Animal Names for Girls

Spelling of the boys' name Dominic used by actor Andy Garcia for his daughter.

For tree huggers.

Allium is the genus of all onion-y plants, including garlic, leeks, shallots, scallions, and chives. It makes an intriguing nouveau nature name or update to Allison.

The C spelling of Corrigan relates more directly to the Irish surname, while the K spelling, Korrigan, relates to the sprites and fairies of Breton folklore.

As dated as the old Pat Boone song.

We like all forms of this name—Annabel, Anabel, Annabelle, Anabela, and Annabella—so you decide how elaborate you want to get. Actress Sela Ward chose the Anabella spelling.

Delwen appears to be a modern invented name in Welsh, deriving from two common name components: del - meaning pretty and wen - meaning fair/white. Similar names include Delyth, also Welsh, and Elowen, which is Cornish.

Emily substitute, though it sounds like a child's mispronunciation of "enemy".

Clelie or Clélie is the French form of the interesting and little-used Roman name Clelia.