20 Hippie Baby Names for Your Free Spirited Child

Looking for a groovy and free-spirited name? Check out these hippie baby names for both girls and boys that embody the essence of free-spiritedness, peace, and love that the hippie movement stood for. Imagine your little one with a name that reflects peace, love, and harmony with nature. Let their spirit soar with a moniker that whispers of sunshine and adventure.

Melody

Popular in the 60s this earthy hippie name is starting to top the choice for baby girls again. The name derives from the Greek word “melodia” meaning “song”. 

Dawn

The name Dawn was really popular in the 60s and early 70s. Unlike other names from the hippie 60s era, it still has a classy feel to it and doesn’t get old. Dawn is of English origin and means “the twilight before sunrise”.

Summer

Summer is a beautiful seasonal name for a baby girl which we need to thank the hippie era for. It first started being used in the early 1970s and has remained quite popular ever since.

Cassia 

Another plant-inspired baby name drawn from a cassia tree. The tree has bright yellow flowers and is sometimes called Chinese cinnamon due to the cinnamon-like spice it gives. Its spelling variation is Kassia.

Clover

Clover is a type of flower. The name is of English origin and means “key”. Clover plant is a symbol of good luck, especially if four-leafed. Unlike other flower names clover is not over feminine, yet simple and unique. 

Eartha

The suffix “a” at the end made the English word “earth” into a beautiful feminine name Eartha. Certainly very unique and earthy hippie baby name.

Meadow

With so many beautiful flower names it might be difficult to choose that perfect one. And if you are having a hard time with this why not name your baby girl after an entire meadow?! A beautiful earthy hippie name for an artistic and meadowy peaceful soul!

Sapphire

Sapphire is a unique hippie name with meanings “blue, jewel, gemstone”. Besides being a delicate gemstone sapphire is also a birthstone for September so it would be a great choice for a baby girl born in September. 

Violet

Violet is another extremely popular hippie flower name. It is of Latin origin and means “purple”. Violet was one of the earliest flower names used as the first name for a girl. Unlike Rose and Lily that are too common, Violet still has an edge to it. It is also considered February’s birth flower. 

Iris

Iris is of Greek origin and means “rainbow”. It’s an airy hippie name that comes from the Goddess of Rainbow in Greek mythology. Another derivation of the name comes from England as a flower name. 

Ziggy

This name was brought to popularity by Bob Marley who gave his son David a cute hippie nickname Ziggy. Ziggy is of German origin and means “victorious protector”. It can also be a short form of Zigmund or Sigmund and Siegfried. 

Xavier

The origin of the name Xavier comes from a Basque place called Etcheberria meaning “the new house”. In Arabic, it means “bright, splendid”. The name was brought into the spotlight by the hippie era and has been quite popular ever since. It’s been in the top 100 names in the US since 2001.

Forrest

This is one of those earthy hippie baby names that never get old. It was popular at the beginning of the past century, then again in the hippie times, and not less popular nowadays. 

Huckleberry

You certainly remember your childhood favorite hero Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn. And that’s probably the only time you came across the name. It’s a very uncommon name meaning “sweet berry”. 

Earnest

While the name Earnest is an alternative spelling of the German Ernest, it is also viewed as a virtue name meaning “serious, zealous in intention”.  

Sincere

You might be surprised but the name Sincere has been circulating in the SSA’s (Social Security Administration) top 1000 popularity charts for boy names since 2000. Apparently, enough parents find this hippie virtue name masculine enough for their baby boys. 

Basil

Of course, you know basil as a fragrant herb but it’s also an unusual hippie plant name for a boy. Interestingly though, the meaning has nothing to do with plants. Basil means “royal, king” in Greek and “brave” in Arabic. It’s a well-liked Greek name because of the popularity of Saint Basil.  

Brave

This is undeniably the quality that any parent would wish for their child. To put less personality pressure on the child it can better be used as a middle name. 

Marley

Reggae king Bob Marley is the one to thank for the huge popularity of the name Marley for girls. The name is of English origin and has a charming meaning “seaside meadow”. Because the name is also used for boys it is one of the top unisex names in the US. 

Kami

While very uncommon for Americans, the name Kami is widely used in the Eastern world. Depending on the language it means different things. In Japanese kami means “God”, while in Indian “whose desires are fulfilled”. As an Armenian, I know that in Armenian kami means “wind”.