Animal Names for Girls

A respelling of Bowen that gives the option of cozy nickname Wyn/Wynnie as well as Bo.

Hail Britannia? We think not.

The name of a sixth century Welsh saint who founded abbeys in Brittany, reconstituted for a modern girl.

Concepcion dressed in red satin.

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

While many will see this as a alternate version of more popular Alexandria and Alessandra -- and some parents may indeed intend it as such -- it is also the name of a province and city in northwest Italy. Just 12 baby girls in the U.S. were given the name Alessandria in 2016.

With word names increasingly acceptable or even desirable, this Spanish word for heart, brought to the fore by Philippine president Corazon Aquino, may find more takers.

This Dana-Donna variation has started to carve out its own place on popularity lists; an interesting alternative to Daniella as a namesake for a relative named Daniel.

Aeta is a punchy botanical name which grabs attention without being overly long or frilly.

Could be a modern virtue... or perhaps not for the parents!