June 23, 2020

These Unique Baby Names Are Inspired By The Great Outdoors

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These Unique Baby Names Are Inspired By The Great Outdoors

Whether it’s the name for a magnificent tree or one reminiscent of a beautiful flower, giving your baby a moniker inspired by nature is bound to invest them with a sense of connection to the world around them.

After all, most of us feel happiness and serenity when we’re outdoors, surrounded by mountains, beaches or forests – especially during lockdown.
We have a wealth of baby name inspiration on HuffPost UK Parents, but here are 10 monikers inspired by the wild earth.Related... Reach For The Stars: 10 Baby Names Inspired By Great Explorers HollyFrom Old English, meaning the holly tree, Holly is synonymous with all the joy of Christmas. WillowThis name comes from the Old English word welig, meaning willow. It’s both graceful and romantic. IvyFrom the name for the plant – and as used by Beyoncé and Jay-Z for their daughter, Blue Ivy, who was born in 2012.AutumnAutumn comes from the Latin word autumnus and reminds us of orange and brown crisp leaves on the ground. AuroraOriginates from the name of the ancient Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora – and also the name for the northern lights (aurora borealis).RiverIt comes from the Latin word for river bank – a child named River is bound to be a rock star. RobinA pet form of Robert. Robin means fame or famous, and bright. KaiThis name from the Hawaiian word for ocean. See also: Kai Rooney. FoxGo a little more unique with this moniker. According to the Celts, foxes are a guide in the spirit world.AtlasIt comes from the Greek and describes Titan – the bearer of the heavens. This child is bound to be an explorer. Related... I Let My 8-Year-Old Cook Us A 3-Course Meal. Here's How It Went. Retro, Baby: These Names Were Popular For Infants In The 1950s Pearl And Petra: 12 Unique Baby Name Ideas For Twins

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World rings in 2023

Country by country, the world welcomed 2023 early Sunday morning — and bid goodbye to a year marked by war, economic uncertainties, and COVID variants. Many cities were celebrating New Year's in full force for the first time since the pandemic, with more than 100,000 gathering on the Embankment of the Thames in London for a firework show that paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, while an estimated million people braved the rain for the New Year's Eve party in New York's Times Square. Roni Bintang/Getty Images Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Alexi Rosenfeld/ Getty Images Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images "I just wish everyone a lot of prosperity, peace, and love," Tina Wright, a reveler visiting New York City from the Phoenix area, told the Los Angeles Times.