latin Willow (Sal, Lix, Lixie, Sali) 

• Silas – #87 

Latin Forest, woods (Sil, Sile, Las) 

• Sydney 

French Wide meadow (Syd, Siddy, Ney) 

• Sylvan 

Latin Of the forest (Syl, Sylv, Van) 

• Terran 

English Earth-man, of the Earth (Terr, Terry, T) 

• Vance – #978 

English Marshland (Van, Vince, Vincey, Vancey) 

• Woods 

English Woods (Wood, Woody, Woo) 

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Water Names

• Beck 

German Brook, stream (Becks, Becker) 

• Brook 

Old English Water, a small stream (Brooks, Brookey, Broo, Rook)  

• Caspian – #723 

English White (Cas, Caz, Casp, Casper, Caspy) 

• Cove 

English Small bay (Covey, Cov, Co, Coco) 

• Dylan – #41 

Welsh Son of the sea (Dyl, Dilly, D) 

• Ford – #473 

Old English River crossing (For, Forey, Fordy, Fords) 

• Harbor 

English Boat dock on the shore (Har, Hare, Harb, Harbie) 

• Jordan – #92 

Hebrew To flow down (Jor, Jordie, Jorgie, Jord, Dan) 

• Kai – #59 

Hawaiian The sea (Kaikai, Kiki) 

• Kelvin – #910 

Scottish Narrow, wooded river (Kel, Kelv, Kelvie, Vin) 

• Lachlan – #746 

Irish From the land of lakes (Lach, Lachey, Lan, Lanny) 

• Lake 

English Body of water (Lay, Lakes, Lakey, Laker) 

• Marlin 

Welsh Sea fortress, land near the lake (Mar, Mare, Marl, Lin, Linney) 

• Maxwell – #173 

Scottish Great stream (Max, Maxie, Will, Willy) 

• Monroe 

Scottish Man from the river Roe (Mon, Monny, Roe) 

• Moses – #517 

Hebrew Delivered from the water (Moze, Mozey, Moe) 

• Murphy – #885 

Gaelic Sea warrior (Murph, Mur, Fee) 

• Murray 

Scottish Settlement by the sea (Murr, Ray, Rayray) 

• Nyles 

English Champion, cloud (Ny, Nyle) 

• Ocean – #604 

Greek Sea (Ocey, Oce, O) 

• Rain 

English Abundant blessing from above (Rains, Rainey, Rainer) 

• River – #105 

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

• Zale 

Greek Sea-strength (Zay, Zal, Za) 

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Gemstone Names

• Jasper – #130 

Persian Bearer of treasure (Jas, Jazz, Jazzy) 

• Jet 

English Black stone (Jets, Jer) 

• Malachite 

English Rich green gemstone (Mal, Mally, Malachi, Lach) 

• Onyx – #355 

Greek Claw, black gemstone (On, Ony, Nyx, Nyxie)

• Silver 

English A metal element (Sil, Silv, Ilver, Ver) 

• Sterling – #401

English Of high quality, pure (Ster, Sterl, Sterly, Ling) 

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Animal-Inspired Names For Boys

• Adler – #973 

German Eagle (Ad, Addy, Ler) 

• Altair 

Arabic Flying eagle (Al, Alta, Tair) 

• Arden 

Hebrew A place of solitude and beauty (Ar, Ardey, Artie, Den, Denny) 

• Arthur – #140 

English Noble, bear (Art, Artie, Arch, Archie) 

• Bear – #767 

German Strong and brave bear (Ber, Bearie) 

• Bjorn – #776 

Scandinavian Bear (Bjornie, Bee) 

• Caleb – #52 

Hebrew Faithful, Dog (Cal, Cale, Caley) 

• Callum – #249 

Latin Dove (Cal, Call, Lum, Cale) 

• Conan 

Irish Hound, wolf (Con, Conner, Cons) 

