This is a very low stakes question, but I never know for sure whether to include the name ‘Evening’ in my nature names list. It’s one of my all time favourite names, and I always think of the evening sky, which makes it feel naturey. But I wouldn’t consider “Wednesday” or “June” nature names per se, and [name_f]Evening[/name_f] is a time of day. I debate this with myself all the time and I’m curious about your thoughts.
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If you wouldn’t consider [name_f]June[/name_f] a nature name, I wouldn’t consider [name_f]Evening[/name_f] one either, since they fall into the same category of names for me (a word meaning a specific time)? For me the only non-explicit nature names that I consider nature names are [name_f]Summer[/name_f], [name_f]Winter[/name_f] & [name_f]Autumn[/name_f], since they have very strong nature imagery (Autumn makes me think of orange leaves & pinecones, [name_f]Summer[/name_f] of sandy shores & hot sun & the ocean, etc.) but I don’t think of anything specifically nature-y when I hear “evening”
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This is hard because I would consider [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] and [name_f]Dawn[/name_f] nature names and [name_f]Evening[/name_f] is just another word for the same time of day. But I also consider weekday names and months to be nature names, so perhaps its a person-to-person basis. I would say if the imagery is nature-y to you, then it should go with your nature names but I can also see just putting it with word names instead
Hmm, I don’t think I’d put in on a nature name list - more just a general word name list - but it evokes imagery of nature, so technically it could fit on one?
I would think of it as a word name. To me, nature names are names like [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_m]Forrest[/name_m], [name_m]Elm[/name_m], and [name_m]Basil[/name_m]- names tied only to plant life. If I were to include [name_f]Evening[/name_f] on a list of mine, I would group it with word names like [name_f]Kindred[/name_f], [name_m]Garland[/name_m], [name_f]Promise[/name_f], [name_m]Sparrow[/name_m], and [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f].
Okay, so I recently struggled with a similar question when trying to make a nature name list. Some of my “alternates” included [name_f]July[/name_f] & [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] - which I had to cut from the nature list - and [name_m]Harbor[/name_m], which I did end up including.
I would say that [name_f]Evening[/name_f] is not a nature name. It may fit on some nature-adjacent aesthetics (could be cottagecore, ‘natural’, bohemian).
Interesting. [name_f]My[/name_f] first instinct was no, because like you I wouldn’t consider [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] or [name_f]June[/name_f] a nature name either. But then I thought that evening is something that happens regardless of human classification of time, and that makes it a part of nature. That would put [name_f]Evening[/name_f], and also [name_f]Solstice[/name_f], [name_f]Dawn[/name_f], [name_f]Summer[/name_f], [name_m]Tide[/name_m], [name_m]Eclipse[/name_m] for example in the nature-category, but not [name_f]June[/name_f], [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f], [name_m]Harvest[/name_m] or [name_f]Easter[/name_f].
@OctaviaMay I know this is not the point but explicitly excluding animals from nature names is such a hot take
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I had exactly this same thought process! From “I don’t think so…” to “well, actually I think it kind of is!”
I know months and days happen naturally too, but I think that would make Month and [name_f]Day[/name_f] nature names, but not necessarily [name_f]June[/name_f] or [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] since those are more like titles than natural occurrences themselves?
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I had a very similar thought, I was under the impression everyone considered plant and animals names to be nature names! Perspective is such an interesting thing!
@Wandarine I also like your take on events that happen without human intervention belonging to nature names as well, I think it makes lots of sense.
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[name_f]My[/name_f] first instinct was yes, it does denote a specified time, but like @Wandarine said, its not an arbitrary man made time, like days of the weeks or months. It happens regardless of human interference, and it’s just the word we use to describe a natural occurrence.
[name_m]True[/name_m]! For some reason animal names aren’t on my nature name list, but I’ve never really thought about it before- nature for me has just always been plants, flowers, trees, herbs, etc.
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I don’t consider “evening” a nature name unless you choose to perceive it as a word describing a natural phenomenon (the sun setting every night). Otherwise, I’d say no.
I consider it a word name because it makes me imagine the sky changing colors from sunset until it reaches a dark tone where the stars and the moon emerge. It also reminds me of the cooler breeze and the sounds of nocturnal animals. If [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Sunshine[/name_f], [name_m]Twilight[/name_m], [name_f]Sunset[/name_f] and [name_f]Winter[/name_f] are nature themed names, it makes sense to me that [name_f]Evening[/name_f] also belongs to that category.
But, if your first association is the time of the day, I understand why it would not be very intuitive to consider it a nature name. For example, [name_m]Midnight[/name_m] doesn’t fit in the nature themed list, in my head.
I think it falls into the same category as [name_f]Dawn[/name_f], wherever you feel that goes. I lean more nature or maybe celestial for those two since they bring imagery of the sky and surise/sunset. I feel like it fits better as a nature name than other time names like [name_f]Wednesday[/name_f] or [name_f]June[/name_f] because [name_f]Evening[/name_f] is a description of a natural cycle that happens (season names also fit this) whereas months or days of the week are names for man made measures of time. “Evening” has always existed all across the world for as long as the planet has been spinning but “June” has only existed as long as this particular rendition of the calendar has been in use and isn’t globally universal.