Animal Names for Girls

Creative Alani spelling gaining traction.

Unisex nickname that feels fresher than Chris.

An unusual French diminutive for Catherine, Catiche is the nickname given to Princess Katerina Mamontov in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, and was also used for the real-life Grand Duchess Grand Duchess Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, the favourite sister of Tsar Alexander I.

The common translation of Dorothea in Central Europe.

In Greek mythology, Adrasteia (or Adrastea) was a nymph who helped raise the infant Zeus. It was also sometimes used as an alternate name for several other goddesses, and is the name of one of the moons of Jupiter.

Alternative form of Emony

Attractive but somewhat unwieldy place-name name.

During the heyday of Deborah, Debra, and Debra -- the late 1950s and early 60s -- there were enough baby girls named Deb, just Deb, for it to make the Top 1000.