Polish & French Nature Names


 

Lithuanian ForestHere is my second list of Polish and French nature names. Please keep in mind that many of these are hypothetical. I would be honored if someone actually found inspirations and used these on their children. What do you think? Hypothetical names will have an asterisk. Names with no asterisk actually have a history of use. Also be advised that names whose meanings are obvious will not have their meaning in parenthesis.

French
Female

  • Abeille (bee, a-BAY)
  • Achillée (yarrow)
  • Adansonie** (baobob)
  • Adiante** (maidenhair)
  • Amarelle** (type of cherry)
  • Amèrise** (wild cherry)
  • Anagallis** (pimpernel)
  • Aralie (aralia)
  • Ardoise** (slate)
  • Armérie/Statice  ** (sea-pink)
  • Aronde** (swallow)
  • Aube (dawn)
  • Aubépine (hawthorn)
  • Balsamine (balsam/balm)
  • Belladone
  • Bergamote
  • Bluette (blueberry)
  • Brebis** (ewe)
  • Brume/Brumeuse** (mist/misty)
  • Bruyère (heather)
  • Cannelle (cinnamon)
  • Capucine (nasturtium)
  • Cardamome ** (cardamom)
  • Cascade**
  • Cascavelle** (jequirity)
  • Cenelle** (hawthorn berry)
  • Chanson** (song)
  • Chênette** (white dryad)
  • Cinabre** (cinnabar)
  • Colibrie** (hummingbird)
  • Cornaline** (carnelian)
  • Coquille** (seashell)
  • Crécerelle** (kestrel)
  • Dauphine (dolphin)
  • Dune
  • Éclaire** (lightning)
  • Épicéa/Épinette** (spruce)
  • Élodée ** (pondweed)
  • Ensoleillée** (sunny)
  • Érable** (maple)
  • Étoile (star)
  • Faune (fauna)
  • Galaxie**
  • Galène** (galena)
  • Ganteline ** (dane’s blood)
  • Garance (madder)
  • Gazanie** (gazania)
  • Gelée** (frost)
  • Glaïeule** (gladiolus)
  • Guirlande** (garland)
  • Glycine** (wisteria)
  • Griotte** (sour cherry)
  • Hottonie** (water-violet)
  • Ipomée** (morning glory)
  • Isatis (artic fox, EE-zah-TEEZ)
  • Ivoire** (ivory)
  • Jaspe** (jasper)
  • Lavande (lavender)
  • Lilas (lilac)
  • Linaigrette** (cottongrass)
  • Linotte** (linnet)
  • Liseron (morning glory)
  • Luciole (firefly)
  • Marasque** (maraschino cherry)
  • Marée** (tide)
  • Mélèze** (larch)
  • Menthe (mint)
  • Mirabelle (mirabelle plum)
  • Mûre ** (blackberry)
  • Myrrhe**
  • Myrtille (bilberry)
  • Nachi** (asian pear)
  • Narthécie** (bog bean)
  • Neige (snow)
  • Nerprune** (buckthorn)
  • Nivéole**(lily-of-the-valley)
  • Noisette (hazelnut)
  • Obsidienne** (obsidian)
  • Orchidée (orchid)
  • Oseille** (sorrel)
  • Perce-neige** (snowdrop)
  • Pervenche (periwinkle)
  • Péridot/Péridotte **
  • Pétale**
  • Phalène** (moth)
  • Pivoine (peony)
  • Plume (feather)
  • Poème** (poem)
  • Poésie** (poetry)
  • Pruche ** (spruce tree; PREUSH; Cajun French)
  • Prune (plum)
  • Raiponce (rampion)
  • Réglisse (licorice)
  • Renarde (vixen)
  • Renoncule** (buttercup)
  • Roncière (bramble)
  • Rossignole** (nightingale)
  • Rue**
  • Sable** (sand)
  • Sabline** (sandwort)
  • Sagittaire** (katniss)
  • Sainfoine ** (french honeysuckle)
  • Saison** (season)
  • Sansonnette** (starling)
  • Soirée** (evening)
  • Soleirole** (angel’s tears)
  • Solstice**
  • Térébinthe** (terebinth)
  • Terre ** (land, earth)
  • Trésore** (treasure)
  • Tulipe (tulip)
  • Umé ** (asian plum)
  • Vague** (wave)
  • Valériane
  • Vanille (vanilla)
  • Vergerette** (fleabane)
  • Viorne** (viburnum)
  • Vipérine ** (viper’s bugloss)
  • Zibeline** (sable)

