Names That Mean Tree or Forest
Britain’s favourite girl’s name means olive tree, so tree names are hardly a niche taste. Olivia and Oliver lead, Willow, Hazel and Juniper wear their trees openly, Elowen is elm in Cornish, Ewan “born of the yew” in Scottish Gaelic, and Silas, Sylvia and Sylvie all mean of the woods or forest in Latin. Rooted, leafy and calm, these names age as well as the trees they are named after.
30 names
Boy names that mean tree or forest · 9
Ewan
Scottish Gaelic
Born of the yew tree
Boy
Forrest
Old French / English
Of the woods
BoyLiterary
Ivor
Welsh / Old Norse
Yew archer
Boy
Naoki
Japanese
Honest, straight tree
BoyVirtueNature
Oliver
Latin / Old French
Olive tree
BoyLiteraryNature
Oren
Hebrew / American
Pine tree
BoyBotanicalBiblical
Silas
Latin / Biblical
Of the forest
BoyBiblicalNature
Woodrow
Old English / American
From the row of houses by the wood
BoyHistorical
Yves
Old French / Germanic
Yew tree
BoyHistoricalBotanical
Girl names that mean tree or forest · 11
Daphne
Greek / English
Laurel tree
GirlBotanicalMythological
Elowen
Cornish Celtic
Elm tree
GirlNature
Hazel
Old English
The hazel tree
GirlBotanicalNature
Juniper
Latin
The juniper tree
GirlBotanicalNature
Lian
Chinese
Graceful willow, or lotus
GirlBotanicalNature
Olive
English
Olive tree
GirlBotanicalNature
Olivia
Latin
Olive tree
GirlBotanicalHistorical
Sylvia
Latin
Of the woods
GirlLiteraryBotanical
Sylvie
Latin / French / English
Of the forest
GirlBotanicalLiterary
Willow
Old English
The willow tree
GirlBotanicalNature
Zainab
Arabic
Fragrant flowering tree
GirlHistoricalBiblical
Unisex names that mean tree or forest · 10
Ashton
Old English
Ash-tree town
UnisexNature
Aspen
American
The aspen tree, and the Colorado mountain town
UnisexNatureBotanical
Delaney
Irish / English
Of the alder grove
UnisexNature
Hollis
Old English
Holly grove
UnisexBotanicalNature
Itsuki
Japanese
Tree, timber
UnisexNatureBotanical
Kaya
Zulu / Japanese / Hopi
Forgiveness, home, or yew tree — beautifully different things in Zulu, Hopi, and Japanese.
UnisexNatureVirtue
Lin
Chinese
Forest, jade, beautiful
UnisexNature
Magnolia
Latin / English
The magnolia tree
UnisexBotanicalNature
Maple
Old English / American
The maple tree
UnisexBotanicalNature
Oakley
Old English
Oak meadow
UnisexNature
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