1798 Four Letter Girl Names

We once dismissed Bird as "too flighty", but with the rise of avian names from Lark to Robin to, well, Birdie, we don't see why Bird can't be a fine choice, especially as a middle name.

Like the variation Wenna, Wenn is an early Cornish form of Gwen. Confusion with the English word "when" leads us to suggest that the longer form Wenna would be more "name-like".

One of the new literalist religious names, like Blessing, Heavenly and Neveah. More male than female, but essentially unisex.

Unusual but appealing nickname that could really be used for any name starting with Im-, although most commonly Imena.

Not commonly used for girls, but Bruce Willis used it as the middle name for his daughter Evelyn.

Tish for the twenty-first century.

When the once-popular Barbara makes a comeback, so might Baba.

This concise but playful diminutive name comes from Yianna, Gianna, Johana, Janka and similar, which are all international feminine forms of classic John. In the US, it is a gender-neutral name, currently on the rise.

In baby name limbo along with Ronni, Connie, and Bonnie.

As a diminutive name, Riza is used predominantly in the Philippines, though it also has its roots in Hungarian, and in Arabic. Spirited yet familiar, Riza could be related to the surname Rizal meaning "rice field", to the names Tereza and Clarissa, or to the Arabic masculine name Rida, meaning "contentment".

As Nerea, in the Spanish Top 100, but this streamlined version is one of those golden choices that's both supremely simple and intriguingly rare.

One of the cute diminutives that's in vogue in Wales... or could be an alternative spelling of Kaydie.