Unique 'Wild Nature' Baby Names - offbeat nature names nobody's using...yet! SJ STRUM

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This weeks list is unique baby names taken from nature - they are 'wild nature' themed so a bit more edgy than normal nature name lists. I love them; what do you think? Add your ideas for this name list below and request a list for next week :-)
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LOTS OF LOVE - Stay Safe and I hope these videos keep up a bit of normality and fun during this tough time, SJ xxx

[@sophie-rr9zb]

I know it's not baby names... but I'd love to see you do a list of names to call grandparents, because if you have split families it is hard for each grandparent to have a nickname of their own!!!

[@norabryant4172]

If you wanted to know, I call my 5 Grammie, Grampie, Nana, Papa, and Grandad Jim

[@lucythomas3109]

@@norabryant4172 grammie is so cute!

[@bethanyrobinson8435]

Nana, Nina, Mimi, Memaw, Grammy, Gram, Granny, Gran, Gammy; Pappaw, Pap, Pappy, Gramps, Papa

[@KirstenClaire21]

my mum and dad are Mimi & Zayda and my husbands mum and dad are Nanna & Grandad ❤️

[@chickensaresmalldinasours5954]

Well I call my mums parents nanny and grandad and I call my fathers parents Mary and dead (I’m irish btw and my dads dad died when my dad was like 13 so ik nothing about him)

[@sarahm.6249]

I love these names but some of them just sound so much better in your accent than mine 🤣

[@Sarah-dv1eh]

my exact thought when she said Kastrel

[@nyxcuseme]

I have the same problem but with language. I really like the name Wilder, but when I think of people in my country saying it I just shudder, haha!

[@rachv6764]

Lol yes, I'm Australian and while I am very well spoken, I can also be a real occa and some of these names just sound terrible with an Aussie accent.

[@kelleyryanvlogs]

Oh my goodness this was my thought exactly lol 😂😂🤍🤍

[@icarusgotooclose]

I'm so sad about wren and sage becoming so popular. They've been on my list for years!

[@emilywatts5147]

Same I love them 😢

[@savannahprincipe9316]

Right sam!!

[@abbierichards9574]

I’ve seen lots of Sage’s on my Instagram recently, it’s definitely getting popular, lots of celebrities choosing it as well.

[@wawo78]

True. My baby girl has her name Wrenley, give it a lil twist, love them both! 💗

[@Hannahk00]

I feel the same about Willow. It’s becoming more and more common

[@jordanpatterson5686]

Have you done an Arabic name list yet? If not I would love to hear some that you like ☺️

[@adeyegurl]

yes 🙌🏽

[@alliakaddoura3748]

Please mines Arabic

[@clairerozier4449]

Yes please!☀️

[@nicmm6719]

Me too, I’d love this!

[@feminineremarker]

Yes, amazing category of names. Aaliyah, Elyana... 💗🙏🏼

[@hadleysmith3790]

Fiadh (pronounced fia) is one of my favorite girl names. It means “wild” in Gaelic so it a super cool variation of Wilde or Wilder but for a girl.

[@manyakulshreshtha3024]

thats so cool! i love it!!!

[@jodiewhitham6850]

On my list already 🙂 love it!

[@oliviaroles148]

Fiadh has been on my list for years! Definitely one of my top picks for a girl 💓

[@adjjal]

In Ireland its become popular so quick that it's like number 3 overall i think, and journalists have now wrote about how it became so popular so fast in like a year lol. I guess loads of ppl love it, it is very cute but jst something to keep in mind

[@jordanpatterson5686]

My mother’s maiden name is Rhodes and I honestly love the idea of having a child with that name

[@estherstewart9794]

Yes and so nice for a boy or girl!

[@sophia_sanchez9561]

I knew a boy in high school and his name was Rhodes, I remember thinking how cool it was

[@Plthorrington]

I was so set on my Rhodes as the first name for my son who was born in February but couldn’t get my partner on board. It was also my father’s middle name.

