Names ending in ia

Variation of Euphemia.

Made somewhat familiar by the election of Annastacia Palaczszuk as Premier of the State of Queensland in Australia.

This Catalan classic — spelled Nuria in Spanish — is the name of a valley in Catalonia with a shrine to the Virgin Mary, making this both a Marian name and simply a place name. Or maybe not so simply: during Franco's dictatorship, place names were a way to sidestep the rule that all names had to be Spanish, so Núria became popular as an act of Catalan patriotism. It is still in the region's Top 100 girl names.

Portmanteau of William and Alicia.

The name of the French surrealist, Francis Picabia, could make a lively, creative choice for the daughter of adventurous art-loving parents.