Four Syllable Names for Girls

A lovely variation of classic Margaret, worn by two Olympic medal winners — Marharyta Makhneva and Marharyta Dorozhon.

More commonly a male given name, but Esarosa is used for girls as well and it is no wonder why — this name has lots of potential and nickname options galore.

Variant of Maribella

This pretty Italian name is derived from the Latin and Roman goddess name, Felicitas, but also coincides with the Italian word felicità meaning "happiness".

Although it's best known as the name of the fictional kingdom in The Princess Diaries, Genovia has a history of use as a first name dating back before author Meg Cabot was born.

With the popularity of Isabella, you might think of Isabelline as a further elaboration -- though it would be the definition of gilding the lily. But Isabelline is also a color, an amorphous pale yellow-gray-cream most often seen in horses' coats or birds' plumage.

Sound contradicts its meaning.

A modern smoosh name that combines two of the most fashionable name sounds of the moment.

Emmelina, which can rhyme with "keener" or "liner", is a frillier and much less common version of Emmeline. While Emmeline was in the US Top 1000 girl names in 2022, Emmelina was given to fewer than 5 girls, so it didn't even make it into the extended baby name charts.

An invented name most notably borne by Winnaretta Singer, heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune. Singer spent most of her life in Paris after marrying Prince Louis de Scey-Montbéliard. Their marriage was never consummated — Singer reportedly threatened to kill her new husband if he touched her. She had numerous affairs with women over the course of her life, including with painter Romaine Brooks, composer Ethel Smyth, and Virginia Woolf.