[@marla5802]

I love it too! I like the idea of using my maiden name for a boy but it literally means pink so don't know how much it would work. Rhodes is a more masculine take on it. It's such a handsome name.

[@brigettemary7640]

Oh you must! I love that

[@alexabcb]

I gave birth to my baby boy Moss Oswald 6 days ago (New Year’s Eve) 💙

[@graceanne8164]

Congrats on your bundle of joy🤍

[@estherstewart9794]

Congratulations! cute name!

[@amandastuart5712]

I love it so much!! awww so happy for you

[@sarahrosen4985]

Congratulations! I watch the KZbinr Mossy Bottom and Moss will forever be linked in my mind with the sweetest, most soft-spoken Englishman rebuilding in a cottage in rural Ireland. Calm, tranquility, sweetness and nature. Just lovely.

[@lilianpierce4115]

Congratulations! Beautiful birthday & name x

[@meganward4237]

I love the name Forrest, but I can’t convince my husband. He can’t get past the Forrest Gump association lol.

[@beckyjenkinson0]

My husband is the same 😂

[@sydniatkison7093]

I was worried about this too, but I named my son Forrest and no one ever says anything about Forrest Gump!

[@megananthony9429]

Have him watch Skye Wheatley's youtube videos. She has a little boy called Forest and he is adorable!

[@amberkelly3187]

It always makes me think of Forest Whittaker the actor

[@lennajune]

I have cousins named Forrest and Robin!

[@Beckisphere]

I love Kestrel, Wilder, Hemlock, Everest, Devereaux, and Zephyr! And funny enough, I just made the connection between Everest and Devereaux myself yesterday. Such cool sibling names! (And Devereaux is a name that runs in my family.) This theme is my jam so I have a long list below: Alpin (white peaks) Auri (light breath) Avalon (apple island) Aven (white flower) Banks Beaumont (beautiful mountain) Birch Bodhi (understanding of true nature) Brent (hill) Cataleya (orchid) Cedar Conroy (wolf on the plain) Delamere (forest by the sea) Eisen (wind) Ellesmere (Elle's Pond) Elowen (elm tree) Emrielle (from the sea) Ephyra (sea nymph) Escott (cottage near the stream) Esmerie (emerald) Fielding Finch Fiori (flower) Flint Foxley Frasier (forest man) Galia (wave) Ione (violet) Irving (sea friend) Iver (yew tree) Kairi (the sea) Kobe (turtle) Lachlan (from the land of lakes) Larkspur Leighton (town by meadow) Lovelle (wolf) Malachite Oleander Omri (sheaf of grain) Pellegrin Penn (lives by the hill) Marietta (from the sea) Meadow Murphy (child of sea god) Rodney (from island in swift river) Roosevelt (rise field) Rosemarie (dew from the sea) Sequoia Skylark Sylvie (forest) Waverly (meadow of quivering aspens) Whittaker (white flower) Zamora (land)

[@mariamiddlehurst8723]

Gosh I love foxley. I have never heard of that before

[@sophiebull6478]

Devereaux also runs in my family, so weird I've never seen it come up anywhere else!!

[@charlisha9816]

this list is amazing!

[@Beckisphere]

@@charlisha9816 Thank you! If I have a kid someday, look out for my baby name list on my channel lol. Probably won't be able to stop at just one list.

[@anne-marie8018]

I could honestly have kept reading your list if it was 100x longer! And with meanings! You should write a book. At least a novel. You're certainlt creative enough.

[@hayleykeyes5848]

We had our sweet Sophia Josephine on December 30 🥰

[@stefanieglatts1800]

That’s my friends name! Except she’s Sofia Josephine! She will be so smart and beautiful!!

[@Ellie-oh6jr]

Congrats

[@emmilyn362]

Congratulations!

[@alicehiggins6222]

that’s my birthday!

[@lilianpierce4115]

Congratulations! Gorgeous gorgeous name x love the matching “ph” sounds!

