Names from Brambly Hedge

The mice of Brambly Hedge at the naming ceremony for Poppy's babies

Brambly Hedge is a gorgeous series of eight books for children, all written and illustrated by Epping-born Jill Barklem. They feature anthropomorphic animal characters, mostly mice, and they all have such adorable names, so I thought I would list them all here! At the bottom, I added a list of names that I think fall into that Brambly Hedge "style".

Bonus question, for fun: if you lived in Brambly Hedge with your mouse family, what would your names be? You can use names I've listed below or from your own imagination! Let me know in the comments.

Brambly Hedge Characters:

Alf Toadflax
Betony Toadflax
Clover Toadflax
Catkin Toadflax
Wilfred Toadflax
Teasel Toadflax

Lord Quercus Woodmouse
Lady Daisy Woodmouse
Primrose Woodmouse

Dusty Dogwood
Poppy Eyebright
Rose Dogwood
Buttercup Dogwood
Pipkin Dogwood

Pip Apple
Flora "Flo" Apple

Basil Brightberry


Names inspired by Brambly Hedge:

Angelica
Aster
Birdie
Blythe
Bryony
Celandine
Clove
Cora
Fawn
Fern
Florence
Florette
Fressia
Hazel
Honey
Irene
Lavender
Nell
Penrose
Pepper
Pippa
Posy
Rosemary
Rue
Tess
Thyme
Twyla
Winifred
Wisteria
Zinnia


Albie
August
Birch
Bramble
Briar/Bryer
Cecil
Coriander
Cove
Desmond
Ferdinand
Fifer
Frederick
Gale
Grove
Heath
Jolyon
Maxfield
Milo
Moss
Nigel
Oak
Pippin
Robin
Rowan
Rupert
Sage
Summer
Theo
Wilkie

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