Inside: 175+ beautiful botanical baby boy names and their meanings to use in 2022
Are you expecting a handsome baby boy and looking for the perfect baby name?
If you are a fan of nature and a plant-lover like myself, maybe choosing a botanical baby boy name will be right up your alley!
Keep reading to read my story with why I am writing this post and find a list of 175 beautiful botanical baby boy names that you need to use this 2022.
Why Botanical Baby Boy Names?
I am going to share a short (sad, but hopeful) story as to why I am choosing today’s topic of botanical baby boy names. Here goes. Please feel free to skip to the next section with the list of botanical baby boy names.
One month before the pandemic began, I had a miscarriage. I was not sure how to process my feelings, much less my grief.
I didn’t have much time to anyways, because a month later, I was dealing with being furloughed from my job and stuck at home all day with my wild two-year-old.
Over the next year, I spiraled out of control as I hustled to find work, bustled to monetize my blog and care for my home and family. Also I was consistently and unsuccesfully trying to get pregnant again.
I never had the time to process my miscarriage or to even care for my own self.
This past summer, I knew I needed to take reigns of my mental health and quickly.
I started a self-healing journey where I have been working on creating boundaries, becoming “unbusy,” and prioritizing my own needs.
During my healing process, I unburied my hidden passion of nature and gardening. There is something about nurturing plants and watching them grow that touches my soul.
I can’t seem to get enough indoor plants, and I have also started harvesting outdoor crops.
Gardening and learning about botany have helped me learn how to slow down and embrace patience.
It has also allowed me to listen and respect my mind, soul, and body. I now know when I feel tired, or overstimulated. I can feel the different phases of my cycle and can feel my natural urges.
Nature has come to resemble health for me. And I want ALL of it!
So, to wrap my story up, while I continue and patiently wait to get pregnant, I have been making lists of baby names with the hopes of being able to use one myself one day. And since nature and botany resembles health for me, this list of botanical baby boy names holds a special place in my heart!
In this list, you can find a range of botanical names in this list, from plant names, herb names, flower names, and all sorts of nature baby names.
You will also find popular names that you didn’t even know were botanical and unique names you never heard of.
I had no idea that my son Lennox’s name is botanical! I learned that while compiling this list!
Thus, whether you choose a popular choice or a rare name is up to you! You will know the right name for your little boy once you read it, and you just can’t stop thinking about it.
So, enjoy reading through this list! Make sure to read slowly to soak it in and learn some new facts in the process! Learning is a wonderful thing!
If you find your perfect baby name in this list, share it with me in the comments below!
175 Botanical Baby Boy Names
A
1. Abebe
Origin: Amharic
Meaning: word for “flower”
2. Aciano
Origin: Spanish
Meaning: “the blue bottle flower”
3. Admon
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: A type peony flower known for its vibrant red color
4. Aletris
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Name of flower, also “corn grinder”
5. Alfalfa
Origin: Arabic
Meaning: “Best horse fodder”
6. Arnit
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: “beautiful flower”
7. Acer
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Word for maple tree
8. Acker
Origin: English
Meaning: Meadows of oak trees, or “cultivated field”
Fun Fact: It is also slang for “peasant”
9. Acton
Origin: English
Meaning: Village with oak tree
10. Adair
Origin: Scottish, Irish
Meaning: Ford of oak trees, or “happy spear”
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11. Alamo
Origin: Spanish
Meaning: Poplar tree
12. Alani
Origin: Hawaiian
Meaning: Orange tree
13. Alder
Origin: English
Meaning: A type of birch tree
14. Aloe
Origin: Latin
Meaning: A type of succulent
15. Ambrose
Origin: Latin
Meaning: “Belonging to immortal” or “god-like”
16. Amir
Origin: Arabic and Hebrew
Meaning: King, ruler, treetop
17. Arbor
Origin: Latin
Meaning: “Tree”
18. Ash
Origin: English
Meaning: A type of tree
19. Ashton
Origin: English
Meaning: A place of ash trees
This name has become popular in recent years and it makes for the perfect name if you are looking for earthy baby names.