[@kelliehorn1082]

I don't know if anyone else sees it, but does SJ look like a mix between Millie Bobby Brown and Saoirse Ronan?

[@Jessimika94]

Haha 😆 I went to see a movie years ago with Saoirse Ronan in it and all my friends were joking saying I was in the movie(apparently I have a slight resemblance - in person). She is obviously much more attractive though haha

[@heathercatherine877]

Definitely Saoirse Ronan!

[@lilianpierce4115]

i don’t see Millie but most definitely Saorise! she also reminds me a tad of Emily Blunt x

[@Zoe_6]

Oh my gosh yess

[@lornatw]

More Saoirse yes.

[@lydiamcdougall1093]

Happy New Year and Baby Name Monday, SJ!! I was wondering if you could do a video of baby names that have songs with their name? Examples: "Sweet Caroline," "Hey There Delilah," "Hey Jude"...

[@SJ_Strum]

Yes I love this idea!!! I’ll have a think xx

[@lucygeorge7075]

Or maybe Eileen, Stacy, and Eleanor There are so many good ones

[@emmay6406]

Absolutely love this idea!

[@leonaberesford9164]

Rigby 😍😍

[@sydneyhanna5289]

And “Jolene”

[@hotwingsfromdc1113]

I think Canyon could work as a bolder nature name choice. It’s consonants are perhaps not so elegant to the ears, but the “on” ending makes it sound like a name to me.

[@vanessasparks2324]

A friend of mine named her daughter Kanyon Jane and another daughter is named Sadonah(sa-do-na) Glen

[@lilianpierce4115]

I love it! x

[@hadleysmith3790]

I have a friend who’s twin brother is named Canyon ..... I always thought it was a cool name.

[@Sugarcookieloves]

baby name mondays are always my favorite part of the week! so lovely to watch your videos during these unpredictable times xx

[@acalaa]

I’ve had Coast on my name list for years and hadn’t seen it mentioned in any name videos in the past. Love Coast so much!

[@sashabray2937]

We are adopting. He is to be born this week. His name fits this list. He will be Ocean!

[@mary419]

I love that name! congratulations 💕

[@Summer-sc1ph]

Congratulations!

[@abigailnunns1983]

Congratulations!!! I'd love to be an adoptive mum one day, fingers crossed!

[@rach_laze]

I teach a 12 year old Ocean, it really suits her personality

[@SJ_Strum]

Ahh how exciting - hope he’s arrived safely and ocean is a stunning name xxxx

[@jem29]

i found your channel yesterday and i am OBSESSED!!

[@SJ_Strum]

Ah thanks Jemma!!! There’s a big backlog now 🥰🥰

[@nikkismith5228]

YES!!!! haven’t new gotten through the beginning ads yet but I’ve been waiting for this one!!!! ☺️

[@doloresjackson382]

My brother was born 3 months ago and is named zephyr! I love the name so much because of the red hot chilli pepper song❤️

[@SJ_Strum]

Ahhh how cool!!! Xxxx

[@kelleyryanvlogs]

Ohhhhhh I really like that one!!!!!! 🤍🤍🤍Kelley

[@thehufflepuffhermione]

I think Valley (Val), Everest, Hunter (I can see this for both a boy and a girl), and Briar could be the ones that a lot of people use or have used.

[@SJ_Strum]

I really like hunter for a girl as well! Xx

[@kelleyryanvlogs]

Ohhhhh I love your name ideas!!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 🤍🤍Kelley

[@24567423ify]

When you mentioned Falcon, I thought of Peregrine. When you say Hunter, I think Fisher could also work. I love Moss.

[@nyxcuseme]

Peregrine is super cute. :D

[@wildnfearless9840]

Peregrine is one of my favorite boy names!

[@alexnorthover4894]

My friends Dad is Peregrine. He is an egyptologist and very cool, interesting guy.

