Animal Names for Girls

Begs for the guttural pronunciation that's a problem in this culture.

If Ayla is losing her spark as she shoots up the popularity charts, Ayça might catch your eye.

This alternative spelling of Chastity peaked all the way up at #253 in 1976, and hung on in the US Top 1000 until 2008. Both have now fallen out of favor.

Clytie was a sea nymph who loved the sun god Helios, who spurned her. She turned into the heliotrope flower.

Brand-new surname-name rising for both genders.

Desiderata is a feminine name from antiquity which, although fussy and long, has a lovely meaning for that longed-for daughter.

A vowel-rich Māori name with a natural meaning. New Zealand is known in Māori as Aotearoa, which can be translated as "land of abiding day" or "land of the long white cloud".

Feminine form of Amit that's simple and lyrical and close in spirit to a familiar term for friendship.

Variant of Eadlyn

A striking word name for either gender. It's a safer choice when used as a middle name.

The Daintree Rainforest in Queensland is a part of the largest continuous rainforest in Australia. It was named after Richard Daintree, an early Australian geologist and photographer. His surname in English in origin, derived from the Middle English dene, meaning "valley."

The beautiful Consuelo, with its compassionate meaning, is deserving of being used in full.

Wild, lovely place in western Ireland makes wild, lovely name.