20. Aspen
Origin: English
Meaning: A type of poplar tree
B
21. Balsam
Origin: English
Meaning: Nature name
22. Banyan
Origin: Indian
Meaning: The God tree
23. Barkley
Origin: Barkley
Meaning: Where birches grow
24. Basil
Origin: Greek
Meaning: This greek name means Regal
25. Bay
Origin: Latin
Meaning: This short name means berry
26. Bentley
Origin: English
Meaning: Meadow with coarse grass, or “from the moor”
27. Bergamot
Origin: English
Meaning: Bergamot plant
28. Birch
Origin: English
Meaning: A type of deciduous tree
29. Bjarki
Origin: Icelandic
Meaning: Birch tree
30. Bonsai
Origin: Japanese
Meaning: A type of small tree
31. Bramble
Origin: English
Meaning: Blackberry shrub
32. Bray
Origin: Irish
Meaning: A marsh
33. Briar
Origin: English
Meaning: A thorny patch
34. Bromley
Origin: English
Meaning: A meadow where broom grows
35. Bud
Origin: English
Meaning: Blossom
C
36. Calhoun
Origin: Irish
Meaning: From the narrow forest
37. Castor
Origin: Greek
Meaning: A type of plant that also means “pious one”
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38. Cedar
Origin: English, French, Latin
Meaning: A type of tree
39. Cheney
Origin: French
Meaning: A type of oak tree
40. Chervil
Origin: Latin
Meaning: “Leaves of joy”
41. Clay
Origin: German
Meaning: “Adhere”
42. Clover
Origin: English
Meaning: A type of plant, also “key”
43. Coleus
Origin: English and Latin
Meaning: Tropical evergreen plant
44. Coriander
Origin: Greek
Meaning: A popular herb also known as cilantro.
45. Cornel
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Tree name
46. Cosmo
Origin: Italian from Greek
Meaning: A type of plant, also means “order” and “beauty”
47. Cullen
Origin: Irish
Meaning: A type of holly tree
48. Cypress
Origin: Greek
Meaning: A type of plant
49. Catkin
Origin: Dutch
Meaning: A long thin flower cluster found on trees
50. Chrysanthos
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Word meaning “golden flower”
51. Clem
Latin Origin
Meaning: From the name Clematis, a climbing vine of beautiful flowers. This name has two different meanings, “mindful” and “merciful”
52. Corey
Of Irish origin
Meaning: A short form of Coreopsis, a long-lasting and cheery flower, also means “from the hollow”
53. Cresento
Origin: Spanish
Meaning: Referring to a chrysanthemum, which is a gold beautiful flower.
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D
53. Danner
Origin: German
Meaning: A dweller near the fig tree
55. Darragh
Origin: Irish
Meaning: Oak tree, also means “strength” and “perseverance”
Fun fact: In Celtic mythology, Darragh also meant Dagda, the Celtic god of the underworld
E
56. Eilon
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: The Hebrew word for oak tree
57. Elan
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Tree
58. Ellery
Origin: English
Meaning: Island with elder trees
59. Elm
Origin: English, German, Norse, Danish
Meaning: A type of tree, also means “red” or “brown”
60. Elmore
Origin: English
Meaning: Moor with elm trees, or “from the old forest”
61. Elwood
Origin: English
Meaning: Elder tree forest
62. Eoghan
Origin: Irish Gaelic
Meaning: Born of the yew tree. The yew tree is one of the oldest types of tree in Europe
63. Evergreen
Origin: English
Meaning: A type of tree species that never loses its leaves
64. Ewan
Origin: English or Irish
Meaning: In English, this means “friend of the law”, in Irish, this means “born to nobility”
F
64. Fennel
Origin: English
Meaning: A flowering plant from the carrot family and herb name
66. Figueroa
Origin: Spanish of Gaelic origin
Meaning: Fig tree
Fun fact: It’s the 59th most common Spanish surname
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67. Forrest
Origin: English
Meaning: A dweller near the woods
68. Fiore or Fiorello
Origin: Italian
Meaning: Little flower
69. Flax
Origin: English and Jewish
Meaning: A tiny flower with pale blue color
70. Florent
Origin: French from Latin
Meaning: Flowering
71. Florentino
French origin
Meaning: In flower or “blooming”
72. Foxglove
Origin: English
Meaning: The name of a flower
Fun fact: Because of the flower’s name, mythology determined that foxes wear flowers on their paws to make themselves stealthy while hunting
G
73. Gardner
Origin: English