[@SJ_Strum]

Peregrine is lush! Xxx

[@evakormuskin5378]

Pressing like before starting the video, because duh, it’s SJ and baby name Sunday, it’s always good:)

[@lilacbriarrose]

Really looking forward to this one 🌿

[@madisontruel1583]

loved the theme of this list!!

[@dselmc4524]

My little girl is called Hazel and I just love that it has link to nature. She is so outdoorsy too (I once actually caught her hugging a tree during our walk in the forest!) - she's only two! X

[@coralovesnature]

I love the name Hazel!

[@gretaj7725]

Hi! I am also a teenager who is obsessed with baby names! My favorite is definitely Clementine, which was actually already on my baby name list! My other favorite girl name is Ophelia, although I have a huge long list of other favorites! My favorite boy name is Archie and Niko. Love love LOVE your videos SJ!

[@noraj5983]

I love the name Coast!

[@aisling8308]

Happy New Year SJ to you and yours and thank you for another great list 😍 Another wild nature name for girls that I think would be a great, less popular alternative to Ivy is Fern or Ferne! I also like Bryony which is a wild climbing vine.

[@ntblkenf]

I love Bryony as an alternative to Ivy and Fern is so sweet, gentle and quirky , just like Ivy but as you said both are far less common than Ivy and also quite lovely.

[@reonnacanney9821]

My step-brother's name is Field. Its unique especially for someone his age growing up when boho names weren't really a thing, but it suits him really well!

[@hannahchase6601]

I love the name Maple so much, definitely would fit on this list!

[@downbntout]

Too much like Mabel

[@carolineb8932]

Ideas for Briar as part of a double barrel: Briar-Anne or, for something very romantic, Briar-Lane. Briar-Lane sounds like a quaint lil cottage core place somewhere 😂💜

[@oceanofnames5757]

I love Briar-Anne, so pretty!

[@sarahrosen4985]

Oh, I love Briar-Lane. So sweet, dreamy and romantic.

[@rach_laze]

Briar Lane is a common street name, often in not so pleasant/attractive areas. It sounds lovely as a concept but such an obvious association is a magnet for bullying

[@carolineb8932]

@@rach_laze Oh, I didn't realize that. Good thing to be aware of! Thanks

[@rach_laze]

@@carolineb8932 it's something I'm incredibly aware of from my job, kids can be cruel and target things you'd never expect. My cousin has a newborn and actual adults have made fun of the name so I can't imagine what it's going to be like for her at school, her sister has a 6 year old that calls the baby trundle because they double barrelled the surname and it sounds like 'cart-along' 🙄

[@ruby.rubes.]

Been looking forward to this video!

[@Rebecca.Daydream]

Hemlock ! 🤩🤤 so great. Never thought of it. Amazing

[@kristinayahnke8157]

Happy new year - right, already feels a little better! Love Briar for a girl and Vine for a boy! We are expecting our little one in July. So excited! Addicted to your videos!

[@glitzandglamgirl22]

Love these new nature names, especially Valley and Vine! I actually think Briar Linen could be really pretty - maybe not as a double barrel but a first and middle. Also love Prairie because it has this really beautiful familiarity to me, and you helped me realize it's because Prairie rhymes with Mary. Forever grateful for even more future child name inspo, SJ

[@littlemarit9808]

Always loved the name Arden for a girl ever since I met a girl with this name. It is the Latin word for the garden of Eden. Also Shakespeare inspired with a homage to his mom.. and inspired by a lovely forrest in Belgium/luxembourg called “Ardennen” I just need convince my boyfriend.. It’s a bit “out there” in the netherlands. haha :) Love your videos SJ!

[@DeeLayy87]

I’ve scrubbed Arden off my list as think the kids at school would say ‘ard on. 😬

[@zhoradaiyu5184]

I think it works in Dutch (I'm dutch), it sounds a bit like a fantasy/nature name and if you explain the meaning, if that is important to you I think others will understand. I have a pretty out there name, but it makes me feel more special than the 3 Myrthe's and 2 Sophie's in my class. ~Jade Mechtilde Zhora

[@zhoradaiyu5184]

@@DeeLayy87 I would never have thought of that, personally. But in dutch that wouldnt happen anyway

[@Hannah-ju3dz]

@@DeeLayy87 my boyfriends name is Ardon and when he introduces himself to people he says Ardon like hard on or pardon withou the P!

