99+ Spring Baby Names for Girls and Boys (With Meanings & Origins)

There is something magical about a baby born in spring. The world is waking up around them, flowers are pushing through the soil, birds are returning to the trees, and everything carries the feeling of a fresh beginning. It makes perfect sense that parents welcoming a spring baby would want a name that captures all of that renewal, warmth, and natural beauty.

Spring names draw from an extraordinary range of sources. Some come directly from the season itself or from the flowers and trees that bloom during it. Others carry meanings rooted in light, warmth, new beginnings, and the natural world coming back to life. A few are the names of ancient goddesses and mythological figures who presided over the season of growth, and some are simply names that carry that unmistakable feeling of a warm breeze and open sky.

Whether your baby is due in March, April, or May, or you simply want a name that carries the spirit of the most hopeful season of the year, this list has more than 99 beautiful options for girls and boys. Popularity rankings are based on the most recent Social Security Administration (SSA) data.

Quick Info: Names ranked >1000 on the SSA database are considered truly rare and unique. Names closer to 1 are among the most popular in the US today.

Popular Girl Names

Aurora

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Dawn
• Popularity: #36

Named after the Roman goddess of dawn who heralded each new day, Aurora has a luminous magical quality that makes it one of the most perfectly spring-spirited names a girl can carry.

Flora

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Flower, blooming
• Popularity: #402

The Roman goddess of flowers and spring herself, Flora is a name that carries the entire season in its meaning and has a clean, warm simplicity that feels both ancient and completely fresh.

Violet

• Origin: English/Latin
• Meaning: Purple flower
• Popularity: #46

One of the great floral names, Violet brings the color and delicacy of one of spring’s earliest blooms into a name that has made a remarkable comeback and sits beautifully on a modern girl.

Lily

• Origin: English/Latin
• Meaning: Lily flower, pure
• Popularity: #31

Perhaps the most iconic of all spring flower names, Lily is clean, bright, and carries the pure whiteness and fresh fragrance of its bloom in one of the most naturally beautiful names in English.

Rose

• Origin: English/Latin
• Meaning: Rose flower
• Popularity: #126

Timeless and endlessly beautiful, Rose is the flower name against which all others are measured, carrying centuries of poetry, romance, and natural perfection in four letters.

Hazel

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Hazel tree, the color hazel
• Popularity: #28

Warm and woody with the feeling of early spring hedgerows, Hazel has made one of the most successful name comebacks of recent years and now sits firmly in the top thirty.

Ivy

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Ivy plant, faithfulness
• Popularity: #59

Fresh, climbing, and full of the energy of spring growth, Ivy carries a lively botanical spirit and has risen sharply in popularity to become one of the defining nature names of this generation.

Daisy

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Day’s eye, daisy flower
• Popularity: #166

Cheerful, sunny, and carrying the open-faced brightness of the flower itself, Daisy is a name that feels like warm sunshine and a meadow in full bloom every time it is spoken.

Iris

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Rainbow, iris flower
• Popularity: #121

Named after both the rainbow goddess and the striking spring flower, Iris has a vivid, colorful energy and a crisp elegance that has made it one of the most beloved nature names of recent years.

Willow

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Willow tree, graceful
• Popularity: #37

Graceful, flowing, and carrying the gentle movement of a willow tree in a spring breeze, this name has become one of the most beloved nature names for girls in America today.

Rare and Delicate Girl Names

Persephone

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Bringer of destruction, she who destroys the light
• Popularity: >1000

The Greek goddess whose return from the underworld each year literally causes spring to begin, Persephone is a dramatic and deeply beautiful name with the entire mythology of the season inside it.

Chloris

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Greenery, blooming, fresh
• Popularity: >1000

The Greek goddess of flowers and spring growth, Chloris is an extraordinarily rare name that carries the very essence of new green life pushing through the earth after winter.

Eostre

• Origin: Germanic/Old English
• Meaning: Dawn, spring goddess
• Popularity: >1000

The ancient Germanic goddess of spring and dawn from whom the word Easter derives, Eostre is a name of remarkable historical depth and a warm, luminous meaning that is genuinely unique.

Anthea

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Flowery, blooming
• Popularity: >1000

One of the epithets of the goddess Hera in her role as goddess of flowers, Anthea is a rare and elegant Greek name that carries the imagery of spring blooming in every letter.

Cerelia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Of the spring, relating to Ceres
• Popularity: >1000

Derived from Ceres the Roman goddess of grain and the growing season, Cerelia has a warm seasonal beauty and a classical elegance that feels deeply rooted in the natural world.