Male

  • Acier** (steel)
  • Blaireau** (badger)
  • Brin ** (blade of grass)
  • Champ ** (field)
  • Charbon** (coal)
  • Chardon** (thistle)
  • Corbeau** (crow, raven)
  • Coton** (cotton)
  • Daim** (buck)
  • Dard** (sting)
  • Glouton** (wolverine)
  • Gui** (mistletoe)
  • Gryf** (griffin)
  • Houblon** (hop)
  • Houx** (holly; HOO)
  • Jais** (jet, ZHAY)
  • Macis ** (mace)
  • Mercure (mercury)
  • Milan (kite)
  • Moisson** (harvest)
  • Nord** (north)
  • Ours (bear)
  • Pin** (pine)
  • Pré ** (field)
  • Récif** (reef)
  • Renard (fox)
  • Requin** (shark)
  • Saumon ** (salmon)
  • Terrain** (field, terrain)
  • Turquoise**
  • Vallon** (glen)

Unisex

  • Coriandre** (coriander)
  • Piaf ** (sparrow)

Polish
Female

  • Alstremeria** (inca lily)
  • Ałycza** (cherry plum (ah-WITCH-chah)
  • Bąbela** (honeycomb, BONE-beh-lah)
  • Bawełna** (cotton, bah-VEU-nah)
  • Bergamota**
  • Biała (white; BYOW-wah; medieval name)
  • Borówka (blueberry)
  • Bryza ** (breeze)
  • Czapla** (heron, CHAP-lah)
  • Czeremcha** (bird cherry, cheh-REM-hah)
  • Cynia** (zinnia)
  • Dąbrówka (bugle flower, dome-BROOF-kah)
  • Delfina (dolphin)
  • Dolina** (valley; glen)
  • Fala (wave)
  • Firtletka** (flower of Bristol)
  • Fuksja ** (fuchsia)
  • Glicynia** (wisteria)
  • Glina ** (clay)
  • Grusza** (pear, GROO-shah)
  • Jara (poetic word for the month of spring, YAH-rah)
  • Jasna (clear, YAHS-nah)
  • Jemioła** (mistletoe)
  • Jeziora** (shore)
  • Jeżyna (bramble, yeh-ZHIH-nah)
  • Jutrzenka (aurora, morning star, venus, yoot-JANE-kah)
  • Kalina (viburnum)
  • Kaskada ** (cascade)
  • Kolendra** (coriander)
  • Kolibra** (hummingbird_
  • Koniczyna** (clover, KOH-nich-CHIN-nah)
  • Ketmia ** (hibiscus)
  • Konwalia ** (lily-of-the-valley).
  • Łąka** (meadow, WONE-kah)
  • Łania** (doe, WAHN-yah)
  • Lawenda** (lavender)
  • Lepnica** (notthingham catchfly)
  • Lilak** (lilac)
  • Lonicera** (honeysuckle)
  • Malina (raspberry)
  • Marzanna (madder; mar-ZHAHN-neh-nah)
  • Mięta** (mint)
  • Moczarka** (pondweed, mo-CHAR-kah)
  • Morela (abricot)
  • Muszla** (seashell, MOOSH-lah)
  • Niezapominajka** (forget-me-not; NYEZ-ah-PO-mee-NYE-kah)
  • Olsza ** (alder tree, OLE-shah)
  • Ostróżka** (larkspur, o-STROOSH-kah)
  • Ożyna** (blackberry, oh-ZHIN-nah)
  • Pietruszka** (parsley)
  • Piosenka** (song)
  • Piwonia** (peony)
  • Poezja** (poetry)
  • Pola (fields, meadows)
  • Pszczoła (bee; PSHCHOH-wah; medieval name, used as a vernacular form of Deborah)
  • Przyroda** (wildlife, pshih-ROH-dah)
  • Rafa (reef)
  • Rana ** (morning)
  • Rosiczka ** (sundew)
  • Roślina** (plant; roshe-LEE-nah)
  • Różana** (pink, roo-ZHAH-nah)
  • Ruta (rue)
  • Sasanka** (pasque-flower; anemone)
  • Solanka** (brine)
  • Sosna ** (pine)
  • Ślęzawa ** (mallow wart, shlen-ZAH-vah)
  • Śliwka (plum, SHLEEF-kah)
  • Śnieguła ** (snow bunting, snowflake, shnyeh-GOO-wah)
  • Śnieżyca** (lily-of-the-valley, shnyeh-JIT-sah)
  • Świrzepa** (bastard cabbage, shvee-ZHE-pah)
  • Sójka** (blue jay, SOY-kah)
  • Szarówka** (dusk; shah-ROOF-kah)
  • Tęcza** (rainbow, TEN-chah)
  • Ulewa ** (downpour, oo-LEH-vah)
  • Walerianna (valerian; VAH-lare-ee-AHN-neh-nah)
  • Wichura** (gale, vee-HOO-rah)
  • Wełnianka** (cottongrass)
  • Werbena**
  • Wilga** (oriole; VEEL-ga)
  • Wydma** (dune, VID-mah)
  • Zarośla** (thicket; zah-ROSHE-lah)
  • Zerwa** (rampion, ZARE-vah)
  • Ziemia** (land, earth; ZYEH-myah)
  • Żniwa** (ZHNEE-vah)
  • Żurawka** (alumroot, zhoo-RAHF-kah)
  • Życica** (rye-grass, zhi-TSEET-sah)

