Wild Names
Names that mean from the forest, wild, barbaric, fierce,
unrestrained, untamed. Names of wild beasts and friends of the wild.
 
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• UNISEX:

  1. AGRIPPA: Latin biblical name of the Herod Agrippa of the New Testament who ordered the execution of the apostle James, and the imprisonment of Peter. The name is used as a feminine name in Russia, it is therefore a unisex name, meaning "wild horse."

• MALE:

  1. ABOOKSIGUN: Native American Algonquin name meaning "wildcat."

  2. AGRIPIN: Russian masculine form of Latin Agrippina, meaning "wild horse." 

  3. ARAWN: Welsh myth name of the Lord of Annwn ("un-world; under-world"), possibly meaning "unrestrained wildness."

  4. AUCAMAN: Native American Mapuche name meaning "wild condor."

  5. BIPIN: Bengali form of Hindi Vipin, meaning "forest."

  6. DEFOREST: Norman French surname transferred to English forename use, meaning "from the forest."

  7. DEFORREST: Variant of English Deforest, meaning "from the forest."

  8. ENKIDU: Sumerian myth name of the wild-man friend of Gilgamesh, possibly meaning "creature of Enki."

  9. FOREST: French form of English Forrest, meaning "lives in/by an enclosed wood."

  10. FORREST: English surname of French origin, transferred to forename use, meaning "lives in/by an enclosed wood."

  11. GARBHAN (Garbhán): "Little rough one." Irish name composed of garbh "rough" and a diminutive suffix. 

  12. GARVAN: English form of Irish Garbhan, meaning "little rough one."

  13. GERO: African Luo name meaning "fierceness; building."

  14. GUNJU: African Ganda name meaning "wild cat."

  15. HALOMTANO: Chamoru name meaning "jungle; forest."

  16. LORCAN (Lorcán): Variant of Irish Lorccán, meaning "little fierce one."

  17. LORCCAN (Lorccán): "Little fierce one." Irish name composed of the Gaelic element lorcc "fierce" and a diminutive suffix.

  18. NAHELE: Hawaiian name meaning "forest."

  19. PANAHASI: Egyptian name meaning "the barbarian."

  20. SILAS: Biblical name of a companion of Saint Paul. The name is a nickname for Greek Silouanus, meaning "from the forest."

  21. SILOUANUS: Greek form of Roman Silvanus, meaning "from the forest."

  22. SILVANO: Italian form of Roman Silvanus, meaning "from the forest."

  23. SILVANUS: "From the forest." Roman myth name of a god of forests, derived from the Latin word silva, meaning "forest, wood."

  24. SILVESTER: "From the forest." English name derived from Latin silva, meaning "forest, wood."

  25. SILVESTRE: Spanish form of English Silvester, meaning "from the forest."

  26. SILVESTRO: Italian form of English Silvester, meaning "from the forest."

  27. SILVIO: Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Roman Silvius, meaning "from the forest." 

  28. SILVIU: Romanian form of Roman Silvius, meaning "from the forest."

  29. SILVIUS: "From the forest." Roman name derived from Latin silva, meaning "forest, wood."

  30. SLY: Pet form of English Silvester, meaning "from the forest."

  31. SVERRE: Norwegian form of Old Norse Sverrir, meaning "wild, restless."

  32. SVERRIR: Old Norse name, originally a byname for a "wild, restless," person, derived from the term sverra, meaning "to spin, swing, swirl."

  33. SYLVAIN: French form of Roman Silvanus, meaning "from the forest."

  34. SYLVESTER: Variant of English Silvester, meaning "from the forest."

  35. SYLVESTRE: French form of English Sylvester, meaning "from the forest."

  36. SYLWESTER: Polish form of English Silvester, meaning "from the forest."

  37. SZILVESZTER: Hungarian form of English Silvester, meaning "from the forest."

  38. TERACH: Biblical name of a descendant of Shem, meaning "ibex, wild goat."

  39. TERAH: Hebrew biblical name of the father of Abraham, meaning "ibex, wild goat."

  40. TOHOPKA: Native American Hopi name meaning "wild beast."

  41. VESTER: Nickname for English Silvester, meaning "from the forest."

  42. VIPIN: Hindi name meaning "forest."

• FEMALE:

  1. ABUNGU: African Luo name meaning "of the forest."

  2. AGRAFENA: Russian form of Latin Agrippina, meaning "wild horse."

  3. AGRIPENA: Variant of Latin Agrippina, meaning "wild horse."

  4. AGRIPINA: Variant of Latin Agrippina, meaning "wild horse."

  5. AGRIPPINA: Feminine form of Latin unisex Agrippa, meaning "wild horse." 

  6. AGRIPPINE: Variant of Latin Agrippina, meaning "wild horse." 

  7. ARUNDHATI: "Unrestrained." Hindi myth name of a goddess of the night, the sky, and the stars. She was the wife of the sage Vasishtha, and is identified with the morning star.