Meaning: Keeper of the garden
74. Garland
Origin: French
Meaning: Land of the spear
75. Garance
Origin: French and English
Meaning: Color from the madder flower
76. Gelso
Origin: Italian
Meaning: Mulberry tree
77. Glenn
Origin: Scottish
Meaning: Valley
78. Green
Origin: English
Meaning: A color associated with growth, wealth, and vitality
79. Grover
Origin: English
Meaning: Someone who lives near a tree grove
80. Gwydion
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: Born of trees
Fun Fact: Also the name of a magician and hero in Welsh mythology
H
81. Hadley or Hedley
Origin: English
Meaning: A field of heather
82. Hawthorne
Origin: English
Meaning: Someone who lives where the hawthorn hedges grow
83. Hazelton
Origin: English
Meaning: A settlement near hazel trees
84. Herb
Origin: German
Meaning: Often associated with the type of plant, this also means “bright army”
85. Haruka
Origin: Japanese
Meaning: Flower, blossom, also fragrance
86. Heath
Origin: English
Meaning: A family of flowering plants, the heathland dweller
87. Heywood
Origin: English
Meaning: A guardian of a hedged enclosure
88. Hideki
Origin: Japanese
Meaning: Bright tree
89. Huck
Origin: German
Meaning: Bog
90. Huon
Origin: Tasmanian
Meaning: A type of river pine
91. Hyacinth
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Blue larkspur, special tree
I
92. Indigo
Origin: Greek
Meaning: A type of Indian dye derived from the blue flower sharing the same name
I love this beautiful name. It would be perfect as a boy or girl’s name.
93. Ivo
Origin: German
Meaning: Yew wood, also “archer”
J
94. Jacinto
Origin: Spanish
Meaning: Hyacinth
95. Jared
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Rose
96. Javor
Origin: Serbian
Meaning: The name of a mountain, this means “maple tree”
97. Juniper
Origin: Latin
Meaning: This unisex name means young tree. The perfect name for a little boy or a little girl.
K
98. Kaede
Origin: Japanese
Meaning: A maple tree
99. Kale
Origin: English
Meaning: A type of vegetable from the cabbage family
100. Kamal
Origin: Hindi
Meaning: “lotus” or “perfection”
101. Kauri
Origin: Maori, Finnish
Meaning: A type of tree, also a deer
102. Ketak
Origin: Indian
Meaning: Flower or perfumed plant
103. Kunal
Origin: Indian
Meaning: Lotus, or “someone who sees beauty in everything”
104. Kingsley
Origin: English
Meaning: King’s meadow
L
105. Lars
Origin: Scandinavian and Latin
Meaning: “crowned with laurel”
106. Leaf
Origin: English, from Scandinavian
Meaning: A classic nature name meaning “heir”
107. Leighton
Origin: English
Meaning: Meadow town
108. Lennox
Origin: Scottish
Meaning: Elm grove
109. Lirio
Origin: Portuguese
Meaning: Lily
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110. Lotem
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Brush of golden flowers
111. Lupin
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Has a lot of uses including a flower, animal, literary name, associated with wolf
112. Linden
Origin: English
Meaning: A hill filled with Linden trees
113. Lizar
Origin: Basque
Meaning: A type of ash tree
M
114. Mace
Origin: Polish
Meaning: An aromatic spice meaning “sea of bitterness”
115. Mandrake
Origin: English and Latin
Meaning: Species of plant
116. Marlow
Origin: English
Meaning: Driftwood
117. Mazus
Origin: English and Latin
Meaning: Flowering plant
118. Moss
Origin: English
Meaning: A type of flowerless plant, also a descendant of Moses
N
119. Naim
Origin: Scottish and Arabic
Meaning: A river with alder trees, also means happy
120. Nalin
Origin: Hindu and Buddhist
Meaning: Lotus
121. Narcissus
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Daffodil
Fun fact:
The word “narcissus” is derived from the Greek word narke, meaning numbness(also the root of the word narcotic)the flower may have been named thus because of the intoxicating fragrance of some species. Source: Nybg.org
122. Nash
Origin: English
Meaning: By the ash tree
123. Nima
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: A margosa tree, also means “the sun”
124. Noyce
Origin: English
Meaning: Walnut tree
O
125. Oak
Origin: English
Meaning: Tree from the genus Quercus
126. Oakley
Origin: Old English
Meaning: “from the oak meadow”
127. Oleander
Origin: Greek