[@Luckyforus686]

I love this name too, but when I told my friends this name they immediately made jokes like pardon and garden. That upset me but I still love it & would use it. I don’t tell my friends the names I like anymore

[@nourasummer12]

Currently in my monthly bath (shower person here lol) , with a hair mask AND a face mask, enjoying baby name monday. Best life.

[@OMGitsaClaire]

If you like Valley but want something a little bit less “word as name” you could consider Vallée which is French for Valley and is pronounced Val-AY. Also, Océane is a French girls’ name (meaning ocean) that I think also really fits this theme.

[@miayoung4830]

Love all of these so much!! Rhodes and Hemlock are my favorite, just stunning! I'd love to see a Hawaiian name list :)

[@cleootchere8771]

I’m having twins and planning on going with nature names! I’ve been obsessed with the name Evergreen for a little girl for a long time I haven’t seen it on any name lists or heard anyone called it but I just think it’s so pretty. Maybe Evie as a nickname. So cute! 🤗 I also have Wilder and Hemlock on my list and Forest for a girl! As well as Elowen or Elowyn for a girl which means (elm tree) so pretty as well.

[@caitlynt2864]

LOVE this name list! It’s by far my favorite ❤️

[@MidwestChica]

I remember reading somewhere that the creators of BMW came up with the name Topanga because of that canyon; something like they were driving on the freeway and saw a sign for it and decided to use that as the name for the character. Some other nature names I like are Delta, River, Flora or Fleur, Luna, Mariposa (butterfly in Spanish) and Estrella (Spanish pronunciation as it is the Spanish word for star).

[@kimberlysalinas6185]

Love your channel! I binged all your baby name videos while pregnant. We welcomed Paloma Thea in October 2020 ❤️

[@katemorley8147]

Congratulations!!!

[@clarajo6932]

Congratulations! Paloma was on my list but we had a boy.

[@summerrose4286]

Congratulations! Gorgeous name!

[@halleclaas5202]

Adding Tempest to my list RIGHT NOW 😍 I love it!

[@caileyventurini2303]

I’ve always loved the name Rayne and when you said Briar, I fell in love with Briar Rayne

[@angelenapulis9083]

I live in Montana! I’m delighted to see it on this list! I’ve met a boy with this name, and I also know a woman named Montana Sky (which is breathtaking)! Hemlock deserves a place on the charts. Stunning!

[@natalie_nazar]

Love the list! It’s given me food for thought. I’d love to see a list of names that work in both English and French! My husband and I are from different parts of Canada. I’m from the French side, and he’s from the English side. For our first baby, we struggled for months to find a name that would be easily pronounced in both languages, that we both liked, and that was unique. I’m already starting to build a list for an eventual second baby, and it’s quite a challenge! Love your channel. xox

[@erinsylvester9664]

My fav names at the moment are Juniper, Clementine, Theodora and otterly for girls and Matteo and Fairbrook for boys. Fairbrook is my grandads name after his parents favourite place to walk in the Peak District

[@stephanieb1127]

Otterly is interesting, never heard that before!

[@petchiepie2625]

My nieces middle names are juniper and ottilie

[@marty9011]

Ottilie is very pretty.

[@AL-cg4vb]

I’ve already chosen my first child name, I keep coming back to it over and over and it’s Juniper Beau. Definitely a beautiful one and a meaningful name where we live with all our Junipers

[@lauren8627]

Ottilie or the variations on the spelling is so cool! It means wealthy or fortunate. I live in a part of Australia that was settled by German migrants and about 50% of the old 100-200 year head stones are all Ottilie. Hopefully it's not too morbid but cemeteries are excellent places for interesting old fashioned names that need a revival.