  8. BLODEUEDD: Original form of Welsh Blodeuwedd, name of a woman made from flowers, and lover of Goronwy in the Mabinogion. The name was derived from Proto-Celtic *Blāto-weid-ā meaning "flower-faced/wild feminine (spirit)." 

  9. BLODEUWEDD: Later variant of Welsh name Blodeuedd, meaning "flower-faced/wild feminine (spirit)." 

  10. CAPRINA: English name derived from the name of the Italian island of Capri. The Latin name for Capri is Capreæ, meaning "goats." However, the Greeks were the first to populate the island, therefore the name probably derived from Greek kapros, meaning "wild boar."

  11. CHANDA: Hindi myth name of the monster destroyed by Chamunda Devi, meaning "bright" or "fierce."

  12. GRUSHA: Pet form of Russian Agrafena, meaning "wild horse."

  13. JAEL: Biblical name of a Kenite woman who killed Sisera, a Canaanite general and enemy of the Israelites, meaning "wild she-goat."

  14. JAELLE: Possibly a Romani variant of biblical Jael, the name of a Kenite woman who killed Sisera, a Canaanite general and enemy of the Israelites, meaning "wild she-goat."

  15. JAHEL: Variant of biblical Jael, meaning "wild she-goat."

  16. JAYEL: Variant of biblical Jael, meaning "wild she-goat."

  17. MAHA: Arabic name meaning "wild cow."

  18. MAKATZA: Basque name meaning "untamed; wild."

  19. MORIKO: Japanese name meaning "forest child."

  20. OGRIFINA: Russian form of Agrippina, meaning "wild horse."

  21. OGROFENA: Russian form of Agrippina, meaning "wild horse."

  22. OGROFENKA: Nickname for Russian Ogrifina, meaning "wild horse."

  23. OGRUFENA: Russian form of Agrippina, meaning "wild horse."

  24. OGRUFINA: Russian form of Agrippina, meaning "wild horse."

  25. OIHANA: Basque name meaning "forest."

  26. SELVAGGIA: Italian name meaning "wild."

  27. SILVA: Nickname for Bulgarian Silviya, meaning "from the forest."

  28. SILVANA: Feminine form of Italian Silvano, meaning "from the forest." 

  29. SILVESTRA: Feminine form of English Silvester, meaning "from the forest."

  30. SILVIA: Feminine form of Roman Silvius, meaning "from the forest."

  31. SILVIJA: Croatian form of Roman Silvia, meaning "from the forest."

  32. SILVIYA: Bulgarian form of Roman Silvia, meaning "from the forest."

  33. SYLVAINE: Feminine form of French Sylvain, meaning "from the forest."

  34. SYLVANA: English form of Italian Silvana, meaning "from the forest."

  35. SYLVI: Finnish form of Roman Silvia, meaning "from the forest."

  36. SYLVIA: Variant of Roman Silvia, meaning "from the forest."

  37. SYLVIANE: Variant of French Sylvaine, meaning "from the forest."

  38. SYLVIANNE: Variant of French Sylviane, meaning "from the forest."

  39. SYLVIE: French form of Roman Silvia, meaning "from the forest."

  40. SYLWIA: Polish form of Roman Silvia, meaning "from the forest."

  41. SZILVIA: Hungarian form of Roman Silvia, meaning "from the forest."

  42. TUULIKKI: "Little wind." Finnish myth name of a forest goddess, composed of the word tuuli "wind" and a diminutive suffix.

  43. WILDA: 

      1. German surname transferred to forename use, meaning "wild."

      2. Old English name meaning "willow tree."

  44. XYLIA: English name derived from the Greek word xylon, meaning "forest-dweller." 

  45. XYLINA: Elaborated form of English Xylia, meaning "forest-dweller."

  46. YAEL: Hebrew form of biblical Jael, meaning "wild she-goat."