Latin Names

Clorinda is a romantic name invented by a sixteenth-century poet, but has a synthetic sound today.

More modern and alluring than Silver, Argenta is one of the few mineral/metal-related names.

A place name relating to the tropical palm tree.

Pleasingly quaint and dainty New Testament possibility; the nickname Dru modernizes it.

The original version of an Old World name more often found as the Spanish Salvador or the Italian Salvatore.

Columba is an early saint's name that rhumbas to a modern beat. While the original St. Columba is male, the name sounds more appropriate for a girl in the modern world. Leave variations Colm and Callum for the boys.

Not as common as brother Sergio, but still quite frequently heard in the Hispanic community, as in Bolivian singer Sergia Llanos.

The daintiest and most accessible of the many Q names for a fifth child, now used for girls situated anywhere in the birth order.

Saint Germain, the intellectual center of Paris, lends the name a creative aura. But most Americans would say jer-mayn. The Latin Germanus may mean sprout or bud, or brother.

This ancient feminine form is the kind of name your child will grow into...at least by her fiftieth birthday.

Rarely heard in modern times, it was used by Norman Mailer for the hero of his book The Deer Park.

Quirina is the feminine form of Quirinus, the name of the Sabine god of war. This is one mythological name that has not traveled to the modern world -- we've found no babies ever name Quirina or Quirinus in the US -- but with this newly-trendy class of names, anything is possible.

Rather imperious as a baby name, but has an interesting history. Imperia is the name of an obscure French saint, also known as Impère and Impérie, also borne by the famous Italian courtesan Imperia Cognati. Honoré de Balzac later used it in his short story La belle Impéria (1832), where it belongs to a fictional courtesan. A similar name, Bel-imperia, was used by Elizabethan dramatist Thomas Kyd for a character in his play The Spanish Tragedy.

The names may sound the same, but they have different origins and meanings. Take your pick.

Related to the Roman name Titius and the more modern Titus, the "tit" syllable would be problematic for any modern girl. Try the similar Russian name Tatiana.

Gala makes the name more festive.

Dashing and highly unusual variation does the feminine original one better by sounding both more modern and more usable. Or you can spell it Monaco and call it a place name.