[@adaq4251]

i really would enjoy an ethereal magical names list , i think that would be lovely

[@christabrooke2011]

Briar-James, Bryar-Wrenn, Brier-Hazel. River, Wake, Bear, Aspen, Grove, Hawke, Linwood.

[@MayasadeB]

I love wake ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mianutt]

So glad to see Enya on this list! Considering that for a middle name for my upcoming March baby. Some other names I think would fit in this list: Hawthorne, Bramble (nn Bram), Juniper, Maple, Delta (the mouth of a river)

[@kaiaelizabeth1066]

I love Everest for a girl and Rhodes for a boy!! A few other names that I love for this list would be... Afton Canyon Cascade Caldera Halcyon Hyacinth Madigan Meadow Ridge Talon Yarrow

[@r0sie16]

Am I the only one who though sleeping beauty was called Aurora? 🙈

[@PinupSarah]

It was, Briar Rose was the name the fairy godmothers gave her when hiding out in the forest!

[@kayingheu7300]

Briar rose is sleeping beauty’s alias when she was hiding from maleficent

[@hadleysmith3790]

I did too 😂😂😂 Never was a princess kind of girl growing up 😬 I was a horse person.

[@adrienne4605]

Her name given name is Princess Aurora. While growing up with the fairies, they called her Briar Rose.

[@Sopherina]

Hello lovely!! I have been really enjoying your videos - I’m expecting my first in June this year and have essentially built a huge list of boys/girls names I’m loving from your videos (keeping the gender a surprise until birth!) thank you for these videos! 🥰🥰🥰

[@JasmineAmber]

Yes! I am so happy you made this SJ! My number 1 girl’s name has always been Ember which fits in well here, and I also love Lark and Dove. For boys I love Cove and Arrow. Also Fox is quite a lovely gender neutral name? Xxx

[@MrsTabamon]

What an excellent list of unique names! I love Lathan and Zephyr :D List idea: Lord of the Rings inspired names!

[@laurencalvey1831]

love the name Arwen from Lord of the Rings !!

[@allisonrose5747]

Love these names SJ! Some other nature names I love are Wren and Meadow.

[@danaology.]

I was surprised that Sage and Cove weren’t on the list! They’re very popular, especially here in Australia

[@barbaricrawr4190]

Wow thanks for the information and history of Devereux!

[@reannalynn5422]

Just found your page!! I'm almost 12 weeks and LOVE unique and rare name!! My first born is a son named Ruari (Rory). I'm obsessed with his name and have no idea how I'm gonna find something I love just as much but I'm gonna binge watch all these videos for ideas💜

[@laurasherry3017]

I just realised this video is from 2 years ago. So many of these names have become popular in the past year. So I've had Moss/Mossy on my list for years, however it is quite a popular nn for Morris where I live amongst men 50+ and when I mentioned it on a baby name group nobody seemed to like it. Tempest is another name I've had on my list since I was a teenager. Love it.

[@xochilguevara3429]

Love all of these!

[@Ejcfarley]

Oh such pretty names!!!! 🥰 I love Briar Rose and Vine and wow 🤩 all of them so much! Tempest is sooo pretty! I love that play 😊 Happy New Year lovely I hope you’re safe and well 💓 Xx

[@gabrielleconnelly3324]

My current audio book I’m listening to is Before We Were Yours, the names are so good. Queenie, Briny, Rill, Silas, Camellia, Lark, Fern, & Gabion. I definitely recommend a listen Lark & Fern as girls names totally fit this list

[@virginiaraffaeli8332]

Thanks for adding Valley to my baby list! It's beautiful and matches the theme I would love to have if I had girls. Me my Mum (Valerie) and my Sister (Viola) all start with V so I'd love to keep that for my baby😍 Valley is also the name of a band I love with a lot of emotional attachment, so it's perfect PS: Never heard Kestrel as a name for a person but it's really cool

[@amberkelly3187]

