8 Letter Girl Names
- Annesley
Origin:
Variation of Ansley, EnglishMeaning:
"clearing with a hermitage"Description:
Latter-day Ashley that comes in a range of spelling variations. Ansley and Ainsley have both hit the Top 1000 in recent years.
- Josefine
Origin:
Scandinavian and German variation of Josephine, FrenchMeaning:
"Jehovah increases"
- Manuelle
- Athenais
- Jeannine
Origin:
French variation of JeanMeaning:
"God is gracious"Description:
This feminine form of Jean was most popular in the 1930s in its home country, and in the 1960s in the US. It's fallen off the Top 1000 list since, but perhaps cute retro nickname Jeannie could tempt some vintage-loving parents back.
- Peighton
- Kaitlynn
Origin:
Spelling variation of Kaitlyn or CaitlinDescription:
Kaitlynn seems to be trying too hard to make its pronunciation plain. At this point, everyone knows that the name however you spell it is pronounced like Kate plus Lynn, so why go all the way to Kaitlynn? This spelling has been stumbling down the charts since its peak in 1998 and may not be around much longer.
- Sidereal
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"with respect to the distant stars"Description:
Sidereal is the English spelling of Sideræl, one of the middle names Grimes and Elon Musk chose for their daughter. They used "a more elven" spelling of the word sidereal, which Grimes defined as "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."
- Kristín
Origin:
IcelandicMeaning:
"Christian"Description:
Icelandic form of Christine or Christina, a popular classic in Iceland.
- Colombia
Origin:
Place-name and LatinMeaning:
"dove"Description:
Colombia is a South American country name, with a rhythmic sound and peaceful connotations. The Irish Colm, Scottish Callum, and Columba are all attractive relatives of Colombia (or Columbia, if you're thinking of the college).
- Jacintha
- Scirocco
Origin:
Italian, from ArabicMeaning:
"warm wind"Description:
A cool and breezy nature name with a stylish sound, used by Volkswagen for one of its cars.
- Sophitia
Origin:
Invented name; variation of SophiaDescription:
Elaboration of Sophia created for the character Sophitia Alexandra in the video game Soulcalibur.
- Georgine
- Illianna
- Gervasia
- Annalena
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"grace"Description:
German combo name borne by German Green politician Annalena Baerbock.
- Flaminia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"priest"Description:
A feminine form of the Latin name Flaminius, which derives from flamen: a Roman priest devoted to a particular "official" deity.
- Cherokee
Origin:
Native American tribal nameDescription:
Cherokee is the name of a Native American tribe, the largest in the United States stretching from North Carolina through Oklahoma. The meaning of the word Cherokee is uncertain: It may be Choctaw for "those who live in the mountains" or "those who live in the cave country" or it may be an Anglicization of the word the Cherokee use to refer to themselves, Tsalagi. The name was given to 19 baby girls in the U.S. in 2013 but was not recorded on the boys' roster, though we'd consider it a gender neutral name.
- Shanelle
Origin:
Spelling variation of ChanelDescription:
French designer name Chanel spelt phonetically in English.