Tree Names for Boy

dirtyboots · January 2016

My father's mn is Forrest. DH and I both want to name our LO after him. Now, not wishing to use his name directly we came to the idea of using tree names. Not the same but, directly related. We've come up with girl names just fine, but for a little guy, I'm struggling. I LOVED the name Oliver, however it seems like now a days everyone and his brother is using the name. Other names we've tossed around are Lennox, Kiefer, and Rowan (DH hates this name). But, I'm not sold on any of those either. Middle name would be Scott and last name is similar to Leonard.
Any suggestions?

Bringmemylongswordho · January 2016

First thought was Rowan.

Suggest

Ash
Linden
Sylvan

klirwin82 · January 2016

Hebrew names Alon or Oren.

I also like Kiefer, Linden and Nash.

SongbirdintheCity · January 2016

Cedar
Spruce
Arden (latin - "great forest")
Arlo
Silas
Oren

Also, what about Foster? Apparently it's, a variant of Forrest and derives from the occupational name "forester".

g8trkim · January 2016

Is there a reason you don't want to use Forrest? Personally, I would just use that as the MN.

JM8384 · January 2016

Aspen..London (tree species is London plain)

groovylocks · January 2016

Bodhi. This is one of the few legitimate uses of this word as a name.

Also Cedar is good. I know a girl named Cedar. It could go either way though. So could Jade. Tehchnically it's a female name i guess.. But it could potentially work on a guy. It's not like we're talking Annabelle here.

saham07 · January 2016

Douglas
Birch
Alder

dragonfly321 · January 2016

The only name ice seen that flows with Scott as a middle is
Douglas Scott
LOVE Rowan Scott though!
I'm a big fan of names that flow. So matching names like Ash and Scott just seems awkward to me.

magsugar13 · January 2016

douglas

llbne · January 2016

I think using a tree name to honor someone with the mn Forrest is a serious stretch. I personally wouldn't recognise much connection if someone gave their baby a middle name with the same 'theme' as my middle name. I don't think I'd feel especially honored. If anything I'd be a little embarrassed about the lengths they'd gone to avoid actually using any of my names.

If I were you I'd use Forrest or choose a different tack.

Pregghers · January 2016

I knew a male Poplar once. Not my style, but maybe it's yours!

MamaWren919 · January 2016

I would mn Forest. It's a great name, much better than any other tree themed name. I also agree that the theme isn't really much of an "honor," definitely not the same as using someone's actual name.

lm45678 · January 2016

TBH, I would either use Forrest or use your dad's first name.

Nothing personal- I just think it's a bit of a stretch. In the same way people use the first letter of someone's names to honor them.

virginiaunicorn11 · January 2016

laurenm2123 said:
TBH, I would either use Forrest or use your dad's first name.

Nothing personal- I just think it's a bit of a stretch. In the same way people use the first letter of someone's names to honor them.

...except using the same first letter as a way to honor someone is an established, legitimate religious tradition

MrsN092714 · January 2016

I know an Oa.ks and think its super cute on a little boy

holocene · January 2016

Alder, although I honestly like Forrest very much.

g8trkim · January 2016

laurenm2123 said:
TBH, I would either use Forrest or use your dad's first name.

Nothing personal- I just think it's a bit of a stretch. In the same way people use the first letter of someone's names to honor them.

Yeah but using the first letter is actually a religious tradition.

breezypip · January 2016

https://nameberry.com/blog/new-baby-boy-names-inspired-by-trees

An entire article on name berry with suggestions

lm45678 · January 2016

virginiaunicorn11 said:

laurenm2123 said:
TBH, I would either use Forrest or use your dad's first name.

Nothing personal- I just think it's a bit of a stretch. In the same way people use the first letter of someone's names to honor them.

...except using the same first letter as a way to honor someone is an established, legitimate religious tradition

g8trkim said:

laurenm2123 said:
TBH, I would either use Forrest or use your dad's first name.

Nothing personal- I just think it's a bit of a stretch. In the same way people use the first letter of someone's names to honor them.

Yeah but using the first letter is actually a religious tradition.

Sorry guys- didn't mean to offend. I'm not religious at all and legitimately had no idea.

TheHauntedHauswife · January 2016

Forester is another name thats close but not exact. Though i too simply love Forrest.

g8trkim · January 2016

laurenm2123 said:

TBH, I would either use Forrest or use your dad's first name. Nothing personal- I just think it's a bit of a stretch. In the same way people use the first letter of someone's names to honor them.
...except using the same first letter as a way to honor someone is an established, legitimate religious tradition

TBH, I would either use Forrest or use your dad's first name. Nothing personal- I just think it's a bit of a stretch. In the same way people use the first letter of someone's names to honor them.
Yeah but using the first letter is actually a religious tradition.
Sorry guys- didn't mean to offend. I'm not religious at all and legitimately had no idea.

Oh, totally not offended. No worries. It's just not comparable to OPs situation so I wanted to help clarify.

PhoebeJune1984 · January 2016

My friend has a son with the middle name, Noble. It is a family name on his side. At first I was like "huh?" but then it grew on me (more as a middle name, than a first name).

alileecam · January 2016

I like a lot of the names suggested (obviously I love Foster, as that is my son's name), but wanted to chime in and say that I know someone with a grandson named Banyan (unsure if first or middle name) and that's the first tree name I thought of, although it is obviously not everyone's style.

ETA--Now that I am pregnant again, my 3yo thinks he is as well and plans on naming his unborn "Treemate". So there's a bonus tree theme name for ya. (We have no idea where he got it.)

holli0801 · January 2016

Silas means of the forrest. Also love Cedar.

WildWhat · January 2016

Leif?

cmerribury · January 2016

Ash, Douglas, Alder. Also you could consider some famous forrest names. Like Sherwood (please note I'm not actually suggesting Sherwood, just using it as an example).

theGDpaterfamilias · January 2016

I like Alder and Douglas most.

IDK. Elmer? Scott (pine)?

mthoomom · January 2016

Linden Scott sounds so nice

dirtyboots · January 2016

Thank you all for the suggestions. I do love the name Forrest and it is honestly a contender, I was just looking at options. I did like the idea of using tree names to tie our future kids names together (we're nature lovers). That was another reason why I was looking for boy tree names, but we also want it to be wearable. Ahhh, who woulda thought naming a baby would be so difficult.

Flowr4246 · February 2016

Ash or Ashton?

kimikimi · February 2016

What about Glen or Grove? Good luck!

PinkLady2015 · February 2016

Joshua

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