• Corbin – #428 

French Raven (Cor, Corey, Corb, Corby) 

• Drake – #630 

English Dragon, snake (D, Dray, Dre, Dra) 

• Everett – #81 

Old English Strong boar, brave (Ev, Ever, Rhett, Rhetty) 

• Fennec 

Arabic Fox (Fen, Fenny, Nick, Nicky) 

• Fox 

English Fox (Fo) 

• Gavin – #206 

Scottish White hawk (Gav, Gavey, Vin, Vinny) 

• Griffin – #230 

Welsh Lord, Prince (Griff, Griffie, Fin, Finn) 

• Hawk 

English Falcon, bird of prey (Haw, Hawkey, Hawks) 

• Jay – #367 

English To rejoice, the name of a bird (Jayjay, Jays) 

• Jonah – #135

Hebrew Dove (Jon, Jonny, Jojo, Joey, Joe) 

• Kit 

Greek Carrier of Christ (Key, Keys, Kito) 

• Lark 

English A playful, lighthearted songbird (Larky, Lar, Lars, Larker) 

• Leander 

Greek Lion man (Lea, Lee, Leon, Ander, Anders) 

• Leo – #22 

Latin Lion (Lee, Lion) 

• Leon – #158

Greek Lion (Leo, Lee, Lion) 

• Lionel – #619 

Latin Little lion (Leo, Lion, Leon, Lee, Ly) 

• Lorne 

Scottish Fox (Lorney, Lore, Lors) 

• Lowell 

French Young wolf (Lowe, Lowie, Well) 

• Lynx 

Latin Wild cat (Lynxey, Lyn, Link, Linky) 

• Osborne 

Norse Divine bear (Oz, Ozzy, Osb, Osbie) 

• Oscar – #201 

Irish Deer-lover (Oz, Ozzy, Osc, Oskie, Car) 

• Phoenix – #261 

Irish Deer friend (Phoe, Fif, Fifi, Nix, Nixy) 

• Robin – #795 

English Famed, bright (Rob, Robbie, Bob, Bobby) 

• Ronan – #266 

Irish Little seal (Ron, Ronny, Rona) 

• Vega 

Arabic Swooping eagle, meadow dweller (Vay, Veg, Veggy) 

• Wolf 

German Travelling wolf (Wolfie, Wol, Wolvie) 

• Wolfgang

German Traveling wolf (Wolf, Wolfie, Wol) 

• Wren 

English Small bird (Wrenny, Ren, Rennie, Reno) 

Sky And Celestial Names For Boys 

• Arcturus 

Greek Guardian of the bear (Arc, Archie, Arch, Arcky) 

• Aries – #872 

Latin A ram (Air, Airy, Rhys, Ari) 

• Atlas – #129 

Greek Enduring, to endure (At, Attie, Las) 

• Castor

Greek To excel, to shine (Cas, Cast, Castie, Cazzy) 

• Cosmo 

Greek Order, organization (Cos, Cozy, Moe) 

• Ion

 Russian God is good (Io, Aye, On) 

• Jericho – #930 

Arabic City of moon (Jer, Jerry, Rick, Rico, Ricky) 

• Nova – #883 

Latin New (Nov, Nove, Novey) 

• Orion – #331 

Greek Rising in the sky (Ori, Rio, Rion, Ore) 

• Pollux 

Greek Crown, very sweet (Poll, Polly, Lux, Poe) 

• Sirius 

Greek Glowing, dog star (Siri, Sir, Riu, Rio) 

• Sky 

Scandinavian Atmosphere seen from Earth 

• Skyler – #670 

English Scholar, sky (Sky, Skies) 

• Spica 

Italian Name of a star (Spi, Spick, Spicky) 

• Taurus 

Latin Bull (Ta, Tau, Russ, Russy) 

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Weather And Seasonal Names For Boys 

• August – #109 

Latin Great, to increase (Aug, Gus, Auggie, Gust) 

