Six Letter Girl Names

Mercer is one fashionable occupational name that can work as well for girls as boys, perhaps because of the soft c or the conventionally feminine nickname Mercy.

Name of the French town where a vision of the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared, this name, virtually unknown elsewhere, is in the Spanish Top 100.

A nouveau elaboration of Arya that may have also been influenced by the rise of -ani ending names such as Leilani.

There are so many variations of this name in circulation, it makes it hard for any of them to feel as special as they might.

New name in the pool of international names, added by lovely supermodel Alyona Osmanova.

French spelling of Celia that is more popular in France today than traditional Célie.

Dayana is an Hispanic variant of Diana, notably belonging to Venezuelan actress, model and producer Dayana Mendoza. It also belongs to a South American orchid whose name derives from the surname of English botanist John Day. Its use can be partly attributed to the popularity of Diana, the Princess of Wales.

In Sikhism, ajooni is the concept of divine formlessness — a tenet of the religion as Sikhs do not worship idols.

Rather than confusing things with Elexis, we'd stick with the original Alexis version.

Darina comes from the Slavic element "dar" which means gift; the name is found in Czech, Bulgarian, and Slovak cultures and translates easily for English speakers. Darina may also be an Anglicization of the Irish Dairine, which means "fruitful."

The name of the ferrymen of dead souls to the Greek underworld and the name of Pluto's desolate moon, Charon makes an interesting, if somewhat macabre, choice for a baby. There are two pronunciations of this name, depending on whether you're referring to the ferryman or the moon. While the Greek version is pronounced with a hard "k" sound, the astronomer who named the moon did not know about the Greek myth - he named the moon after his wife Charlene, so many astronomers pronounce it with a "sh" sound.

Has a gemlike glow, as in Sapphire.

South African musician Unathi Msengana brings this unusual choice to a wider audience.

Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, "The Tale of Princess Kaguya," is a Japanese folk story, also called "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." In the story, a bamboo cutter finds a baby girl from the moon nestled in a glowing bamboo stalk. Her name is Kaguya, meaning "shining."

Sunny Italian surname name for a little girl. Solari was the name of a character on Xena: Warrior Princess.

Nelson on a boy is a steady, somewhat formal classic. On a girl, it's fresher, less expected, and could be shortened to Nell or Nellie.