Curated list · 92 names
Nature boy names
Boys' nature names have moved from rare to mainstream in fifteen years. Forest, River, Atlas, Hudson (a river), Asher (a tree association via Hebrew), Cedar, Wilder, Linden, Reed. They pair well with both vintage classics (Theodore Wilder, Henry River) and with each other in sibling sets. The category leans modern, but several have biblical or geographic roots that give them weight.
Oliver
SteadyEnglish · boy
From the olive tree, symbol of peace.
Hudson
RisingEnglish · boy
male given name
Wesley
Rising· boy
Old English place name, 'western meadow'
Brooks
Rising· boy
Old English broc, 'small stream'
Weston
Rising· boy
Old English, 'west town' or 'western settlement'
Lincoln
Falling· boy
English place name; 'lake colony'.
Silas
Rising· boy
Latin/Greek 'of the forest'.
Colton
Falling· boy
Old English surname, 'Cola's town'; Cola related to 'coal'
Easton
Falling· boy
English surname, 'east-town'; for those living east of a settlement
Landon
Falling· boy
Old English place name, 'long hill'
Colter
Rising· boy
English surname, 'herder of colts'
Brandon
Falling· boy
Old English brom, 'broom shrub,' and dun, 'hill'
Nash
Steady· boy
Middle English 'atten ash,' at the ash tree
Ronan
Steady· boy
Old Irish Rónán, 'little seal'
Lane
Steady· boy
Old English lanu, for one who lived by a narrow path
Shepherd
Rising· boy
Old English occupational name, 'one who tends sheep'
Clayton
Falling· boy
Old English place name, 'settlement on clay soil'
Bowen
Rising· boy
Welsh ab Owain, 'son of Owain' (young warrior, wellborn)
Wade
Steady· boy
From Old English wadan, 'to go' or 'cross a ford'
Bodie
Rising· boy
Variant of Bodhi/Boden; also a California surf and ghost town name
Bradley
Falling· boy
Old English brad leah, 'wide meadow'
Wells
Rising· boy
Old English wiella, 'spring' or 'fountain'
Wilder
Rising· boy
English/German surname, 'untamed' or 'of the wild'
Jay
Steady· boy
English nickname for the jay bird; short for James or Jason
Forrest
Rising· boy
Old French forest, a wooded royal hunting ground
Reed
Rising· boy
From Old English read, 'red-haired'; also the water plant
Kyle
Falling· boy
Scottish place-name, from Gaelic caol, 'strait, narrow channel'
Koda
Rising· boy
From Dakota/Sioux, 'friend, ally'
Zaire
Rising· boy
From Kongo, 'the river that swallows all rivers'
Sylas
Rising· boy
Variant of Silas, from Latin Silvanus, 'of the forest'
Johannes
SteadySwedish · boy
male given name
Gerhard
SteadySwedish · boy
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Andreas
SteadySwedish · boy
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Harald
SteadySwedish · boy
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Hans
SteadySwedish · boy
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Sven
SteadySwedish · boy
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Knut
SteadySwedish · boy
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Lars
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Anders
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Ivar
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Einar
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Konrad
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Ragnar
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Arvid
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Kristian
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Gunnar
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Henrik
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Arne
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Sigurd
SteadyNorwegian · boy
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Anton
SteadyIcelandic · boy
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Björn
SteadyIcelandic · boy
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Valdemar
SteadyIcelandic · boy
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Darius
SteadyIcelandic · boy
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Stefan
SteadyFinnish · boy
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Edvin
SteadyFinnish · boy
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Georg
SteadyFinnish · boy
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Werner
SteadyFinnish · boy
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Takeshi
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (たけし)
Daisuke
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (だいすけ)
Satoshi
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (さとし)
Saburō
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (さぶろう)
Kazuki
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (かずき)
Hiroki
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (ひろき)
Kazuo
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (かずお)
Masao
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (まさお)
Shigeru
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (しげる)
Daiki
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (だいき)
Masashi
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (まさし)
Naoki
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (なおき)
Takashi
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (たかし)
Naoto
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (なおと)
Shinji
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (しんじ)
Tarō
SteadyJapanese · boy
Japanese male given name (太郎)
Takuya
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (たくや)
Atsushi
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (あつし)
Shin'ichi
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (しんいち)
Kōichi
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (こういち)
Ichirō
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (いちろう)
Taichi
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (たいち)
Nobuo
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (のぶお)
Isao
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (いさお)
Hiroshi
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (ひろし)
Kazuhiro
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (かずひろ)
Kenji
SteadyJapanese · boy
undifferentiated Japanese kana male given name (けんじ)
Wei
SteadyChinese · boy
male given name (偉/伟)
Marc
SteadyWelsh · boy
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Huw
SteadyWelsh · boy
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Scott
SteadyScottish Gaelic · boy
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Loïc
SteadyBreton · boy
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Erwan
SteadyBreton · boy
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Lotar
SteadyBreton · boy
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Tomaz
SteadyBreton · boy
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