Six Letter Girl Names

A Breton form of Françoise

An attractive name that's uncommon even in its native Finland. Onneli ja Anneli is a Finnish children's movie translated to English as Jill and Joy, although the names are unrelated.

The feminine Quinta is virtually unused in the US, though male forms of the Roman family name Quintus, such as Quintin and Quentin, are quite popular. That may change with the emergence of comedian and actress Quinta Brunson, creator of the television show Abbott Elementary.

A sweet and clear Hopi name with a lovely natural meaning to match.

An attractive, eye-catching international form of Rose, with a little more bite than the English version. Relatively popular in its native region of Brittany but virtually unknown elsewhere, it could make a great alternative to more commonplace floral names. Rozenn peaked in France in 1976 at #231.

This beautiful lakeside town in southern New Zealand would make an unusual but wearable choice for a daughter. It benefits from having a great meaning, too.

Unusual and lithe.

Despite being a male character in Greek Mythology, we think Auriga wears better on a girl. It's the name of one of the 88 main constellations.

Girl names ending in -lani are invented every year — Ehlani is among the latest pseudo-Hawaiian inventions.

Kooper is more popular for boys than it is for girls, although the ratio of male to female usage is lower for Kooper versus Cooper. That could be a selling point for Kooper if you like the sound of Cooper for a daughter, but not the automatic assumption of "it's a boy!"

Motoko Kusanagi, perhaps the best known association to the name, is a character from the sci-fi anime and manga series The Ghost in the Shell. She's a strong, wise, and independent cyborg who appears as a young woman.

In the Hebrew bible, Azazel is the name of the place where the scapegoat bearing the Jews' sins during Yom Kippur was sacrificed. In Christian and Islamic traditions, Azazel is the name of a fallen angel.

This medieval sounding name is a modern invention, used in the video game Final Fantasy.

The feminine form of Caelius, from caelum "skies, heavens".

If you want people to pronounce Andrea with an Ah sound beginning, this spelling would guide the way.

Bryher, a homophone of Briar, is the name of an Isle of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall. It was the penname of novelist Annie Winifred Ellerman, who chose the name in honor of the island. Today, Bryher is seen as a girl name in Cornwall, where it is used as a variation of up-and-coming Briar.