1500+ Girl Names Ending in -ia

Feminine form of Athanasius

Ellaria Sand is a slightly obscure character in HBO's Game of Thrones, part of the notoriously half-baked Dorne plot that bedeviled later seasons of the show. She was paramour to Oberyn Martell, mother to several of the so-called "Sand Snakes" and murderer of Myrcella Baratheon. Not exactly a primo namesake, despite a fine performance from Indira Varma.

Zerynthia is one of the alternate names of Hecate, deriving from one of the caves in which she appeared. Zerynthia is also the name of a set of strikingly-coloured Spanish butterflies. This is one name that deserves more attention.

Intriguing and unusual.

One of the more prominent by-products of reality TV, via Disney.

Consider ODESSA instead.

Zenovia makes Zenobia even more unusual. This mythology-adjacent name is worth a look.

While many will see this as a alternate version of more popular Alexandria and Alessandra -- and some parents may indeed intend it as such -- it is also the name of a province and city in northwest Italy. Just 12 baby girls in the U.S. were given the name Alessandria in 2016.

Similar to but distinct from Samara, this pretty name was chosen for his daughter by rapper LL Cool J.

Tastier than Alicia or Felicia.

Abyssinia is the ancient name of the Ethiopian Empire, no longer found on any map but with a possible future as a melodic girls' name in the ever-expanding place-name category. Among African names for girls, this one is undiscovered.

Attractive international Stephanie alternative. Estefania ranks in the Top 100 in Puerto Rico.