Animal Names for Girls

Interesting Irish diminutive of Bridget or Bríd.

Maybe if you spent your honeymoon there. We did say maybe. Bermuda was used in the 17th century, such as Bermuda Rolfe.

This nature name hasn't escaped the hippie dippy air of others like River or Sky.

Somehow a "y" got stuck in a glass of apple juice.

A phonetically attractive place-name that can be used for babies but rarely is.

Elysium, or the Elysian Fields, was the Greek mythological utopia where the blessed and righteous resided after death. It's been used as a baby name for girls and boys in small numbers, although the Elyseum variation has yet to break the charts.

Nouveau name related to Adele, Adeline, and the boys' biblical Adlai.

This musical name would have to be spoken with a French accent--otherwise it would sound like a trendy boy's name, a la BRANSON.

Flower name that sounds a bit too much like a disease.

A beautiful A-heavy choice with international appeal.

Adilyn is one of the numberless baby names inspired by the popularity of Adelyn, Adeline, Adelaide, and sister.

Coppélia is the name of the life-sized doll created by Doctor Coppélius in the eponymous 1870 ballet, based on short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Coppélius' name may be derived from the Yiddish Koppel, a diminutive of Jacob.

This alluring Spanish word name has the quirky meaning "hazelnut". Avellana has a beautiful sound, although it may be misheard as the trending Avianna.

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.