Male

  • Bagno** (fen)
  • Baran** (ram)
  • Borsuk** (badger)
  • Buk** (beech)
  • Chmiel** (hop)
  • Dąb** (oak, DOMP)
  • Drzewko** (sapling, JEF-ko)
  • Gagat** (jet)
  • Grom (thunderclap; medieval name)
  • Huk** (thunder)
  • Jawor ** (sycamore)
  • Karneol** (carnelian)
  • Kobalt**
  • Klon** (maple)
  • Kruk (crow) – medieval name
  • Kwarc** (quartz)
  • Lasek** (grove)
  • Las** (forest)
  • Len** (flax)
  • Lew (lion; LEV)
  • Lis** (fox)
  • Łupek ** (slate, WOO-pek)
  • Miedź** (copper, MYEDGE)
  • Miki** (mica)
  • Modrzew** (larch, MODE-jev)
  • Mróz** (frost, MROOZ)
  • Niedźwiedź (bear; NYEDGE-vyedge) -this was used in Medieval Times, now obsolete
  • Nikiel** (nickel)
  • Obsydian** (obsidian)
  • Piolun (absinthe tree)
  • Piorun (lightning; PYO-roon; name of a Slavic god, medieval name)
  • Potok** (stream)
  • Rekin** (shark)
  • Rosomak** (wolverine)
  • Rtęć** (mercury, rTENCH)
  • Turkus** (turquoise)
  • Skarb (treasure)
  • Skowronek** (skylark, sko-VRONE-nek)
  • Słowik ** (nightengale)
  • Świt** (dawn; SHVEET)
  • Szron** (hoarfrost, SHRONE)
  • Wieczór** (evening; VYET-choor)
  • Wróbel ** (sparrow, VROO-bel)
  • Żar ** (flame, ZHAR)

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