Rowan
Irish / Scottish
Little red one, the mountain ash. Berries in autumn. Soft for a boy.
Names that smell like hedges after rain.
These are quieter names we've looked at. Meadows, kitchen gardens, slow afternoons. If that sounds like your child, start here.
They belong with hedges, rain, and unhurried days.
A meaning to grow into, not a trend to outgrow.
Irish / Scottish
Little red one, the mountain ash. Berries in autumn. Soft for a boy.
English
The open uncultivated land. Wind, gorse, a wide sky.
Latin / Biblical
Forest, or from Silvanus. Woody, gentle, a little old chapel.
English
The river plant. Tall, thin, musical in the wind.
Germanic
The lime tree. Honey-scented shade.
English
From Philip. Dickens’ boy. A pip of an apple. Small and dear.
English
The green that grows on stone. Quiet, rare, completely itself.
English
The tiny bird with a huge song. Used more and more for boys.
The same softness. A different music.
English
A field in flower. Exactly what it sounds like.
English
The tree that bends and does not break.
Latin
Merciful, and the fruit. A song, a picnic, a painted crate.
English
The woodland plant. Shade-loving, ancient, unfussy.
English
The nut tree, and the eye colour. Nutbrown and kind.
English
Mary’s gold. A cottage flower that insists on being cheerful.
English
The lucky field flower. Soft luck, green luck.
English
A little bunch of flowers. Vintage, tiny, impossible not to smile at.
I was once a kid. Never forget to be a kid!
Save 10% when bought together