Girl names

Grace; favor

feminine form of the saint's name, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre: thus meaning "who/which is to be loved"

Feminine form of Church Angelus, from ἄγγελος

Noble, of noble kind

From Anna chiefly in reference to the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to, from Ἄννα in the New Testament, from חַנָּה, from חַנָּה

Latinate feminine form of Andreas and Andrew

My father's joy

From amber, from ambre, from ambre, from ambar, from عَنْبَر

A popular given name in the 19th century

Life; bird; possibly from Germanic 'avi'

From Anne, from Anna chiefly in reference to the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to, from Ἄννα in the New Testament, from חַנָּה, from חַנָּה

From a - diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or

Noble strength

Work, industrious

The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May

A Latinization of Alice, which is in turn from Adelais, - Adalheid

From Anita, diminutive of Ana

From Annette, diminutive of Anne, from Ἄννα, the - New Testament form of the - female name with the French suffix '''ette''' meaning cute, adorable or little

Usually explained as alma

Son of Adam

Ariana is a Latin feminine given name

Means "Anna,Hannah"

"Exalted, high, sublime

One origin is the Germanic element "adel-" meaning "nobility", for example as part of the names Adelaide and Adeline

Famed for its ancient library and lighthouse

Church Angelica, from angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela

Dawn

Air; melody; lioness

Best known for the ill-fated French queen

From Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans

From the Adrienne, the feminine form of Adrien (equivalent to English Adrian)

A variant of Annabel, by folk etymology, "beautiful Anna"

Feminine form of pos=In regular use since the 20th century

From the name of a 4th-century martyr,, from ἀνάστασις

Goddess of wisdom and war

A syllogism in which all three propositions are of the form "All X are Y" or "X is a Y"

Possibly from brandr; by folk etymology seen as a feminine form of Brendan

Either 1) from the Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix, or 2) from beata, influenced by viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”)

Broken land; after the New York borough

Beautiful

From, base from various Romance sources such as,, suffix Latinate form of (English linden, lithe)

From Bernadette, made famous by St

An American coinage used since the 1970s, possibly based on the male given name Brennan or Brendan

Borrowed from Bria, a surname of uncertain meaning

Shortened from Caroline

from Κυνθία, feminine of Κύνθιος

from Αἰκατερίνη, Ἑκατερίνη, of debated meaning, possibly from ἑκάτερος, or from the name of the goddess Hecate

Name of an early martyr, shortened from Chrīstiāna

Free woman; feminine of Charles

feminine of t=bright, shining, clear, a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi

Free woman; feminine form of Charles

Young green shoot; blooming

Clear, bright, famous

A prophetess who was daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen Hecuba

From Carmen, cognate Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet

Apparently brought up in English literature by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans (1826), but compare a female heroine of this name in Jean-François Marmontel's Les Incas (1777) and the - epithet Κόρη for Περσεφόνη

Borrowed from Italian or German

Most used in the U

Young ceremonial attendant; noble

From Caecilia, feminine form of Caecilius, a Roman family name possibly derived from the byname t=blind

A courtesan (from the English translations of La Dame aux Camélias)

An Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne people

feminine of Roman family name Caelius, probably from caelum

20th-century English coinage from cara or cara

From the - equivalent of Corinna, from κόρη

from Clarissa; see there for more

The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an

A new Irish feminine form of Ciaran

A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid

The English form of Dorothea, the name of a legendary saint, from Δωροθέα, from t=gift + t=god

A 19th-century invention from the - noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald

Popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK

An anglicization of Diane, from Diāna

Borrowed from Danielle, the feminine form of Daniel

The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century

A diminutive of Dorothy used since early 19th century

Delicate, languishing

From Δηλίᾱ, epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos

Dina Hebrew: דִּינָה Dinah ; (Arabic: دينا Dīnā is a female given name which is sometimes an alternative spelling of the names Dinah, Dena and Deena, which holds meanings such as justified, judged, and vindicated

Originally from in Northern France

From female given name, from the name for the Morning Star

An Irish saint's name, from Dáire

Dalia is a feminine name

God is my oath; consecrated to God

Rival; industrious

Whole, universal

Wished-for child; desired

All, completely; a light fairy maiden

Bright, shining one

From עֶדְנָה; a variant of Eden in the Book of Tobit

Eva is a female given name derived from the Greek Εὕα (Heúa), and ultimately from the Hebrew חַוָּה (Ḥawwāh), the name of the first woman in the Book of Genesis

Medieval English variant of Helen, from Ἑλένη; also used as a variant of Eleanor or a feminine counterpart to Elliot

from audaz + gunþiz

A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh

A feminine form of Eric, ultimately from -

Anglicized form of Eibhlín, Eilín or Aibhilín, all cognates Sometimes also used for the Irish name Éibhleann, possibly from oíph

From a Scottish diminutive of Alison/Alice and Elspeth/Elizabeth

Spelling variant of Erica, the feminine form of Eric, or borrowed directly from modern Scandinavia, ultimately from Eiríkr

From Élise or Elise, both variants of Elisabeth

Popular in the 19th century

My God has answered

A rare Latinized variant of Emily

from estela, from stēlla

From esmeralda, as first used in the novel Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) by Victor Hugo

