Animal Names for Girls
- Arin
- Anahy
- Crosby
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"village with crosses"Description:
This musical surname, associated with Bing Crosby and David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, & Nash could easily be used for girls, as names like Jagger and Bowie have been.
- Airini
Origin:
Maori variation of Eirene "peace"Meaning:
"peace"Description:
Airini is the Maori transliteration of the name Eirene, whcih comes from the Greek goddess of peace. A notable bearer of this name is nineteenth century Maori rights activist Airini Donnelly.
- Elixane
Origin:
Basque, diminutive or local variant of ElizabethMeaning:
"pledged to God"Description:
A rare name even among Basque speakers (fewer than 20 women in Spain are called Elixane), this beautiful name has drawn some attention via Elixane Lechemia, the French pro-tennis player.
- Chaska
Origin:
IncanMeaning:
"morning star"Description:
The goddess of dawn, twilight, and dusk, is also the patron goddess of beauty, virgin women, and flowers in Incan mythology.
- Alyce
Origin:
Spelling variation of Alice, GermanMeaning:
"noble"Description:
Alyce is an aceepted enough variation that there were more than 50 baby girls given the name with this spelling in the US last year. Of course, there were more than 3600 baby girls named Alice, spelled the conventional way.
- Anju
Origin:
Hindi, “shining, honor”Description:
A soft, sweet, distinctive name with a noble meaning.
- Angèle
Origin:
French from LatinMeaning:
"angel"Description:
The French word for angel is Ange, but Angèle is the French version of the name Angela, and feels much fresher nowadays.
- Elilta
Origin:
EritreanMeaning:
"joy, celebration"Description:
Lilting Eritrean choice with a festive meaning.
- Adelais
- Bahira
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"dazzling, brilliant"Description:
A pretty Arabic possibility which would work well in many languages.
- Aeris
- Ayliz
- Coast
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"land near the sea"Description:
One of the coolest new word names we've discovered lately — Coast conjures up images of big waves, beach days, and expansive shorelines.
- Anoki
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"unique"Description:
A sweet Hindi girls' name, a variation of Anokhi, that would wear well in the Western world.
- Debanhi
Origin:
MexicanMeaning:
"Eternal God bless our daughter"Description:
Debanhi took the lead in 2022 as the name with the biggest increase in percentage of babies born — a whopping 1,164% increase. The name was given to 177 baby girls, and this rise may be attributed to the tragic murder of Debanhi Escobar in 2022. The name comes from the phrase Dios Eterno Bendiga A Nuestra HIga, meaning "Eternal God bless our daughter".
- Easton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"east facing place"Description:
Easton is a stylish Waspy-sounding surname that's climbing up the popularity charts. TV actress Elisabeth Rohm named her daughter Easton August Anthony, which seemed like a real gender bender, and now Rachel Leigh Cook has made it the middle name of her baby Charlotte. Note that Easton is now in the Top 100 for boys--for whom directional names are a real trend-- but we won't be surprised to see more and more little lady Eastons arriving.
- Bar
- Danisha