10 Letter Girl Names
- Chardonnay
Origin:
French, a dry white wineDescription:
If you're actually considering this as a name for your child, you must have had a glass too many. But it's an awesome name for a white cat.
- Callirrhoe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"beautiful flow"Description:
Callirrhoe is a Greek mythological nymph and companion of Persephone. It offers nicknames Calli, Ro, Clio, and Coco.
- Annunziata
- Lieselotte
- Marsailidh
Origin:
Scottish form of MarcellaDescription:
Marsailidh, which can also be styled Marsaili, is one of the most unique Scottish names for girls, still rarely heard outside its native land.
- Véronique
Origin:
French variation of VeronicaDescription:
The sleek French version of Veronica has considerable class and chic.
- Priscillia
Origin:
Variation of PriscillaMeaning:
"ancient"Description:
Fanciful variation of already extravagant name. You might recognize it as the name of Swiss Olympian Priscillia Annen.
- Marcellina
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"warlike"Description:
Marcellina is one feminine form of the names derived from the ancient Roman Marcellus. There was a Saint Marcellina who was a 4th century virgin and the only sister of Saint Ambrose.
- Proserpine
Origin:
Latin from GreekMeaning:
"to emerge"Description:
Proserpine is the Roman equivalent of the goddess Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld in Greek myth.
- Alphonsine
- Cleocharia
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknownDescription:
An elaborate way to get to Cleo, rooted in Greek mythology. Cleocharia was a water nymph married to King Lelex of Laconia.
- Silhouette
Origin:
French surnameMeaning:
"shadow outline"Description:
Étienne de Silhouette (1709–67), French author and politician, gave his name to this portraiture technique – although, strangely, no one knows why.
- Giuseppina
Origin:
Italian, feminine variation of GiuseppeDescription:
One case where the English version -- Josephine -- is far preferable.
- Williamina
Origin:
Female version of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"Description:
Sometimes heard in Scotland, where its heyday was in the times of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott, here we would prefer the Germanic version, Wilhelmina, brought into the spotlight by the conniving character on "Ugly Betty."
- Anastasiya
- Serapion
Origin:
Greek, EgyptianMeaning:
"mighty bull"Description:
This was the name of a 13th-century saint, a Mercedarian friar who was martyred by pirates. It derives from the name of the Greco-Egyptian bull god Serapis.
- Fiorentina
- Adorabelle
- Chimamanda
Origin:
IgboMeaning:
"my God will never fail"Description:
Made most familiar in English-speaking countries by prize-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda has a wonderful meaning and can be shortened to Chima or the spunky Chi. In 2022, it entered the UK Top 100 for the first time, when 38 baby girls were given the name.
- Margherita