Names ending in a

The short form Shira is more manageable.

We don't recommend using a baby name in which "meth" is the first syllable. Try the original form, Meta, instead.

Owls are very important to the Cherokee people — folklore associates them with warfare.

This tree, famous for the honey produced from its flowers, can be used as a masculine or feminine name.

Lovely variation of an upstanding classic.

Many parents these days are responding to names meaning peace, and this is one of the more unusual ones (more often heard as a surname). Pronounced PACH-ee-a, it relates to such other peaceful names as PAZ, PAX, and PAXICO

Like Quentin, Quintin and Quintana, Quintia was once reserved for the fifth child in a family, but now would make an interesting choice for a child coming anywhere in the birth order.

Probably an offshoot of Deanna, lacking much identity of its own.

It's usually preceded by the letter 'A'--as in 'a capella'--singing without accompaniment, and probably has never been used as a girl's name, but in this anything-goes naming climate, we're putting it out there as a possibility.

Cesarina, like the French version Cesarine, is a feminine version of Caesar. Cesarina has two potential pronunciations: one with the Italian "che" sound, one with the anglo "sez" sound. This is among the more unusual Italian names for girls.