Names ending in a

Carna was a Roman goddess of the heart and flesh. She was eventually conflated with Cardea, goddess of hinges.

Mandara is one of those names that sounds like its meaning -- and calm is certainly a quality worth courting in a child.

The Albanian variation of Aphrodite — Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is derived from the words afër meaning "near" and ditë meaning "day".

The name of a Chickasaw chieftain who gave his name to the city of Iuka, Mississippi.

Marwa literally means "white stone," but is the name of a mountain in Mecca, making it an important name among Muslims. It's also another name for marjoram.

A name with various possible origins. Attia was the name of a family clan in Ancient Rome, but the name can also be a variation of the Arabic atiyyah meaning "gift" or "present". A female namesake is Indian feminist, writer and broadcaster Attia Hosain.

Delicate and lacy, with less emphasis on the jar syllable.

An order of carnivorous insects, most notably dragonflies and damselflies.

This Amaia variant is more common in Puerto Rico than in the rest of the US combined.

Pronounced Bah-hah, this name of the Mexican peninsula attached to California makes for an out-of-the-ordinary possibility.