By Kara, The Art of Naming

　　When it comes to earthy boy names, some of the coolest ones are related to rock and stone. There are some names that mean rock such as the Scottish surname Carrick from the Gaelic Carraig.

　　The name Peter means “stone” and so do all of its variants and translations such as the French Pierre, the Spanish Pedro, and others such as Piers, Pierce, Pierson, Piet and Pietro.

　　Then there are names that mean earth or another element of the dirt, stone, or ground. If it’s a down-to-earth name you want, the list below features names with rocky and earthy meanings:

　　Cephas

　　Clayton

　　Cole

　　Craig

　　Dunstan

　　Ebenezer

　　Haldor

　　HalleHalsteinHalvard

　　Harlow

　　HermesLeofstanMalachiteMason

　　Seneca

　　Stanford

　　Stanley

　　Terran

　　Torsten

　　Winston

　　Wystan

　　“rock”“clay settlement”“charcoal”“crag, rock”“dark stone”“stone of help”“Thor‘s rock”“rock”“rock, stone”“rock guardian”“rock hill”“piles of stones”“beloved stone”“mallow stone”“stoneworker”“place of stones”“stone ford”“stone clearing”“land, earth”“Thor‘s stone”“joy stone”“battle stone”

　　If those don’t rock your boat, perhaps you’d prefer names that come from actual stones, minerals or rocky landscapes:

　　CanyonCarnelianClay

　　Cliff

　　Cobalt

　　Copper

　　Dale

　　Dune

　　Flint

　　Garnet

　　Glen

　　Jasper

　　Jet

　　KnollMicaObsidianOnyx

　　Quartz

　　Ridge

　　Shale

　　Slate

　　Sterling

　　StoneTerraceVale

　　Zinc

　　Did I miss any good ones? What is your favorite rocky name for a boy?