Meaning: A type of flowering plant
128. Olivier
Origin: French
Meaning: An type of olive tree, also means “peace”
129. Oren
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Pine or ash tree
P
130. Perry
Origin: English
Meaning: A dweller near a pine tree
131. Palash
Origin: Hindi
Meaning: “Flowery tree”
132. Pharez
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: To blossom
133. Phyllon
Origin: Greek
Meaning: A leaf
134. Pine
Origin: English Meaning: A type of tree
Q
135. Quennel
Origin: French
Meaning: A dweller at the little oak tree
136. Quill
Origin: Irish and English
Meaning: From the flower pink quill, also a scribe or a writer with a quill pen
137. Quince
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Applelike fruit
R
138. Reed
Origin: English
Meaning: Red-haired; grass-like plants that grow in wet places
139. Ren
Origin: French and Japanese
Meaning: Water lily, lotus
140. Rhodes
Origin: Greek
Meaning: A place where roses grow
141. Roosevelt
Origin: Dutch
Meaning: Rose field
142. Rosamel
Origin: Spanish and French
Meaning: Rose and honey
143. Rosen
Origin: German and Bulgarian
Meaning: Rose, burning bush
144. Rowan
Origin: Scottish and Irish
Meaning: A tree with red berries; little redhead
145. Rue
Origin: French
Meaning: Herb name
I love this short, wonderful name . How about you?
146. Rye
Origin: English
Meaning: Nature word name; cavalryman, messenger
S
147. Sage
Origin: Latin
Meaning: A type of herb, also meaning “wise” and “knowing”
Sage derives from the Latin word “salvus” meaning healthy.
148. Salix
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Another name for the willow species of plant
149. Salton
Origin: English
Meaning: Place in the willows, also the name of a sea
150. Selby
Origin: English
Meaning: From the willow farm or manor house
151. Sheldon
Origin: English
Meaning: “Town in the valley”
152. Sherwood
Origin: English
Meaning: Bright forest
Fun fact: Name came from the Sherwood Forest which once stood in Nottinghamshire, England
153. Silas
Origin: English from Latin
Meaning: A biblical name meaning “wood” or “forest”
154. Sorrel
Origin: French
This french name comes from the plant surele, similar to rhubarb, also means “reddish brown”
155. Spruce
Origin: English
Meaning: A type of tree
156. Sylvan
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Word meaning “wood” or “forest”
Fun fact: It comes from Sylvanus, the Roman god of the woods
T
157. Tamir
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Owner of many date fruits (an expensive commodity), also means “tall” or “wealthy”
158. Taro
Origin: Japanese
Meaning: The name of a tropical plant, also means “firstborn male”
159. Tarragon
Origin: Latin
Meaning: The name of an herb that comes from the daisy family
160. Thistle
Origin: English and Scottish
Meaning: A plant from the daisy family, also a Scottish national emblem
161. Thorne
Origin: English
Meaning: Thorn thicket
162. Thyme
Origin: English
Meaning: An herb in the mint family.
This sweet name would make for a “Thymeless baby name.
163. Tilden
Origin: English
Meaning: A fertile valley
164. Timothy
Origin: Greek
Meaning: A type of hay that also means “honoring God”
165. Tomer
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: “Palm tree”
U
166. Udell
Origin: English
Meaning: Yew-tree valley
167. Urki
Origin: Basque
Meaning: A type of birch tree
V
168. Valerian
Origin: Latin
Meaning: Strength, health
169. Vernon
Origin: English
Meaning: Place of alders, a type of birch tree
170. Vered
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Rose
171. Vivendel
Origin: Norwegian Meaning: A honeysuckle flower
W
172. Walden
Origin: Welsh English
Meaning: Valley of the Welsh
173.Watson
Origin; English, Scottish
Meaning: A Watsonia flower, also Son of Wat, means “wet” in Scottish
174. William
This boy’s name derives from English and German origin
Meaning: A type of flower called Sweet William, also means “resolute protection”
175. Willoughby
Of English origin
Meaning: Farm near the willows
Y
176. Yarrow
Origin: English
Meaning: An herb name meaning “rough stream”
I hope you enjoyed this list of 175 botanical baby boy names! Which one is your favorite?
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