Polish & French Nature names

Here is a list of French and Polish nature names. Some of these are hypothetical, some of them are actually used. Hypothetical names are italicized. Note: many of the legit nature names are very archaic.

French

Females

  • Acacie
  • Améthyste
  • Argentine (silver)
  • Automne
  • Azalée
  • Azure
  • Baie (bay)
  • Bijou (jewel)
  • Bleue
  • Branche
  • Capucine (nasturtium)
  • Cèdre (cedar)
  • Ciel (sky)
  • Chênaie (oak grove)
  • Colombe (dove)
  • Chrysanthème (mum)
  • Diamante
  • Émeraude
  • Épine (thorn)
  • Érine (alpine flower)
  • Étoile (star)
  • Falaise (cliff)
  • Fauve (fawn colour)
  • Fée (fairy)
  • Flambée (blaze)
  • Garance (hawthorn)
  • Gingembre (ginger)
  • Hiver (winter)
  • Joyau (jewel)
  • Lauréole (daphne laurel)
  • Lierre (ivy)
  • Lune (moon)
  • Miel (honey)
  • Muguette (lily-of-the-valley)
  • Nuage (cloud)
  • Océane (ocean)
  • Opale
  • Ombre (shadow)
  • Onagre (evening primrose)
  • Pavotte (poppy)
  • Perle
  • Pluie (rain)
  • Primevère (primrose)
  • Primerose (hollyhock)
  • Printemps (spring)
  • Rivière (river)
  • Rubine (ruby)
  • Safrane (saffron)
  • Saphire
  • Sarcelle (teal-duck)
  • Sauge (sage)
  • Saule (willow)
  • Serre (talon)
  • Soleil (sun)
  • Tempête (tempest)
  • Topaze (topaz)
  • Tonnelle (arbor)

Males

  • Bleu
  • Éclat (blaze)
  • Faucon (falcon)
  • Faon (fawn-animal)
  • Foin (hay)
  • Bouleau (birch)
  • Laurier (laurel)
  • Loup (wolf)
  • Pierre (stone, rock)
  • Silex (flint)
  • Tremble (aspen)

Polish

Female

  • Akacja
  • Ametysta 
  • Azalia (azalea)
  • Bazylia
  • Burza (storm)
  • Brzoza (birch: BJOH-zah)
  • Chryzantema (mum)
  • Chmura (cloud, HMOO-rah)
  • Cyranka (teal-duck)
  • Gwiazda (star)
  • Jagoda (berry)
  • Jagna (lamb, YAHG-nah)
  • Klejnota (jewel)
  • Koralia (coral)
  • Kwiata (flower, KFYAH-tah)
  • Jesienna (autumn, yeh-SHYEN-nah, yeh-SHYANE-nah)
  • Łabędz (Swan, WA-benj, pre-Christian name)
  • Nasturcja (nasturtium)
  • Nefryta (jade)
  • Niebiana (heavenly)
  • Niebieska (blue)
  • Osika (aspen, ah-SHEE-kah)
  • Pergola (arbor)
  • Perła (pearl)
  • Pogoda (weather)
  • Poziomka (strawberry, paw-ZHOME-kah)
  • Rubina (ruby)
  • Rzeka (river, ZHEH-kah)
  • Sekwoja (sequoia)
  • Skarpa (cliff)
  • Slońce (sun, SWOINs-TSEH)
  • Szafrana (saffron)
  • Szafira (sapphire)
  • Szałwia (sage)
  • Szmaragda (emerald)
  • Stokrotka (daisy)
  • Wierzba (willow, VYEZH-bah)
  • Wisenna/Wiosenna (spring, vi-SEN-nah and vyoh-SEN-nah)
  • Wróżka (fairy, VROOSH-kah)
  • Wyprawa (journey, VIP-prah-vah)
  • Zima (winter, ZHEE-mah)

Male

  • Cień (shadow, Chang)
  • Dereń (dogwood, DEH-reng)
  • Deszcz (rain)
  • Gałąź (branch; GAH-wonshe)
  • Imbir (ginger)
  • Jelonek (fawn animal)
  • Jesion (ash-tree, YEH-shone)
  • Kamień (stone, rock)
  • Kanion (canyon)
  • Kolec (thorn)
  • Kwiatostan (blossom)
  • Płomień (blaze, PWOH-myang)
  • Lasek (grove)
  • Lesota (forest)
  • Mak (poppy)
  • Niebo (heaven)
  • Orzeł (eagle, Aw-jeu)
  • Popiół (ash from a fire, POPE-pyeu)
  • Rudzik (robin)
  • Siano (hay, SHAH-no)
  • Sokół (falcon, SO-keu)
  • Srebro (silver)
  • Sztorm (storm)
  • Żegota (blaze)
  • Źebrak (colt, ZHEH-brahk)
  • Wawrzyn (laurel, VAHF-zhin)
  • Wilk (wolf)

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