Rustic & Cozy ‘Cottagecore’ Baby Names

Rita Templeton
·2 min read

During the pandemic, when we were cocooning ourselves in our homes and learning (or at least trying to learn) how to bake bread, we embraced a new aesthetic: cottagecore. Though at its heart, cottagecore isn’t really “new” at all. It’s rooted in a simple, sustainable, harmonious-with-nature existence like the kind our great-great grandparents lived. The cottagecore aesthetic was a perfect fit for pandemic living, when our home life was the sole focus, and the lack of outside activities meant we had more time to pick up hobbies like knitting and gardening and baking — and it’s still going strong.

Like most popular aesthetic trends, cottagecore has made its way into our baby naming patterns, just like the “coastal grandmother” aesthetic did. But where coastal grandmother names are preppy and refined, cottagecore names are rustic and rugged; think cottage in the woods versus cottage in the Hamptons. Think a cozy wool sweater and a cup of herbal tea from the garden, and hand-hewn logs for the fire; a hearty soup bubbling in an iron kettle and bread baking in a wood-burning stove. That’s the cottagecore aesthetic.

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Unlike the coastal grandmother trend, which obviously skews feminine, cottagecore baby names aren’t just female … there are plenty of male and gender-neutral options as well. Here’s a list of some of our homespun cottagecore baby name favorites.

Cottagecore Baby Names for Girls

Hattie

Laurel

Olive

Jessamine

Elinor

Amelia

Beatrice

Elsie

Lettie

Clover

Tillie

Rosemary

Willow

Sylvie

Maggie

Flora

Eliza

Wren

Ruby

Daisy

Hazel

Nellie

Meadow

Mabel

Willa

Lucy

Sadie

Polly

Cressida

Birdie

Faye

Josie

Fern

Violet

Adeline

Poppy

Cottagecore Baby Names for Boys

Declan

Arlo

Shepherd

Finnegan

Atticus

Thatcher

Eamon

Brendan

Tobias

Auden

Elias

Alder

Simon

Matthias

Ambrose

Jasper

Alfie

Gideon

Fletcher

Silas

Theodore

Josiah

Emerson

Holden

Wilder

Benedict

Eldon

Thaddeus

Henry

Asher

Gender Neutral Cottagecore Baby Names

Sage

Sparrow

Briar

Shiloh

Rory

Linden

Sylvan

Sawyer

Rowan

Indigo

Emery

River

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