Cypress

Cypress is an English tree name used directly as a given name. The word refers to several kinds of conifer associated with the cypress family, and its older linguistic history reaches through Latin to Greek. As a first name, the botanical meaning is more immediate than any proposed translation of the ancient tree word.

The spelling should be distinguished from Cyprus, the Mediterranean island. The two can sound alike in English, but one names a tree and the other a place. Cypress belongs beside other direct tree names such as Willow or Juniper, without being a variation of them. Its natural association does not require a particular gender or a connection with one specific region where cypresses grow.