Names that mean forest
44 first names whose etymology includes “forest” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: Holly, Laura, Ashley, Sylvia. For boys: Wesley, Guy, Keith, Gael.
| Name | For | Origin | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harley | either | English | “rock”, “hare” | #145 (2025) |
| Holly | girls | English | “holly”, “wood” | #169 (2025) |
| Laura | girls | Latin | “laurel tree” | #303 (2025) |
| Ollie | either | French | “olive tree”, “olive” | #123 (2025) |
| Ashley | girls | English | “ash tree”, “wood” | #716 (2025) |
| Wesley | boys | English | “west”, “wood” | #539 (2025) |
| Guy | boys | “wood” | #1,226 (2025) | |
| Keith | boys | Scottish Gaelic | “wood”, “from the battleground” | #5,137 (2025) |
| Gael | boys | Irish | “irishman”, “wild man” | #1,466 (2025) |
| Sylvia | girls | Latin | “forest” | #426 (2025) |
| Presley | either | “priest”, “wood” | #702 (2025) | |
| Primrose | girls | “wood”, “tree” | #196 (2025) | |
| Hayley | girls | English | “hay”, “wood” | #478 (2025) |
| Vienna | girls | German | “wood”, “wild” | #207 (2025) |
| Delaney | girls | “from the alder grove” | #2,788 (2025) | |
| Forrest | boys | “forest” | #474 (2025) | |
| Leigh | either | English | “wood”, “meadow” | #5,119 (2024) |
| Silvia | girls | Latin | “forest” | #2,278 (2025) |
| Rowen | either | English | “rowan tree” | #771 (2025) |
| Roscoe | boys | Norse | “roebuck”, “forest” | #811 (2025) |
| Sylvester | boys | Latin | “woody”, “rural” | #2,664 (2025) |
| Forest | boys | French | “forest” | #856 (2025) |
| Oren | boys | Hebrew | “pine tree” | #1,035 (2025) |
| Ilan | boys | Hebrew | “tree”, “oak tree” | #1,705 (2025) |
| Ridley | either | English | “reeds”, “cleared land” | #1,897 (2025) |
| Linden | either | “lime tree” | #2,664 (2025) | |
| Dash | boys | English | “(residing) near an ash tree” | #4,275 (2025) |
| Elon | either | Hebrew | “oak tree” | #2,440 (2025) |
| Kezia | girls | Hebrew | “cassia tree” | #2,138 (2025) |
| Bexley | girls | English | “box tree”, “wood” | #4,107 (2023) |
| Lin | either | “wood”, “tree” | #5,927 (2025) | |
| Lafayette | boys | “the little beech tree” | ||
| Rush | boys | French | “waterside plant”, “plant in marshes” | |
| Chesney | boys | “oak grove”, “oak” | #4,991 (2023) | |
| Heloise | girls | French | “-ess: feminizing nouns”, “to pick” | #3,035 (2025) |
| Linwood | boys | English | “linden tree”, “woods” | |
| Morley | boys | English | “moor”, “wood” | #3,684 (2025) |
| Derry | boys | Irish | “oak grove”, “oak forest” | #3,048 (2022) |
| Alon | boys | Hebrew | “oak tree” | #3,688 (2024) |
| Boyce | boys | “wood” | #4,991 (2023) | |
| Holley | girls | English | “hollow”, “wood” | #5,591 (2019) |
| Silvanus | boys | Latin | “forest” | |
| Silvius | boys | Latin | “forest” | |
| Vipin | boys | Sanskrit | “forest”, “woods” |