• Breeze 

Welsh Light gentle wind (Bree, Breezy, Eezy, Eeze) 

• Gale 

Hebrew Father of Exaltation (Gales, Galey, Gal, Gally) 

• West 

Old English Western stream (Wes, Westy) 

• Zephyr 

Greek West wind (Zeph, Zephy, Phyr, Phy) 

Sun And Light Names For Boys 

• Aidan – #296 

Irish Little fire (Aid, Aidy, Dan, Danny) 

• Apollo – #388 

Greek Manly beauty, God of The Sun and Light (Ap, Poll, Polo, Poe) 

• Aurelius 

Latin The golden one (Aure, Auri, Ari, Rel) 

• Blaze – #752 

Latin Fire, flame (Blay, Blazie, Laz, Lazo) 

• Caiden – #439 

Gaelic Little fire, fiery (Caid, Cadey, Cade, Den, Denny) 

• Cyrus – #326 

Persian The sun (Cy, Cyr, Russ, Russy) 

• Egan 

Irish Little fire (Eg, Eggy, Egy) 

• Elian – #300 

Greek Sun, The Lord is my God (Eli, Lian, El, Lee) 

• Elio – #377 

Spanish Sun (El, Eli, Leo) 

• Flint 

English Stone that produces a spark of fire when struck by steel (Flin, Finn, Flinty) 

• Luke – #34 

Greek Bright one, bringer of light (Luk, Lukey, Lukes, Lu) 

• Samson – #585 

Hebrew Sun, sun child (Sam, Sammy, Sams, Son, Sonny) 

• Sol 

Latin Sun 

• Solaris 

Latin Of the Sun (Sol, Solar, Sola, Ris) 

• Sunny 

English Sunshine, cheerful temperament (Sun, Suns) 

• Uriah – #696 

Hebrew My light is Yahweh, flame of God (Uri, Riah, Ur, Ry)

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Unique Nature Boy Names 

• Bran 

Scottish Broom-covered hill (Branny, Branner) 

• Bruin 

Old German Brown, bear (Bru, Brui, Ruin, Rui, Ru) 

• Cinna

Greek Cinnamon (Cin, Cinny, Cici) 

• Clifford 

English Cliff-side ford (Cliff, Cliffy, Ford, Fordy, Fore) 

• Ewan 

Scottish Born of yew (Ew, Wan, Ewa) 

• Falk 

German Falcon (Fal, Falkie, Fall) 

• Finch 

English Songbird (Fin, Finny, Finchy, Fincher) 

• Firth 

Scottish Arm of the sea (Fir, Ferry, Firy, Firthy) 

• Glenn 

Irish Valley (Glen, Glenny, Len, Lenny) 

• Sylvester 

Latin Wooded, wild (Syl, Syllie, Sylv, Vest, Vester) 

• Vernon

Gaelic A place of Alders (Verne, Vernie, Verno, Ver) 

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• Arnold 

German Eagle power (Arnie, Arn, Arner, Arno) 

• Bernard 

French Strong, brave bear (Bern, Bernie, Berna, Barn, Barney) 

• Bradford 

Old English Wide river crossing (Brad, Braddy, Ford, Fordy) 

• Clarence 

Latin One who lives near the river Clare (Clare, Clairie, Clay, Rence) 

• Clive 

English Steep, high cliff (Cli, Cliv, Liv, Clivey) 

• Craig 

Scottish Rock, rocky (Cray, Crag, Ray, Craigy) 

• Douglas – #828 

Scottish Black river, dark stream (Doug, Dougie, Dougs, D) 

• Fraser 

Scottish Of the forest men (Fray, Frase, Fraisey, Razer) 

• George – #142 

Greek Farmer, earthworker (Georgie, Geordie, Geo) 

• Irving 

Scottish Green water, river (Irv, Irvy, Ving, Irvin) 

• Keith – #693 

Gaelic Wood, from the battleground (Keithy, Key, Keys) 

