76 Nature Baby Names Inspired by Mountains and Valleys

You may want to give your new baby an earthy name if you love nature and the outdoors. Consider finding your inspiration in mountains and valleys.

Choosing the perfect name for your new bundle of joy can be fun and exciting, but it’s often overwhelming. There are so many options. Choosing a beautiful name with a unique meaning will stay with your child throughout their lifetime.

If your family loves to go on hikes, enjoy picnics, or camp together, naming your baby after the elements of nature is a special way to pay homage to these family memories.

Nature-inspired names for your baby boy include Aspen, Everest, and Forrest. Girl names include Autumn, Hazel, and Sierra.

If you love nature-inspired baby names but prefer to use more traditional first names, you can also use these ideas for your baby’s middle name.

Check out our list of 75 nature baby names inspired by mountains and valleys.

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Nature-Inspired Baby Girl Names and Meanings 

Here are our favorite girl names inspired by the natural world.

1. Autumn - English, the season
2. Bia - Phou Bia is the highest mountain in Laos.
3. Brook  - English, the body of water
4. Coral - English, the marine invertebrate
5. Fergana - A fertile valley in Central Asia
6. Glena - Gaelic, valley
7. Hana - A sacred valley
8. Hazel - English- the tree
9. Iris - English- the flower
10. Ivy - English - the vine
11. Juniper - English, the tree
12. Katrina  - The highest peak in Egypt; Scottish, pure
13. Laurel  -  English, the tree
14. Lily  - English, the flower, purity
15. Margherita  - The third-highest mountain peak in Africa; Italian, daisy, pearl
16. Maurienne - A French valley
17. Meadow - English, an open grassland
18. Montana -  Latin, mountainous
19. Odina - Algonquian (Native American), mountain
20. Olympia - The Olympic Mountains are a range in the United States
21. Prairie - English a vast open grassland
22. Savannah - English, a large, grassy plain
23. Sequoia - English, the tree, and national park
24. Sierra - Spanish, mountain range
25. Skadi - Old Norse, Norse goddess associated with winter and mountains
26. Valerie - Sounds like “valley”; Latin origin, to be strong
27. Valley - English, a low space between two or more mountains or mountain ranges
28. Valtellina - An Italian valley in the Lombardi region
29. Victoria - A peak on Hong Kong Island; Latin, victory
30. Whitney - A mountain in California in the Sequoia National Park; Old English, white island
31. Wren - English, the bird

Nature-Inspired Boy Names and Meanings 

Choose a name from our list of baby boy names inspired by mountains and valleys.

1. Alder - Old English, old
2. Arbor - Latin, tree
3. Asher - Ash tree; Hebrew, happy, blessed
4. Aspen - English, the tree
5. Banks - Land by water; Old English, one who lives by or on the banks
6. Brent - Celtic, hill
7. Brandon - Old English, hill
8. Bradley - Old English, clearing in the woods
9. Bryn - Welsh, hill
10. Dale - A valley; Old English, one who lives near the dale
11. Denver - The capital city of Colorado, a mountainous state
12. Doruk - Persian, mountaintop
13. Elgon - An extinct volcano in Africa on the border of Uganda and Kenya
14. Everest - The highest mountain above sea level in the world, part of the Indian mountain range, the Himalayas
15. Garfield - Old English, triangular field
16. Giri - Sanskrit, mountain
17. Fernando - A mountain ridge in New Mexico
18. Ford - English, a shallow place in a river where one can walk across
19. Fjord - English, a glaciated valley, a low space between two mountains where water flows through, often frozen
20. Forrest - English, forest dweller, one who lives in the natural world
21. Heath - British English, an uncultivated open area
22. Harun - Arabic, mountain
23. Joaquin - The San Joaquin Valley is located in central California
24. Kai - Estonian, pure; Northern European, Hawaiian, sea; Chinese, victory
25. Lake - English, a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides
26. Linden - German, linden tree
27. McKinley - Mount McKinley is the highest mountain peak in North America
28. Mikeno - Mount Mikeno is an extinct volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
29. Oakley - Old English, oak tree clearing
30. Percival - Mount Percival is located in New Hampshire; Arthurian Romance, the protagonist in “Percival, the Story of the Grail”
31. Phoenix - Greek Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, an immortal bird
32. Reed - English origin, tall, slender grasses that grow in wetlands; Old English, red
33. Rocky -  The Rocky Mountains are the largest mountain system in North America; German, to rest
34. Roman - Germanic, Rome-dweller, helper, and protector
35. Rowan - Old Norse, the rowan tree; Irish, red
36. Vulcan - Latin, volcano
37. Wilder - Old English, wild, untamed
38. Yama - Japanese, mountain

Nature-Inspired Gender-Neutral Names and Meanings 

These nature-inspired baby names will work for both boys and girls. If you prefer unisex names that are gender neutral, consider this list.

1. Canyon - English, the landform, a deep gorge, often with a river running through it
2. Cedar - English, cedar tree
3. Eden - Hebrew, pleasure, delight
4. Olive - English, the fruit
5. Rain - English, rain, precipitation
6. Raven - English, the bird, a large, all-black bird that feeds on carrion
7. Sage - English, the herb, wise

For more baby names and inspiration, check out our Baby Name Center. And for even more nature name ideas check out:  78 Girl Names That Mean Ocean or Water. 

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