1798 Four Letter Girl Names

Some sources say Mele is a South Sea Islander form of Mary, but it's also a name in its own right meaning song.

Photographer Diane Arbus named her daughter Doon, inspired by the sand dunes she walked among when pregnant. Used this way, Doon might be considered a nature name, a refashioning of the word dune. But Doon might also stem from the familiar Scottish surname Dunn or Dunne, which means brown or dark, originally used for a dark-haired person.

A simple and charismatic Korean name, also spelled Jun.

Its association with the word liebe gives this name an endearing, adored aura.

Leto is the titaness of motherhood (there's a title!) and, with Zeus, mother of the twin Olympians Artemis and Apollo. Simple, sleek, and unique, Leto is one mythological name for girls we might expect to hear a lot more of.

As a feminine name, Izel is the Turkish variation of the Yiddish name Eidel, as well as a Nahuatl name derived from the word isel, meaning "unique."

Tazu has a certain snazzy appeal.

A playful and whimsical choice for a child that works as a given name or a nickname (perhaps for Beatrix).

Think of Yfke as a cooler Yvonne, or a more unusual Eva. The Frisian name is rarely heard beyond the Netherlands.

An lesser-known member of the John-Joan family, though popular in its native habitat, has never emigrated, possibly due to its non-intuitive pronunciation.

The Reid spelling is surprisingly more popular than the naturey Reed for both boys and girls, though more than 95% of little Reids are male.

The people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday).

Nature girl played by Audrey Hepburn in "Green Mansions," it now has an old-style bohemian feel.

Simple, delicate, and unusual.