Hippie Names
by Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz
Excerpted from Beyond Ava & Aiden: The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby, the newest book from baby name experts Pamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz.
he hippie culture of the 1960s radicalized the style of everything from clothes to houses to food to, yes, baby names. Out with the traditional choices like John and Mary, Linda and Larry; in with names that broke with convention by celebrating nature, heroes, spiritual qualities.
While baby-naming has moved on, the influence of these free-spirited names has been lasting and important. They expanded the range of words and ideas that might be adapted as names and opened the door for parents to look beyond the conventional lexicon and search for names with real personal meaning.
Some of the prime hippie names of the 1960s, a handful of which (River, True) are enjoying a revival today, include:
AMERICA
BREEZE
CAT
CAYENNE
CHE
CHINA
CLOUD
CLOVER
COYOTE
DOVE
ECHO
FEATHER
GYPSY
HARMONY
JUNIPER
LEAF
LIBERTY
LIGHT
LOVE
MEADOW
MYSTIC
OCEAN
MOON
PEACE
PHOENIX
RAIN
RAINBOW
RAVEN
RIVER
SEAGULL
SEASON
SEQUOIAH
SIERRA
SILVER
SKY
SPRING
STAR
STARSHINE
STORM
SUMMER
SUNSHINE
TRUE
VENUS
WELCOME
About The AuthorsPamela Redmond Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz are the coauthors of nine bestselling baby name books, including The Baby Name Bible and Beyond Ava & Aiden: The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby, published by St. Martin's Press, and the developers of the baby-naming website nameberry.
