Whether you're hunting for popular picks, vintage charm or fresh ideas, these spring baby names are perfect for your little one
90 Spring Baby Names Perfect for the Season of Rebirth
Published on Feb. 25, 2025
Picking a seasonal baby name is a great way to whittle down your options while honoring your baby’s birth month or your favorite time of year. And if you’re due any time between March and June, it’s pretty likely a few spring baby names will be on your list.
This verdant season dovetails beautifully with the birth of a child as tiny green shoots, budding flowers and the arrival of baby animals all serve to signal a fresh start in life. “Some spring baby names are symbolic, with meanings like ‘rebirth’ or ‘renewal,’ such as Anastasia and Renée, while others are more literal, like April and May,” says Rebekah Wahlberg, a specialist in baby-name trends at BabyCenter.
Whether your wee one is coming this spring or you just love cruising baby-name lists in your spare time (same!), we’ve got loads of spring baby names at the ready, including floral ones, unique picks and a few retro options with vintage flair. Here’s to your sweet new lamb’s arrival this spring!
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Popular spring baby names for boys
- Aaron: From Aaron’s beard, a flowering shrub
- Arbor: Latin for “tree”
- Aries: The first spring zodiac sign
- Finch: A sweet bird
- Gardner: From the French word for garden (jardin)
- Owen: Irish for “the yew tree” or “youth”
- Pascal: Related to Easter in Latin
- River: From Old French
- Stanley: British origin for “stony meadow”
- Wells: Old English for “spring of water”
- William: From sweet William, a flower
Popular spring baby names for girls
- April: A spring month
- Chloe: Greek for “green shoot”
- Daisy: A petaled flower
- Eden: The biblical garden
- Emerald: May’s birthstone
- Iris: Greek for “rainbow”
- Ivy: A climbing vine
- Leilani: Hawaiian for “heavenly flowers”
- Lily: An Easter flower
- May: A spring month
- Nova: Latin for “new”
- Persephone: Greek goddess of spring
- Petal: Greek for “leaf”
- Shoshana: Hebrew for “lily” or “rose”
- Violet: A purple flower
- Willow: From Old English
Vintage spring baby names for boys
- Adam: From the Hebrew for “soil” or “Earth”
- Bradley: Old English for “broad meadow”
- Bruce: British for “willow lands”
- Demetrius: From the Greek for “Earth mother”
- Harley: Old English for “hare’s meadow”
- Henley: British for “high meadow”
- Renée: French for “reborn”
- Robin: The classic spring bird
Vintage spring baby names for girls
- Abilene: Hebrew for “meadow, grassy area”
- Agnes: French for “pure” or “holy”
- Ava: “Life” in Hebrew and Persian
- Chloris: Greek for “pale green;” also the goddess of vegetation
- Clover: A ground-cover plant
- Flora: Latin for “like a flower”
- Laurel: Latin in origin
- Lilac: A purplish-pink flower
- Marigold: Common flower
- Wren: A bird
Floral baby names for boys
- Alder: A tree
- Ambrose: From ambrosia, Latin for “flowering plants”
- Basil: An herb
- Bud: An early flower blossom
- Cosmo: A colorful garden annual
- Fennel: Latin for “hay”
- Hyacinth: A fragrant flower
- Oliver: From the Latin for “olive tree”
- Reed: A slender plant
Floral baby names for girls
- Alyssa: From alyssum, a plant with white flowers
- Azalea: Latin for “dry Earth”
- Blossom: To bloom
- Bluebell: A spring flower
- Dahlia: Scandinavian in origin
- Fleur: French for “flower”
- Heather: An English shrub
- Jasmine: A Persian flower
- Lavender: An herb and a flower
- Lotus: Greek for “lotus flower”
- Magnolia: A flower
- Poppy: A brightly colored flower
- Rose: A fragrant flower
- Violette: French for “violet”
Unique spring baby names for boys
- Anoush: Persian for “eternal”
- Aviv: Hebrew for “spring”
- Behar: Albanian for “spring”
- Branch: Old French for “twig”
- Chun: Chinese for “spring season“
- Elio: Italian for “sun”
- Fern: Old English for “feather” or “leaf”
- Jorah: Hebrew for “early rain”
- Moss: Old English for “peat bog”
- Oakley: A meadow of oak trees
- Sparrow: A common bird
- Vasanta: Sanskrit for “spring”
Unique spring baby names for girls
- Amaryllis: A flower; also Greek for “sparkling”
- Bahar: Persian for “spring season”
- Gaia: Greek for “Earth”
- Haru: Japanese for “spring”
- Naya: Indian for “fresh” or “new”
- Rain: From Old English
- Renata: Latin for “born again”
- Sakura: Japanese for “cherry blossom”
- Una: Irish for “lamb”
- Vesna: “Spring” in many Slavic languages
Are spring baby names trending right now?
Spring baby names for girls are definitely trending. “The top 100 is a veritable bouquet of floral girl names, with Violet and Lily in the top 20, while further down there’s Chloe, Ivy, Willow, Iris, Daisy, Eden and Leilani, a Hawaiian name which could mean ‘heavenly flowers,'” says Wahlberg.
Spring baby names for boys, however, are more subtle. “There’s Adam, which is rooted in the Hebrew word that means ‘Earth,’ and it’s tied to spring thanks to his place in the Bible as the very first human life created, alongside Eve,” she says. “William, as in sweet William, a popular garden plant, is also in the top 100, and Anthony comes from anthos, the Greek word for ‘flower.'”
What should you consider when naming your child?
Wahlberg notes that choosing a baby name is a personal decision for parents. She recommends some careful thinking before you make your final choice. Giving the name a test run before your infant’s arrival can help you decide whether you like it in real life. “And remember, a cutesy name that stands out prominently or sounds fun for a baby might not be so ideal for a grown-up to have,” she warns.
As for trendy baby names, she offers a cautious approach: “Keep in mind that there’s a fine line between charming and tacky.” For example, might it seem cringey for a girl born in April to be named April? “Or for a baby to have a matchy-matchy name like Rose Bloom?” Food for thought—but it’s up to you in the end.
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Sources:
- Rebekah Wahlberg, specialist in baby-name trends at BabyCenter; email interview, Feb. 21, 2025
- BabyCenter: “78 Fresh Spring Baby Names”
- BabyCenter: “83 Floral Boy Names Plucked Straight from Our Garden”
- Behind the Name: “Names Categorized ‘Spring'”
- Ancestry: “Discover the history of your first name”
- The Bump: “Spring Baby Names”
