10,000+ Girl Names That End in A

  1. Goya
    • Origin:

      Artist name
    • Description:

      Passion for the Spanish painter Goya may transcend the difficulty of this name -- just don't say it in a Jewish community.
  2. Agrippina
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "born feetfirst"
    • Description:

      A name with a rich history in Ancient Greece and Rome, Agrippina was the sister of Caligula and mother of Nero, who had her murdered. The original male version, Agrippa, can also used for girls. The name Agrippina arose in ancient times to further distinguish it as a feminine form of Agrippa.
  3. Quilla
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "quill, hollow stalk"
    • Description:

      A heroine in a Victorian novel written with a quill pen, has an unusual, offbeat charm.
  4. Mealla
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "honey, sweetness; lightning"
    • Description:

      Also spelled the phonetic Mella, this Irish name is as sweet as its meaning — well, one of them.
  5. Concettina
    • Rosaria
      • Zela
        • Origin:

          African variation of Zoe
        • Description:

          See ZELLA.
      • Ekta
        • Origin:

          Sanskrit
        • Meaning:

          "identity"
        • Description:

          Indian film producer Ekta Kapoor is one notable bearer of this name. Just beware that some in the West may at first mis-hear this as Hector - not a reason to not use this meaningful name.
      • Pika
        • Origin:

          Slovene
        • Meaning:

          "dot"
        • Description:

          A cute, chirpy Slovene name with a meaning to match. The Slovene translation of Pippi Longstocking renames her Pika Nogavička.
      • Zerelda
        • Description:

          Though the etymology of this name is unclear, it had modest usage in the United States during the nineteenth century. Zerelda has a double connection to outlaw Jesse James: Zerelda James was his mother, and Zerelda Mimms was his wife and first cousin. Zerelda G. Wallace was a temperance activist and a women's suffragist during the same era. All three of these Zereldas were born in Kentucky.
      • Vendetta
        • Origin:

          Word Name
        • Description:

          A pretty word, but laced with violent imagery.
      • Nemea
        • Origin:

          Greek place-name
        • Description:

          The name of a famous valley in ancient Greece, with ties to the historic Nemean Games.
      • Anora
        • Origin:

          Latin
        • Meaning:

          "honor"
        • Description:

          Anora is a phonetic respelling of Honora, a longer form of the virtue name Honor. It also might qualify as a trendy Fast Fashion name, a composition of euphonious syllables without any specific provenance.
      • Maricela
        • Origin:

          Spanish, combination of Maria and Celia
        • Meaning:

          "drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved + heaven"
        • Description:

          A pretty and little-known Spanish smoosh name, combining Maria with Celia.
      • Marlena
        • Roza
          • Origin:

            Russian and Polish variation of Rosa
          • Description:

            Adds some zest to Rosa.
        • Véra
          • Constanza
            • Origin:

              Italian, feminine form of Constantine
            • Meaning:

              "constant, unchanging"
            • Description:

              This version adds some Italian flair to the somewhat stolid Constance.
          • Aloma
            • Origin:

              Invented name
            • Description:

              Aloma is a name invented for a Hawaiian dancer, the title character in a 1925 play later adapted twice as a film. But long before that, it was also used by the medieval scholar Ramón Llull, possibly as a feminine form of Alomar (from the Germanic name Aldemar, "old + famous"). The Catalan author Mercè Rodoreda used it for the heroine of her novel Aloma/, making it a classic Catalan literary choice.
              It has not been used enough to make the US charts since the 1980s, but would fit with the trend for liquid-sounding, multicultural names like Alaia and Alina.
          • Coletta
            • Origin:

              Italian and Spanish variation of Colette or short form of Nicoletta
            • Description:

              Coletta is a Latin relative of the better-known French Colette, which is derived from Nicole and is ultimately a feminization of Nicholas. Only a handful of baby girls are named Coletta or Nicoletta in the US each year, making this one of the rarest of the many forms of the name.