• Lawrence – #551 

Latin Laurel (Law, Lawrie, Larry, Ren) 

• Lincoln – #54 

English Colony by the lake (Link, Linky, Lin, Linny) 

• Logan – #33 

Scottish Little hollow (Lo, Log, Logie, Lolo) 

• Montgomery 

French Mountain belonging to the ruler (Mon, Monty, Mont, Gommy, Gomer) 

• Philip – #474 

 Greek Friend of horses (Phil, Philly, Pip, Flip) 

• Ralph 

English Wolf counsel (Ral, Ralphie, Raff, Rafe) 

• Shepherd – #493 

English Sheep herder (Shep, Sheppy, Sheps) 

• Stanley – #778 

English Stony meadow (Stan, Stanny, Lee) 

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Nature Names For Boys With Strong Meanings

• Aaron – #71 

Hebrew Mountain of strength, exalted, strong (Aron, A.A.ron, Ron, Ronny, Air) 

• Andrew – #61 

Greek Manly, brave, courageous (Andy, Drew, Ando, Dre) 

• Archer – #126 

Latin Bowman (Arch, Archie) 

• Chase – #136 

French Huntsman (Chasey, Chay, Chaz) 

• Errol 

English Nobleman, warrior (Err, Rollie, Roll, Rol, Erie) 

• Ethan – #21 

Hebrew Strong, enduring, firm (Eth, Ethie) 

• Valentine 

Latin Strong, healthy (Val, Vale, Valen, Tin, Tino) 

• Valor 

Latin Bravery, courage (Val, Valo, Lor, Alor) 

• Wilder – #373 

German Untamed, wild (Wild, Will, Willy, Wildy) 

• Wyatt – #38 

English War strength, brave warrior (Wy, Wywy, Wyles) 

Expand your choices for boy names that mean power and strength.

Exotic Nature Names From Around The World 

• Arnav 

Sanskrit Ocean (Arn, Ar, Arnie, Nav, Navi) 

• Arnit 

Hebrew Beautiful flower (Arn, Arnie, Nit, Nitty) 

• Hayate 

Japanese Sound of the wind, hurricane (Hay, Yate, Haya) 

• Hinata 

Japanese Sunflower, facing the sun (Hina, Nata, Nat, Hin) 

• Jacinto 

Spanish Hyacinth (Chinto, Jesse, Jace, Cinto) 

• Javor 

Serbian Maple tree (Jav, Javo, Vor, Java) 

• Kahu 

Maori Eagle (Ka, Hu, Kah) 

• Kainalu 

Hawaiian Ocean that billows (Kai, Kain, Nalu, Nal) 

• Kauri 

Maori Kauri tree (Kau, Ri, Kaur) 

• Kunal 

Sanskrit Lotus (Ku, Kun, Nal) 

• Lirio 

Portuguese Lily (Lee, Liri, Rio, Lir) 

• Merle 

French Blackbird (Merl, Merley, Mer) 

• Palash 

Hindi True flower (Pal, Pala, Palas, Lash) 

• Raiden – #352 

Japanese God of thunder and lightning (Rai, Ray, Den, Denny) 

• Ren 

Japanese Lotus (Renny, Reno) 

• Rio – #561 

Spanish River (Ri) 

• Zahar 

Arabic Bloom (Zah, Har, Zaha) 

• Zahur 

Egyptian Flower (Zah, Hur, Zahu) 

Wrapping Up Nature Boy Names

I hope you’re leaving here with your imagination buzzing and a few cool name ideas in your pocket.

Whether you’re naming a future explorer or crafting the hero of your next novel, let this nature boy names list be your secret weapon.

And hey, if you ever need more inspiration or just want to share the fantastic name you’ve chosen, don’t be a stranger.

Our comments section is always open for name chatters!

Until our naming paths cross again, may your chosen names be filled with stories worth telling.

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