Baby Names Meaning Forest or Woodland

Forest-names sit in the same family as river and sky names but with a different texture: shelter instead of openness. This hub gathers names across cultures whose root meaning is forest, wood, or of the trees.

Silas and Silvia (Latin silva, 'forest'), Ashton ('ash tree town'), Aspen (English tree), Linden (Germanic), Oren (Hebrew, 'pine'), Daphne (Greek, 'laurel'), and Hazel (Old English) all belong here. Nature naming has deep historic roots, not just modern ones.