Vesna

• Origin: Slavic
• Meaning: Spring
• Popularity: >1000

The Slavic goddess of spring and youth, Vesna is the most direct possible spring name, the word for the season itself used as a given name across Slavic cultures for centuries.

Blanchefleur

• Origin: French
• Meaning: White flower
• Popularity: >1000

A name straight from medieval French romance literature, Blanchefleur is extravagant, beautiful, and carries the imagery of a white spring flower in one of the most poetic compound names ever created.

Anemone

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Daughter of the wind, windflower
• Popularity: >1000

Named after the delicate spring flower that blooms in the wind, Anemone is a rare and lovely name with a mythological connection to Aphrodite and a genuinely breathtaking sound.

Primrose

• Origin: English/Latin
• Meaning: First rose, early flower
• Popularity: >1000

The primrose is one of the very first flowers to bloom each spring, and this name carries that sense of early promise and gentle beauty in a warm, slightly old-fashioned English package.

Florentina

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Blooming, flourishing
• Popularity: >1000

A lush and elaborate floral name rooted in the Latin word for flowering, Florentina has a Renaissance grandeur and a warm seasonal meaning that makes it feel like a name for someone destined to bloom.

Floral and Botanical Girl Names

Camellia

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Beautiful flowering plant
• Popularity: >1000

Lush, feminine, and carrying the glossy beauty of its late winter and early spring bloom, Camellia is a floral name with genuine elegance and a warm botanical richness.

Azalea

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Dry flower, azalea bloom
• Popularity: #442

Vivid and warm, Azalea brings a splash of hot pink and coral spring color into a name that is botanical, beautiful, and increasingly loved by parents who want something floral but distinctive.

Briar

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Thorny plant, wild rose
• Popularity: #398

Carrying the wild, free energy of a spring hedgerow, Briar has a slightly rugged natural beauty and a modern edge that makes it one of the freshest botanical names for girls today.

Linnea

• Origin: Scandinavian
• Meaning: Lime blossom, twin flower
• Popularity: >1000

Named after the small pink twinflower beloved across Scandinavia and named by the great botanist Linnaeus after himself, this name has a cool Nordic freshness and a delicate floral beauty.

Wisteria

• Origin: English/Latin
• Meaning: Wisteria vine
• Popularity: >1000

One of spring’s most spectacular bloomers, the cascading purple wisteria vine has given its name to a rare and breathtakingly beautiful botanical name that feels almost impossibly romantic.

Jessamine

• Origin: French/Persian
• Meaning: Jasmine flower
• Popularity: >1000

The old French form of Jasmine, Jessamine is a rare and lovely alternative that carries all the fragrant spring beauty of the jasmine flower in a more elaborate, literary package.

Eglantine

• Origin: French/English
• Meaning: Sweet briar, wild rose
• Popularity: >1000

The old English name for the sweet briar rose, Eglantine appears in Chaucer and Shakespeare and carries a wild, fragrant spring beauty that feels both deeply literary and completely original.

Sorrel

• Origin: English/French
• Meaning: Reddish brown, a spring herb
• Popularity: >1000

A herb that emerges bright and sharp in early spring, Sorrel is a cool, understated botanical name with a slightly tart freshness that suits a lively, independent girl perfectly.

Popular Boy Names

Jasper

• Origin: Persian/English
• Meaning: Treasurer, bringer of treasure
• Popularity: #95

Warm, earthy, and carrying the colors of spring soil and new growth, Jasper has made a remarkable rise in popularity and now sits just outside the top one hundred with enormous momentum.

Robin

• Origin: English/Germanic
• Meaning: Bright fame, the robin bird
• Popularity: #531

The robin is one of the great harbingers of spring, and this name carries that cheerful red-breasted energy alongside a warm, friendly character that has made it beloved across generations.

Sylvan

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Of the forest, woodland
• Popularity: >1000

Rooted in the Latin word for forest, Sylvan has a cool, leafy character and a quiet natural depth that makes it one of the most appealing rare nature names for a spring boy.

Reed

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Red-haired, reed plant
• Popularity: #477

Clean and minimal, Reed carries the imagery of new green reeds pushing up through spring water in a short, strong name with a quiet natural energy.

Birch

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Birch tree
• Popularity: >1000

Named after the slender white-barked tree that glows with new pale green leaves each spring, Birch is a minimal, strong nature name with a cool, clean Nordic feeling.

Florian

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Flowering, blooming
• Popularity: >1000

The patron saint of Poland and a name beloved across Central Europe, Florian carries a gentle blooming meaning and a warm, slightly romantic sound that is completely underused in the English-speaking world.

Crispin

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Curly-haired
• Popularity: >1000

The feast day of Saint Crispin falls in October but this name carries a warm, slightly wild energy that suits a spring child, quirky, literary, and deeply distinctive.

