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Girl names (45)

Atacama
The high desert of Chile, one of the driest places on Earth · Spanish
Aurora
Latin, dawn
Autumn
The season between summer and winter, from the Latin
Blossom
The flowers on a fruit tree, from the Old English blostm
Bluebell
Woodland flower that carpets British springs
Breeze
A light, gentle wind
Caldera
A great bowl shaped crater left after a volcano collapses · Spanish
Calla
A tall white lily with a curled bloom
Clover
A lucky little field flower
Dawn
The first light of the morning
Dell
A small wooded valley or hollow
Dewdrop
A single drop of morning dew · small dogs
Dune
A wind built ridge of sand
Fauna
Latin for the animals of a place · Latin
Fawn
A young deer, and a pale tan colour · small dogs
Fern
A leafy green plant that grows in shade and damp
Flora
Latin, flowers
Hazel
A nut tree, and a soft brown colour
Honeysuckle
A scented climbing flower of summer hedges
Isle
A small island, a poetic word
Islet
A very small island · small dogs
Ivy
A climbing evergreen plant, long used as a girls name
Juniper
Berry bearing evergreen shrub
Laurel
The victory wreath of ancient Rome
Lava
Molten rock from a volcano
Maple
A broad leaved tree known for red autumn colour
Marigold
A bright orange garden flower, from Mary and gold
Meadow
A field of grass and wild flowers
Misty
Covered in mist, used for soft grey and silver coats
Morfa
A Welsh word for a coastal marsh or sea meadow · Welsh
Oasis
A green fertile spot with water in a desert
Petal
One leaf of a flower head, from the Greek petalon
Prairie
Wide open grassland
Rain
Water falling from cloud, from the Old English regn
Rivulet
A very small stream · small dogs
Rosehip
The red fruit left behind by a wild rose
Savanna
Open grassland with scattered trees, home of lions and zebras · Taino
Summer
The warmest and longest season of the year
Terra
Latin for the earth · Latin
Thistledown
The soft fluffy seeds of the thistle that drift on the wind · small dogs
Twiggy
Covered in twigs, for a dog who brings home half the forest · small dogs
Vista
A long pleasing view, from Italian for sight · Italian
Wildflower
A flower that grows freely without being planted
Willow
Graceful tree of the riverbank
Wren
A tiny loud garden bird

Boy names (50)

Alder
A tree that grows beside water
Arroyo
A dry creek bed that fills with water after rain · Spanish
Ash
A tree, and the grey dust left by fire
Basalt
Dark rock left behind by volcanoes · big dogs
Beck
A northern English word for a small stream, from Old Norse bekkr · Old Norse
Birch
Pale barked northern tree
Boulder
A large rounded rock, a fitting name for a heavy dog
Bracken
Coarse fern that covers hillsides
Burl
A rounded knotty growth on a tree trunk, prized by woodworkers
Canyon
A deep river cut gorge · big dogs
Cape
A point of land reaching out into the sea
Cavern
A large cave deep underground
Cedar
An aromatic evergreen
Clay
Heavy earth shaped and fired into pottery
Cliff
A steep rock face, also a short form of Clifford
Clogwyn
A Welsh word for a cliff or crag · Welsh
Conker
The glossy brown seed of a horse chestnut
Cypress
A tall narrow evergreen · big dogs
Dale
A broad open valley between hills
Eddy
A little whirl of water or air turning against the current
Elm
A broad crowned shade tree · big dogs
Flint
Hard stone that throws a spark
Fox
A small wild dog with a red coat and a bushy tail
Geyser
A hot spring that shoots water and steam into the air, from Icelandic · Icelandic
Glen
Gaelic for a narrow wooded valley · Gaelic
Gorge
A deep narrow valley with steep rocky walls, often cut by a river
Granite
Hard speckled rock · big dogs
Gravel
Loose small stones underfoot
Grove
A small group of trees, from the Old English graf
Hawk
A sharp eyed bird of prey known for keen sight
Hickory
A tough North American nut tree · big dogs
Inferno
A raging fire · big dogs
Loam
Rich dark soil that everything grows in
Magma
Molten rock beneath the Earth's crust · big dogs
Marsh
Soft wet ground at the edge of water
Moss
A soft green plant that grows on damp ground and stone
Oak
A slow growing hardwood · big dogs
Peat
Dark earth cut from bogs and burned for fuel
Pine
A tall evergreen tree with needles and cones
Reed
Tall grass of the riverbank
Ridge
A long narrow hilltop, from the Old English hrycg, back
Rocky
Rugged and stony
Slate
Grey layered rock
Sylvan
Latin for of the woods · Latin
Talon
The hooked claw of a bird of prey
Thorn
A sharp spine on a plant stem, from the Old English thorn
Timber
Wood cut for building, also the call given as a tree falls · big dogs
Volcano
A mountain that pours out lava and ash, for a fiery dog · big dogs
Walnut
A hardwood tree with rich brown timber
Wilder
Untamed and belonging to the wild

