| Are you a hip chic granola crunch kind of mom | | | | have lakes or beaches nearby you might have a |
| looking for a natural name to go with your organic | | | | particular one that inspires you. Why not use it for |
| personality? Coming up with earth-themed names | | | | a name? |
| is easy. You can create names from flowers, | | | | Have a future meteorologist on your hands? |
| plants, bodies of water, natural elements, or | | | | Nature and weather phenomenon make |
| anything that just inspires you. | | | | interesting names too. Here's a few you might |
| Admittedly these are all girlish names but when | | | | like: Cloud, Sky or Skye, Autumn, Dawn, Sunny, |
| you think of flowers, girls are more what comes | | | | Windy, Star or Starry. If you track hurricanes, |
| to mind than boys. Boys can have natural | | | | check out the list of hurricanes and tropical |
| sounding names as well though. There are a lot of | | | | storms listed on the National Weather Service |
| earthy names that work for boys. Here are a | | | | website. |
| few: Forrest, Ash or Asher, River, Ridge, Flint, | | | | If you really want to be inspired take a walk on a |
| Aspen, Cedar, Glenn, Talon, Blaze, or Leaf/Leif. | | | | nature trail, at the local zoo or botanical garden |
| Looking for more of a nautical theme? You could | | | | and write down every name that you find |
| name your baby after an ocean, lake or other | | | | interesting. There are a lot of earthly inspirations |
| body of water. Here are a few water-themed | | | | out there and they may not all come to you |
| suggestions: Brooke, Lake, Rain or Raine, Crystal, | | | | from a baby name book or website. |
| Kai, Rhet, Rhys, Fisher, Sandy, or Marina. If you | | | | |