8 Letter Girl Names

Scotlyn and her near-identical twin Scotlynn are scooting up the popularity ladder, though still hiding beneath the Top 1000.

Beauty con brio italiano.

Mandolin may seem like an outlandish choice for a name, but since BANJO has been used as a baby name, all the instruments in the band seem to be auditioning for a place on birth certificates. This one comes with a real name nickname, MANDY.

Voltaire is the nom-de-plume of François-Marie Arouet, who became noted for his witty and satirical takes on enlightenment philosophy and Western society. Voltaire's most famous work, Candide, used satire as a vehicle to advocate against religion, monarchy, greed, and for tolerance, freedom and reason. It is said that his moniker was a variation of his sister's family nickname "le petit volontaire" (the determined little thing).

Cesarine is the French femininer version of Casear. It is used occasionally in French-speaking countries, including Belgium, Switzerland and Jersey.

Long synonymous with the American outlaw Harry Longabaugh, aka The Sundance Kid, who got his nickname from the town of Sundance, Wyoming, where he was incarcerated as a teenager. The place name Sundance was taken from the sun dance ceremony practiced by local Native American tribes.

This Russian version of Michaela adds yet another variation -- Makayla, Micaela, McKayla -- to the pot.

Soft sound, good nickname potential, but not a good meaning for a child's name.

Saint Bronach or Bronagh was a female mystic and a sixth century follower of Saint Patrick. Today, the name is most often heard in the modern form of Brona. Bronagh was a character in the Irish animated film Song of the Sea.

Pronunciation problems overwhelm this name.

A more substantial but less-popular feminization of Tristan, the originally-male mythological name now used for girls as well as boys.

Although it's more commonly seen as a surname, Haviland is occasionally used as a first name, particularly for girls.

Claudina — a traditional Spanish diminutive of Claudia — was a Top 500 name in Spain for the first half of the 20th century. It never caught on as a given name in the US. At its peak, Claudina was given to 17 American baby girls in 1969.

Xenodice was a Greek Mythological princess of Crete. Her father was Minos, the king.