Three Letter Girl Names

Ice officially joined the baby name pool when rapper Gucci Mane chose it for his son, born in December 2020. But Ice- names for girls had been trending before then — Icelynn, Icelyn, and Iceland have been climbing up the charts over the past few years. Could we see more icy names in the future? We actually may want to look to the past — nickname-y Icie ranked in the Top 1000 from 1881 to 1913.

Foy is a medieval French name, or sometimes nickname, meaning "faith". Highly unusual now as a first name, it's most familiar to contemporary English speakers as the last name of British actress Claire, who played the young Elizabeth in The Queen.

Alo Yoga, a trendy athleisure brand, inspired five sets of parents to use their name for daughters in 2022. According to the brand, Alo was named for Air, Land, and Ocean.

A traditional day name used by Akan speakers in Ghana.

Old-fashioned unisex nickname for Constance.

Tao (rhymes with cow) is the Chinese concept of the harmony that governs the universe. The religion stemming from this notion is called Taoism, putting Tao in the category of spiritual baby names, fitting in with Bodhi and Zen.

One of several three-letter U-a names -- Uda, Ula, Uma, Una -- take your pick.

Typically a masculine name in Turkey and Arabic countries.

A unisex Hebrew name often found in combination with others, as in Tal-El and Tal-Or.

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.