Latinized and - variant of the Estelle

From the boar meadow; grazing meadow

Invented by the poet when he began research on his epic poem Evangeline about Acadian lovers deported from French-Canada

From Elsa, contraction of Elisabeth, occasionally used in English after its appearance in Wagner's opera Lohengrin (1847)

A name of Ancient Greek origin

From Eve, Eue, from Ēua, Ēfe, from Eva, from Εὔα, from חַוָּה

In quiet use since the 19th century

From Franceise, feminine form of Franceis, from Franciscus

"She who weans; she who is shielded (from the Fire of Hell)

Borrowed from Francesca, the feminine form of Francesco, from Franciscus,

In regular use since the 20th century, first in Scotland, then in England

From the noun felicity, and also the English form of Felicitas, a name borne by early martyrs

Occasionally used in English

"Joy, happiness

God's favor; elegance, goodness

From gloria, first used as a name in 19th-century literature

Anglicized from Gwladus, of uncertain origin, perhaps connected with gwlad

1540 by the Earl of Surrey as a poetic name for Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, "one of the Fitzgeralds"

thumb|Location of Georgia A borrowing from Geōrgia, itself a borrowing from گرج (with influence from t=Saint George, alluding to the saint's popularity in the country), from 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭

feminine form of Gabriel (see there for more)

Borrowed from Geneviève, from Genovefa, Genoveva, possibly either of origin, ultimately from -, or of origin, ultimately from genos

God is gracious

Beginning, origin

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A latinate feminine form of Gabriel

A female given name from -, shortened from Gwendolen or Guinevere

From - and Greta, a contraction of Margareta

A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis

From heather; the given name is one of the plant names taken up in the 19th century

Grace, favor

The hazel tree

As an - surname, calque of mac t=holly (see McCullen) and sometimes McQuillan

From Swiss Heidi, a pet form of Adelheid, equivalent of English Adelaide and Alice

Harp player

Anglicized form of Henriette, feminine form of Henri, popular in England in the 18th and 19th centuries

Latinate form of Henriette, derived from the male given name Henry

Variant spelling of Hannah or romanization of חַנָּה, chiefly for the mother of Samuel, from חַנָּה

Popularized by american actress Halle Berry

"Happiness, bliss, contentment

Devoted to God; Italian form of Elizabeth

Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, one of the Horae/Horæ; equivalent to the Roman goddess Pax

Short form of obsolete names beginning with Germanic īd "work", used for both sexes in medieval England

From Isabel, from Elisabel, from Elisabeth, from Ἐλισάβετ, from אֱלִישֶׁבַע

Ultimately a variant of Elizabeth

The ivy plant; symbol of fidelity

From Irma in the nineteenth century

Anglicised form of Inés and Inês, both from Agnes, from Ἁγνή

Borrowed from -, from imani, from إِيمَان

From -, - and Ingrid, from Ingiríðr

A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma

From various - languages, such as Ивана

A name of Ancient Greek origin

Jennifer, also spelled Jenifer or Jenefer, is a feminine given name, the Cornish form of Guinevere, that became popular in the English-speaking world in the 20th century

Jessica is a female given name of English origin

Associated by folk etymology with joy and rejoice

A clipped or hypochoristic form of Joanna, from Joanna, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of which produced John and its many doublets

Variant of Jeanne, from Jeanne, from Jehane, from Johanna, variant of Ioanna under influence from Iōhannēs, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of

It is a Latinate feminine form of the name Julio and Julius

A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants

From the - feminine diminutive form of t=James

Variant of Jeanne, from Jeanne, from Jehanne, from Johanna, variant of Ioanna under influence from Iōhannēs, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of which produced John and its many doublets

God will increase

From jasmin, from يَاسَمِين, from یاسمین, from earlier, from yʾsmn'

From Joanne, from Joanna, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of which produced John and its many doublets

From Juanita, from Juana + -ita, from Johanna, from Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Ἰωάννα, from יוֹחָנָה, the feminized form of which produced John and its many doublets

From June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Juyn, juyng, from juing, juin, from iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno, perhaps from h₂yéwHō, from h₂óyu

A Cornish name, usually as an diminutive form of Jennifer

From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century

One of the women following Jesus

From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s

From, historically as a hypochoristic form of Janet, Jane, etc

Modern combination of, perhaps sometimes intended as a form of Juliana

Jana is the spelling of several unrelated given names

From Justine, from Iūstīna, name of early saints, feminine of Iūstīnus, derivative of Iūstus, from iūstus

One of the title characters of Shakespeare's play ''''

A 19th/20th century variant of Juliana

From Karen, a vernacular form of Catherine that arose in medieval Denmark

Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

Or any of its variant spellings

A spelling variant of Kristin, from Christina, fairly popular in the latter half of the twentieth century

A variation of Christine, of mostly American use

A modern Scandinavian spelling variant of Christina

possibly from kylie

Derived from the surnames, or from a rare medieval given name (as the Sir Kay of Arthurian legend), Welsh Cai, Latinized as Caius, related to the modern male name Kai

Helmeted chief; ugly head

A name of Germanic languages origin

And related names, also used as a formal given name

A name of Ancient Greek origin

A spelling variant of Christa, a modern short form of Christina, partly borrowed from Christa

A name of Ancient Greek origin

Means "Carrie,Cary"