Stellan

• Origin: Scandinavian
• Meaning: Calm, peaceful, star
• Popularity: >1000

A Nordic name with a calm starlit quality that bridges the stillness of winter and the awakening energy of spring, Stellan is rare, cool, and carries a quiet Scandinavian strength.

Oleander

• Origin: Greek/Latin
• Meaning: Olive tree, oleander flower
• Popularity: >1000

Named after the dramatic flowering shrub that blooms in warm spring sunshine, Oleander is a bold, unusual botanical name with a slightly exotic quality and a strong, memorable sound.

Evander

• Origin: Greek/Scottish
• Meaning: Good man, bow warrior
• Popularity: >1000

Used in both Greek mythology and Scottish Gaelic tradition, Evander has a fresh heroic energy and a warm, open sound that makes it feel like a name perfectly suited to a spring morning.

Rare and Adventurous Boy Names

Zephyr

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: West wind, gentle breeze
• Popularity: >1000

Named after the Greek god of the west wind who brought the gentle warm breezes of spring, Zephyr is a name of extraordinary freshness and a breezy, free-spirited energy unlike anything currently popular.

Peregrine

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Traveler, wanderer, pilgrim
• Popularity: >1000

Carrying the spirit of the peregrine falcon returning on spring migrations, this name has a wandering, free-spirited energy and a deeply literary quality that makes it irresistible for adventurous parents.

Lysander

• Origin: Greek
• Meaning: Liberator
• Popularity: >1000

Shakespeare’s romantic hero in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play soaked in the magic of a warm spring night, Lysander is a dramatic and deeply beautiful name with a classical weight.

Leif

• Origin: Scandinavian
• Meaning: Heir, descendant, leaf
• Popularity: >1000

Carrying the Norse meaning of a new leaf and the name of the great Viking explorer Leif Erikson, this name has a fresh natural energy and a cool Scandinavian simplicity.

Alban

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: White, bright, from Alba
• Popularity: >1000

The name of Britain’s first Christian martyr whose feast day falls in June, Alban has a clean, bright whiteness in its meaning that carries the fresh light of a spring morning.

Bramble

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Thorny shrub, wild plant
• Popularity: >1000

Wild, rugged, and deeply rooted in the English countryside bursting into new growth each spring, Bramble is an unusual and genuinely adventurous nature name for a bold and spirited boy.

Colt

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Young horse, frisky
• Popularity: #627

With the energy of a young foal born in spring, Colt is short, strong, and carries a wild, free-spirited vitality that suits a lively, energetic boy from his very first days.

Cyprian

• Origin: Latin/Greek
• Meaning: From Cyprus
• Popularity: >1000

Warm and slightly exotic, Cyprian has the feeling of a Mediterranean spring, sunny and fragrant, rare on modern birth certificates but carrying a long distinguished history in early Christian tradition.

Nature Inspired Boy Names

River

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Flowing water
• Popularity: #163

Running fast with spring snowmelt and full of energy, the river is one of spring’s great symbols and this name carries all of that rushing, moving, forward momentum in a short, strong package.

Forest

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Woodland, wooded area
• Popularity: #414

Full of the imagery of trees budding and the forest floor coming alive with new growth, Forest is a name with a deep natural calm and a strong, grounded character.

Skyler

• Origin: Dutch/English
• Meaning: Scholar, eternal life, sky
• Popularity: #170 (boy)

Carrying the open blue sky of a clear spring day, Skyler has a fresh, airy quality and a modern ease that has made it consistently popular for boys across recent decades.

Cade

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Round, gentle
• Popularity: #348

Short and strong with the clean energy of a fresh spring morning, Cade is a minimal, confident name that carries a quiet, steady warmth without ever needing to be showy.

Glen

• Origin: Scottish Gaelic
• Meaning: Valley, narrow valley
• Popularity: >1000

Named after the sheltered green valleys that fill with wildflowers each spring in the Scottish Highlands, Glen is a clean, minimal nature name with a cool, understated character.

Heath

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Heathland, open land
• Popularity: >1000

Named after the open moorland that erupts in purple and green each spring, Heath is a clean, crisp English nature name with a quiet, rugged beauty that feels both vintage and fresh.

Evren

• Origin: Turkish
• Meaning: Universe, cosmos
• Popularity: >1000

With the expansive energy of a spring sky stretching endlessly overhead, Evren is a rare and beautiful name that carries the entire cosmos in its meaning and a cool, clean sound in its letters.

Oakley

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Oak tree meadow
• Popularity: #339

Warm and woody with the energy of an ancient oak tree putting out its first spring leaves, Oakley has a friendly, outdoorsy character and a familiar sound that parents find very easy to love.

