Animal Names for Girls
- Abrar
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"virtuous"Description:
A Quranic name used for Muslim children of both sexes.
- Concordia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"peace, harmony"Description:
This name of the goddess of peace creates a lovely ideal.
- Dalila
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"guide"Description:
Names that sound and/or are spelled like Dalila exist in several languages, from the Swahili Dalili to the Arabic Dalil to the Hebrew Delilah. A beautiful cross-cultural choice.
- Alyx
- Affinity
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Sympathetic new twist on a Puritan virtue name.
- Bentley
Origin:
English SurnameMeaning:
"meadow with coarse grass"Description:
We can't account for the popularity of this name, for either a boy or a girl, given the first syllable, the tacky connotations with a luxury car, and the range of other options which are more harmonious to the ear. Nonetheless, nearly 200 girls were names Bentley in the US in 2015.
- Andromache
Origin:
Greek,"battle of man"Meaning:
"battle of man"Description:
Andromache is a name found scattered throughout ancient literature. She was Hector's long-suffering wife in The Iliad and The Odyssey, featured in The Trojan Women and Andromache by Euripides, then later appeared in Shakepeare's Troilus and Cressida, and Jean Racine's 1667 play Andromaque. It is not likely to make many appearances in the modern world.
- Amori
Origin:
Spelling variation of AmoryMeaning:
"industrious"Description:
Amori puts a feminine, nickname-y spin on the unisex Amory -- though the amiable name does not really need lightening up.
- Alfie
- Divine
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Divine seems more proper a name with the rise of Heaven and its turned-around twin Nevaeh. Though superlative names like Divine -- Unique, say, or Precious -- sometimes seems as if they're trying to hard and protesting too much.
- Cinda
Origin:
Diminutive of Cynthia or LucindaDescription:
Cindy for the 21st century.
- Adaluna
Origin:
Variation of Ada and Luna, German and LatinMeaning:
"noble moon"Description:
Adaluna is the ultra-stylish smoosh name that nobody's caught onto yet. It's a one-of-a-kind compromise if you're deciding between Ada or Adeline and Luna. But despite its modern appearance, Adaluna has ancient roots. The Roman name for England's River Lune was Adaluna, probably due to its crescent-like shape. The similar name Adeluna is believed to be a variation of Adelina.
- Emerence
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"merit, deserve"Description:
A rare and refined French name derived from Latin Emerentius, usually spelt with an acute accent on one or both initial Es.
- Deianira
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"man destroyer"Description:
The name of Hercules' third wife in Greek mythology, who unwittingly killed her demigod husband by giving him a poisoned shirt. Hence the meaning. Dayanara -- as in "Orange is the New Black" character Diaz and Puerto Rican beauty Torres -- may be a distant relation.
- Doa
- Carole
- Beanie
Origin:
Invented nicknameDescription:
Up-and-coming actress Beanie Feldstein is attracting attention toward her unusual — but rather cute — nickname. She was born Elizabeth Greer Feldstein but nicknamed "Elizabeanie" by her childhood nanny. It was later simplified to Beanie by her older brothers.
- Covey
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small brood of birds"Description:
This offbeat word name refers to a small brood of birds. Cove has been an up-and-coming unisex nature name in recent years, and a few parents are recognizing Covey as an alternative. Be warned though that many will associate that first syllable with Covid.
- Aylani
Origin:
Variation of Alani, HawaiianMeaning:
"orange tree"Description:
One of the newest members of the ever-growing cult of pseudo-Hawaiian girl names ending in -lani. Aylani was amongst the newest entries to the US charts in 2023, just barely making the cut at #1000.
- Chai
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"tea"Description:
Most people are likely to associate the name Chai with tea, but it's also a Chinese surname and Hebrew masculine name.The video game series Soulcalibur features a female character named Chai.