7 Letter Girl Names

This newer sounding coalition of Jennifer and Vanessa is gaining in popularity.

Vellamo is the goddess of water, lakes, and seas in Finnish mythology, said to control the wind for sailors and bring fish for fishermen. Vellamo is also the wife of Ahti, the sea god.

With word names increasingly acceptable or even desirable, this Spanish word for heart, brought to the fore by Philippine president Corazon Aquino, may find more takers.

There are several fine Ben-beginning boy's names, such as BENJAMIN and BENEDICT, but girls names like this and BENJAMINA don't fare as well.

Borne by British MP Olukemi (Kemi) Badenoch, this Yoruba name has a beautiful meaning.

Icelandic form of Julia, in the Top 25 girl names in Iceland.

Onnolee is a name immortalized in American legend. She was the last surviving member of the Munsee tribe of Native Americans, native to the Finger Lakes region of New York. In the 14th century, Onnolee was captured by Mickinac, the leader of the Mengnee tribe who slaughtered the Munsees. She stole an unsuspecting Mickinac's knife from his sheath and stabbed him in the heart before fleeing and jumping to her death. Onnolee's ghost is said to haunt the region.

Light and delicate musical name would make an unusual choice.

A pretty possibility for a Gemini girl.

No, not a creative spelling of Tyla - Thailah literally means the Thai Queen.

A red spice made from dried bell peppers.

As a name, notable bearers include Danish actress Paprika Steen (born Kirsteen), and Paprika from the children's TV show Blue's Clues

A condensed version of Elizabeth made more familiar by The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander.

Guanyin is the bodhisattva of compassion. It's the Chinese translation of the original Sanskrit bodhisattva's name, Avalokiteśvara. Avalokiteśvara's depiction as male or female varies by culture, but in China, Guanyin is a feminine deity.

Manjari is an Indian name not well-known in the US but popular in India. The literal meaning is a bunch or a collection, but can also refer to the flowers and vines of the mango. Taken together, those two meanings convey the idea of a bouquet.

We've seen Haven take off as a nouveau girls' name; Harbour could follow in its wake. Harbor is the more commonly used spelling in the US, while Harbour is used in most other English-speaking areas of the world.

Popular Margaret variant in Nordic countries, often spelled Margrét.