Top 50 Eco-Friendly Baby Names and their Meanings

I admit it. The birth of the Royal Baby has got me excited about baby names. What makes an eco-friendly name? Well, I’m looking at meanings here, so anything to do with nature. Even Prince George is rather green as its Greek origins mean “one who tends the soil.”

Here’s our pick for the top 25 for each gender.

Girl Names

1. Aspen – tree name, also means “earth mother”
2. Acacia – Greek for “tree; everlasting”
3. Brier – French for “heather; nature”
4. Bryn – Welsh for “hill”
5. Chanda – Hindi for “moon goddess”
6. Clover – flower name
7. Denver – English for “born in a green valley”
8. Elyssa – Greek for “loving the ocean”
9. Fern – plant name
10. Hailey – English for “natural; hay meadow”
11. Ivy – plant name
12. Jelani – American for “pretty sky”
13. Kameko – Japanese for “turtle girl”
14. Lavender – plant name
15. Lotus – Greek for “flowery”
16. Magnolia – Latin for “flowering”
17. Neenah – Native American for “flowing water”
18. Orianna – Spanish for “sunny; dawn”
19. Ria – Spanish for “water-loving; river”
20. Sage – herb name
21. Selene – Greek for “moon goddess”
22. Talise – African American for “beautiful creek”
23. Tierra – Spanish for “earth”
24. Willow – American for the willow tree
25. Wren – animal name

Boy Names

1. Acklerley – English for “born of the meadow; nature-loving”
2. Burne – English for “lives by the brook”
3. Colum – Latin for “peaceful; dove”
4. Cypress – tree name
5. Eco – Latin for “of the environment”
6. Fenton – English for “nature-loving”
7. Forrest – French for “nature-loving”
8. Garth – Scandinavian for “sunny; gardener”
9. Greene – Old English for the color green
10. Heath – English for “open space; natural”
11. Jourdain – French for “flowing”
12. Kai – Hawaiian for “sea”
13. Kale – plant name
14. Landon - English for “long hill”
15. Marin – French for “ocean-loving”
16. Montana – place name, Spanish for “mountain”
17. Oak – tree name
18. Oliver – Latin for “loving nature”
19. Quince – Latin for “apple-like fruit”
20. Reed – nature name
21. Rio – Spanish for “water-loving”
22. Rowan – Norse for the Rowan tree
23. Strom – German for “water-lover”
24. Vale – English for “valley”
25. Vardon – French for “green hill is home”

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