I have recently been thinking about what I want in a middle name. Family name? Sounds good with first name? [name]Virtue[/name] name? Short and classy or long and elegant?
And then I thought–me and my husband go hiking (as our regular vacation) every summer, we are super outdoorsy and big environmental enthusiasts. We bike wherever we can that is possible, own a hybrid, have a solar powered outdoor fan (haha–weird wedding gift.) I’m a quarter Native American, and we even spent some time with [name]Mary[/name] [name]Jane[/name] back in college together. So I thought, heck, we’re going to give our children HIPPIE middle names.
The first ones I’ve thought of were [name]Sunshine[/name], [name]Flower[/name]… etc, but dug a little deeper and thought flower names or weird-unheard of or animal names might be a good idea.
Things I’ve considered: [name]Dahlia[/name], [name]Forsythia[/name], [name]Daisy[/name] for the girls
[name]Wolf[/name] or [name]Archer[/name] for the boys
Boys
[name]Heath[/name] (it’s a plant)
[name]Hawthorn[/name] (a tree)
[name]Forest[/name]
[name]Fox[/name]
[name]Flint[/name]
[name]Onyx[/name]
[name]Stone[/name]
[name]Clay[/name]
[name]Ash[/name] (tree)
Bramble
[name]Hawk[/name]
Girls
[name]Briar[/name]
[name]Cassia[/name] (tree cinnamon is from)
[name]Saffron[/name] (plant/spice)
[name]Rosemary[/name] (plant, herb)
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Jonquil[/name] (a bit sassy and tomboyish but much more dignified, [name]IMO[/name], than its other name, [name]Daffodil[/name])
[name]Tansy[/name] - cool plant, cool meaning.
[name]Amarantha[/name] - Like [name]Tansy[/name], it has a cool meaning in addition to being a flower.
[name]Camellia[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Zinnia[/name]
Kestrel - bird
[name]Wren[/name]
[name]Lark[/name]
[name]Dove[/name]
[name]Prairie[/name]
[name]Oceana[/name]
[name]Dawn[/name]
Taiga - term for northern boreal forest
[name]Ember[/name]
Flicker - campfire or songbird
[name]Indigo[/name] - colour, flower.
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Cerise[/name] - Colour, cherry in French.
[name]Zephirine[/name] - means “west wind” also is a type of climbing and nearly thornless rose.
[name]Skye[/name]
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Luna[/name]
[name]Tiger[/name] [name]Lily[/name]
[name]Echo[/name]
[name]Love[/name] (I actually know 3 people with this as a middle name, as a family tradition, and it’s beautiful to me)
[name]Willow[/name]
[name]Journey[/name]
[name]Blossom[/name]
[name]Jewel[/name]
[name]Poppy[/name]
[name]Marigold[/name]
[name]Rain[/name]
[name]Meadow[/name]
[name]Oceana[/name]
[name]River[/name]
[name]Lotus[/name] – know one
[name]Dove[/name]
[name]Lyric[/name]
[name]Story[/name]
Larkspur – love it
[name]Star[/name] – my middle name ([name]Starr[/name]) and I guess my first name [name]Angel[/name] could be Hippie too
[name]Clover[/name]
[name]Gypsy[/name]
[name]Nova[/name] – but the only one I know is a boy
Boys:
[name]Nova[/name]
[name]Fox[/name]
[name]Moss[/name]
[name]Finch[/name] – know one
[name]Sage[/name]
[name]Azure[/name]
[name]Lyric[/name]
[name]Ocean[/name]
[name]Cloud[/name]
[name]River[/name]
[name]Cosmo[/name]
[name]Ever[/name]
[name]Journey[/name]
[name]Justice[/name] – love this
[name]Rain[/name]
[name]Indigo[/name]
[name]Leaf[/name]
[name]Lake[/name]
[name]Frost[/name]
That’s all I’ve got for the moment…I’ll come back tomorrow with more
You might want to also think about Hippie-fying a more classic name that you like. I have a classmate whose middle name is Airica - her parents wanted something that didn’t sound too hippie but then also wanted something super hippie and that’s what they came up with.
Other Berries have already suggested a long list of girls names so I’ll give the guys names a try:
[name]Basil[/name],
[name]Bear[/name],
[name]Blu/name,
Coriander,
Coyote,
[name]Cyress[/name],
[name]Ember[/name],
[name]Heath/name,
[name]Lyric[/name],
[name]Pheonix[/name],
[name]Sky/name,
[name]Zen[/name]
