Animal Names for Girls

Takes Delilah out of the Bible and into the 21st century.

The name of a medieval romance poem. The title character, Emaré, was desired for her great beauty.

This light and cheerful word name conjured up imagery of breezy days at the beach, kids flying kites, or wind blowing through the trees — all lovely associations to have.

The Czech, Slovak and Lithuanian form of Barbara isn't quite far enough from the English one to make it sound fresh to us. Our favorite international version is Greek Varvara.

A Top 50 choice in Iceland, where this is the common spelling of Diana.

The Spanish word for "shell" is a new addition to the quickly growing list of ocean-inspired nature names.