Gender Neutral Spring Names

Robin

• Origin: English/Germanic
• Meaning: Bright fame, the robin bird
• Popularity: #531 (girl), used for boys

The spring robin works beautifully across genders, carrying a cheerful, warm energy and the imagery of the first bird of spring in a name that has been freely given to both boys and girls for generations.

Sage

• Origin: English/Latin
• Meaning: Wise, the herb sage
• Popularity: #273 (girl), rising for boys

Aromatic, green, and one of the first herbs to spring back to life in the garden each year, Sage carries both natural freshness and the quality of wisdom in a short, clean name that suits any child.

River

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Flowing water
• Popularity: #163 (boy), widely used for girls

Already popular for boys, River is increasingly given to girls as well, with its rushing, forward-moving energy and its connection to spring melt making it a perfect gender-neutral nature name.

Wren

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Small bird
• Popularity: #207

The tiny wren is one of Britain and America’s most beloved small birds and one of the earliest singers of spring, and this name carries that lively, musical, minimal energy in just four letters.

Indigo

• Origin: English/Greek
• Meaning: Indian dye, deep blue-violet
• Popularity: >1000

Carrying the deep blue-violet color of spring twilight skies and blooming irises, Indigo is a vivid, artistic name that crosses genders beautifully and carries a cool, creative energy.

Cove

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Small sheltered bay
• Popularity: >1000

With the imagery of a sheltered cove opening up to warm spring seas, Cove is a minimal, peaceful nature name that sits comfortably across genders with a quiet, confident beauty.

Birch

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Birch tree
• Popularity: >1000

Already noted for boys, Birch works just as naturally for girls, with its slender, pale, graceful character making it feel genuinely gender-neutral and perfectly suited to the freshness of spring.

Lark

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Lark bird, songbird
• Popularity: >1000

One of the great songbirds of the open spring sky, Lark is a name of pure joy and natural music, short, free, and carrying an effortless gender-neutral beauty that very few names can match.

Finch

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Finch bird
• Popularity: >1000

Small, bright, and full of the lively energy of a spring morning, Finch is a crisp, cool bird name that works beautifully across genders and carries a quiet, slightly literary charm.

Story

• Origin: English
• Meaning: Narrative, tale
• Popularity: >1000

With spring being the season of new beginnings and fresh chapters, Story is a modern, creative name that carries the idea of a life just beginning to unfold, warm, imaginative, and entirely its own.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What are the most popular spring-inspired baby names right now? A: According to the most recent SSA data, Aurora, Violet, Willow, Hazel, and Ivy are among the most popular spring-inspired girl names in the US right now. For boys, Jasper, River, and Robin carry strong spring associations and have been rising steadily. Floral and nature names as a category have seen remarkable growth over the past decade.

Q: What are some rare spring baby names nobody else is using? A: For something truly distinctive, consider Vesna, meaning spring in Slavic languages, Eostre the ancient spring goddess, Chloris the Greek goddess of flowers, Zephyr the Greek god of the spring west wind, or Anemone the spring windflower. All of these carry beautiful meanings and rank well above 1000 in SSA data, making them genuinely rare choices.

Q: Are flower names only for girls? A: Not at all. While most flower names are traditionally given to girls, names like Oleander, Florian, and Briar work beautifully for boys, and several botanical names like Sage, Birch, and Briar are used freely across genders. In many cultures, floral and nature names have always been given to boys as well as girls.

Q: What spring goddess names work for a modern baby? A: The spring goddess names on this list include Aurora the Roman goddess of dawn, Flora the Roman goddess of flowers, Persephone the Greek goddess whose return causes spring, Chloris the Greek goddess of new growth, Vesna the Slavic spring goddess, and Eostre the Germanic spring goddess. All of these carry a mythological depth alongside a genuine seasonal meaning.

Q: Can I use a spring name for a baby born in a different season? A: Absolutely. Spring names are chosen by parents all year round because they carry meanings of hope, renewal, beauty, and new beginnings that feel appropriate for any new life regardless of when it arrives. A winter baby named Aurora or a summer baby named Zephyr carries the spirit of those names perfectly without any seasonal mismatch.

Conclusion

Spring is the season of hope, and a spring name carries that hope with it every single day of a child’s life. Whether you choose a floral treasure like Camellia or Wisteria, a mythological wonder like Persephone or Zephyr, a nature name like Birch or Lark, or a timeless classic like Rose or Robin, you are giving your baby a name that celebrates the most beautiful and optimistic season the natural world has to offer. Take your time, breathe in the possibilities, and let the right name find you.