Have you hears the name Vorriey? I had a friend with the name as a little girl and she’s the only one I’ve met but I always liked it. Pronounced Vor-ee

[@lu-cthecynical]

I've always liked girl names that start with v. My favourite right now are Valeria, Violeta (i pronounced as ee) and Vesna (slavic goddess of spring). The last one kinda goes with the nature theme haha

[@kristiinachance4756]

Called my boy Wilder last April! Love it

[@christiejoy3987]

I wish I could use it but out last name ends in ‘er’ and I think it would clash :(

[@breannalittle4398]

My fathers last name is Keelean, pronounced key-len and I have considered this as a first name for either a boy or a girl. It feels very versatile. It stems from Ireland and based on our family tree was originally spelled Keelan. So it would have a bit of heritage in it if we ever decided on that route.

[@twitch.0230]

I’ve always loved the name Oakley-Fox I just think they go together so well and I love the sound of it x

[@brendamoody4829]

I once knew a lady named Vallie. I LOVED her name and never heard or even met another since then. I think it is such a gorgeous name!

[@heyitshannah1527]

i love these names!!🥺🤍

[@holliew9575]

This list is so up my street! However you did mention my top girls name and I couldn’t help but be like NOOOO 😂 Some other suggestions could be Bramble, Acacia, Winneka, Summit, Ruka, Tigerlily, Calix, Hawk, Oaks and Fennec which could have fit in this list really well!

[@oceanofnames5757]

Those names look and sound so soothing. I love Briar 😊

[@user-td8kc9rn2s]

Falcon, Rhodes, and Briar have been on my list! I also love Clover, Calla, Boone, Meadow, Harbor, and Hawk that could fit the theme

[@nickole91]

Briar-Rhodes? Similar to Rose, without being Rose. Rhodes is my go to middle name at the moment 😝

[@TheSnowcherry]

We just had a baby boy. His name is Alfred Louis, nickname Alfie. :) I realize it's a pretty common name in the UK. We live in Austria and Alfred is not used at all. I think there were only a couple of Alfreds born in the last few decades, so it's pretty rare (which was very important to us). Alfie is not used at all as a name as well; I think it's not even ranked. Louis has gained in popularity in the last few years and is in the Top 20 - however, we used it to honor my husband's late uncle who's name was Alois. I've been following you for quite a while now and got the name Alfie from your videos and fell in love with it. :)

[@thecleaninglady7771]

Please do charming boy names

[@SJ_Strum]

Aww that’s a nice idea! X

[@jzales100]

Love Tempest !!! has the perfect mix of vintage hippie word name vibes. Same with Coast. I feel like I hear coast more as a word cause I live on the west coast of Canada, but that still doesn’t put me off. I love the name Briar Blue. I think it just rolls off quite nice.

[@faithhammond10]

I don't think Valley would work in Wales. A Valley girl is not particularly a compliment 😜

[@sandyruitenberg2928]

I love the name Rhode, so without the s at the end. This is also the name of the oldest of the Oceanids from Greek mythology. Actually most names that I love are from one of the Oceanids, like Acaste, Calypso, Dione, Electra, Melia, Merope, Styx, Xanthe and many more! Really recommend looking up the list of names of the Oceanids!

[@coralovesnature]

I love Calypso! It's on my list.

[@alicesofialawless]

Happy new year SJ!!

[@SJ_Strum]

Happy new year Alice xx

[@kayanahelias5263]

Loves all these names! My best friends little boy is about a year and half old, she named him Oxly Wilder, nicknamed him Ox. She loved the idea of him being able to grow into the name Ox once he hits his young adult years. Had never heard either names until she had him. Was instantly in love with both names.

[@9_in_the_afternoon]

Ooh I love the name Hemlock! The name itself looks and sounds gorgeous and the plant is beautiful in a subtle way. Also, I love that hemlock the plant, while dangerous, can be used to make medicines. That duality of danger and healing makes for such an interesting name meaning!

