Names ending in a

Introduced via Sopranos star Drea (born Andrea) de Matteo, and catching on with a wider audience.

If you can't have an Alpha male, how about a Beta girl.

This spelling of Electra makes this vibrant name less electric and more kinetic.

Variant of Ayana with international roots.

An accessible Russian nickname...but could "cost ya".

A lovely compound name created for the film "Oz: The Great and Powerful". In the film, Evanora is the name of the Wicked Witch of the East.

Feminine form of Athanasius

Minetta is one of those names that's a diminutive of a diminutive -- Minna, a pan-European nickname that can be short for many names beginning or ending in Mina. Minetta may be most famous as Minetta Lane, a charming street in New York's West Village.

A strong and simple Maori name that could also be an alternative spelling of Kaia.

There aren't many Glendas under forty.

Laverna was the Roman goddess of thievery, cheating, and the underworld. The original meaning of her name in unknown, however, there are several theories. One such theory states that Laverna is related to the Latin word for theif, laterniō, while another connects the name to levare, meaning "to lift," as in shoplifting. In the case of the latter, Laverna would mean "goddess of gain".