Names for either (92)

Acorn
The seed an oak tree grows from · small dogs
Arbor
Latin for tree, also a shaded garden walk · Latin
Aspen
A tree whose leaves shiver in the wind
Balsam
A fragrant resin taken from fir trees
Billabong
An Australian word for a waterhole left when a river changes course · Wiradjuri
Bough
A main branch spreading from a tree
Brook
A small stream · small dogs
Bulrush
A tall reed growing at the water edge
Cascade
A falling run of water
Cattail
A tall brown headed reed of ponds
Cenote
A natural sinkhole pool of clear water, found in the Yucatan · Maya
Cobble
A rounded stone used to pave old streets
Combe
A short steep valley on a hillside, common in place names of southern England
Cove
A sheltered bay
Creek
A small stream
Damson
A small dark wild plum of old hedgerows
Delta
Where a river fans out to the sea
Dene
A narrow wooded valley, a word from the north of England
Dusk
The last soft light at the end of the day
Ember
A glowing coal
Evergreen
A tree that keeps its leaves all year round
Fallow
Land left to rest, also a pale golden brown
Fen
Low marshy wetland full of reeds · small dogs
Firth
A Scottish word for a long narrow sea inlet · Scots
Forest
A large area of dense woodland, from the Latin foris, outside · big dogs
Foxtail
A wild grass with a soft brushy head
Frond
The feathery leaf of a fern or a palm
Frost
A thin white layer of ice, used for pale coated dogs
Geode
A plain looking stone full of crystals
Giraffe
The tallest animal, with a patched coat · big dogs
Glade
An open sunny space in a wood
Gloaming
An old Scots word for evening twilight · Scottish
Gobi
The great cold desert of Mongolia and northern China · Mongolian
Grotto
A small picturesque cave · Italian
Gully
A channel cut into the land by running water
Harvest
The gathering in of the year of growing
Hedgerow
A row of shrubs and trees along a field, home to birds and hedgehogs
Hollow
A sheltered dip in the ground
Hoodoo
A tall thin spire of rock shaped by wind and rain
Horizon
The line where the land or sea meets the sky
Iceberg
A huge floating block of ice, for a big white dog · big dogs
Kalahari
The red sand savanna desert of southern Africa · Tswana
Knoll
A small rounded hill or mound
Leaf
The green blade a plant catches light with · small dogs
Leafy
Full of leaves, for a dog who loves a forest walk
Loch
The Scottish Gaelic word for a lake or a sea inlet · Scottish Gaelic
Machair
Low grassy coastal plain of the Scottish islands, full of flowers in summer · Scottish Gaelic
Malachite
A banded green mineral used in jewellery
Marram
A tough grass that holds sand dunes together
Moor
High open land left to heather and grass
Mossy
Covered in soft green moss
Muddy
For the dog who finds every puddle on the walk
Ness
A headland or point of land running out into the sea
Ocelot
A small spotted wild cat of the Americas
Orchard
A planted grove of fruit trees
Pampas
The wide grassy plains of South America · Quechua
Pebble
A small stone worn smooth by water · small dogs
Pinecone
The woody seed cone of a pine tree · small dogs
Pingo
A small hill with an ice core, found in the Arctic · Inuvialuktun
Pollen
The golden dust carried between flowers
Pumice
Light porous stone thrown out by volcanoes
Quoll
A spotted meat eating marsupial of Australia · small dogs
Rill
A small fast running stream · small dogs
River
A large natural stream of flowing water
Rowan
Gaelic, the red berry tree
Rush
A tall slender plant of wet ground
Sage
A herb, and a word for wisdom
Salamander
An amphibian, the fire salamander black with yellow spots · small dogs
Sapling
A young tree, for a puppy still growing · small dogs
Seedling
A young plant just sprouted from a seed · small dogs
Serval
A long legged African wild cat with a spotted coat
Shale
A soft layered rock that splits into sheets
Skerry
A small rocky island, from Old Norse sker · Old Norse
Sky
The air and space above the earth
Snowdrift
A bank of snow piled up by the wind
Steppe
A vast treeless grassland plain of eastern Europe and Asia · Russian
Storm
A violent spell of wind and rain
Strath
A broad river valley in Scotland · Scottish Gaelic
Tarn
A small mountain lake in a hollow left by a glacier, from Old Norse tjorn · Old Norse
Thicket
A dense tangle of shrubs and small trees
Twig
A slender shoot growing from a branch · small dogs
Twilight
The dim light between day and night
Vale
An old word for a valley
Veldt
Open grassland of southern Africa, from the Dutch for field · Afrikaans
Verdant
Lush and green with new growth
Verde
Spanish and Italian for green · Spanish
Vernal
Belonging to the spring · Latin
Wadi
A desert valley that runs with water only after rain · Arabic
Wildwood
An old natural forest left to grow wild
Winter
The coldest and quietest season of the year
Woodland
Land covered with trees
Yew
An ancient evergreen found in old churchyards

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