[@sumshroomsoup]

I live in an area with a huge native American population (Navajo specifically) and I think they have some great names! Talon, Nizhoni (pronounced ni-sho-nee/means beautiful), and Shandiin ("shan-deen" which means sunshine) are some of my favorites! They're also pretty popular here but I doubt anyone outside of the southwest U.S. has heard them.

[@aveline4347]

I want to thank you. Our baby girl was born Sept 27th and I got her name from one of your videos. I love your videos 🙂

[@nyxcuseme]

Happy New Year! I feel like names like Briar go super well with very very girly names, just the edge and then a super feminine one right after, haha! I am just thinking of good examples, but I mean stuff like Briar Juliette or Briar Persephone/Penelope, I'm sure there are better ones, I mean Briar Rose fits into that category as well. Also absolutely LOVE the name Hunter lately. :)

[@celestecarson8335]

I’m here because I’m actually looking for a new last name. Your videos have been helping me so much!!! And when/if I ever have a baby, I’ll know where to go to find a name for him or her🥰

[@luc.tazmin.95]

Valley is stunning I'm hooked! However I just changed the spelling & put 2 names together & this is what I'm using Vallierose

[@elle_maisie2426]

One of my friends has a Briar-Lily and a different friend has Briar Meadow, so I definitely can’t use it, but it’s my favourite on this list 😍

[@BHowardhale]

Hi SJ, would love to see a video on UK middle names if such data is kept? X

[@erindesirae4383]

Love this list! I also really like the name Halcyon, but I dont think I'd be brave enough to use it. But its beautiful. Its a type of kingfisher bird, but also means calm and peaceful and has ties to Greek Mythology, which I absolutely love!

[@leighbrown9423]

I absolutely love this list SJ! I really like the name Falcon but cant use it because here in Australia Falcon is classed as a very chav name its high up on the bogan list of names here! Lol

[@kfrommirrorland]

With Falcon I have to think about the late Austrian singer Falco.

[@laurendaly5423]

Here are some more names to add to the list which I like. Marigold, Primrose, Fern, Fleur, Bellerose, Bluebelle and Posie.

[@naderbug7]

I’ve loved watching your channel even before I had my first girl 😊 I named her Francesca Hazel “Frankie” for short and now we are having another girl Willow Rose “Lilo” for her nickname and my husband chose this one but I love these wild nature names too!! So sweet and edgy.

[@KeppaTheDutch]

Lilo as a nickname for Willow is really cute and creative!

[@carolineharnish5633]

Yes, 2021 will be a year filled with Freedom, Healing,& Joy!

[@KateLately]

These are so wonderful and so many of them I WISH I could use (except I have a fiance who is not as adventurous as me!). I love that you included Topanga, brings me back to my childhood and I also love Rhodes and Ignacio! Luckily, I have a nephew named Hunter so I can live vicariously through that!

[@amess4816]

When you mentioned Hemlock and the poisonous qualities of the plant it made me think of the name Rue (pronounced 'roo'). Rue is an old fashioned herbaceous evergreen shrub which, though it can be consumed in small quantities, be poisonous as well. If ingested it can cause stomach problems, vomiting and occasionally death. It can also cause burn-like blisters on the skin. It's also where the saying 'rue the day' comes from, lol. But as a name I have always loved it, I think it's so, so pretty. I'm not a fan of Hemlock personally, it sounds a little 'dark' for me. But I can still appreciate it as a name just the same 😊 xxx

[@emilywatts5147]

Happy new year! 💕

[@SJ_Strum]

Happy new year Em xxxx

[@a.7525]

I have a request... can you touch on names for a house? We're building a little cottage in the countryside and I want to christen it with the perfect name but I'm overwhelmed!

[@andrewcard6664]

As soon as you mentioned the place Tuscany I wondered why that hasn't been snapped up as a baby name yet? It's a very beautiful place and seems to fit as a name all on its own. Place names are popular and Tuscany sounds cool.