10,000+ Girl Names That End in A
- Risa
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"laughing"
- Aglaea
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"radiance"Description:
Aglaea, sometimes spelled Aglaia, is one of the Three Graces or Charities. She represented beauty and splendor: ironic, given that the main barrier to her name making a comeback is that it sounds like ugly.
- Darva
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"honeybee"Description:
The first bride on "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire." -- not the classiest of names.
- Columbia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"land of Columbus"Description:
Columbia is a rarely used name with many associations. From the eighteenth century it has been used as a female personification of the United States, often appearing as a flag-draped patriotic figure. And as such it's inspired a plethora of place and company names, from the District of Columbia to Columbia University to Columbia Records, and songs like "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean." A character called Columbia appears in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
- Fjolla
Origin:
AlbanianMeaning:
"snowflake"Description:
If you can get past the unintuitive J (it's pronounced like a Y), Fjolla is a perky and attractive girl name. It is derived from the Albanian word for snowflake, fjollë, and is most common in Kosovo.
- Nelya
Origin:
English, diminutive of Helen, Eleanor, et al: "bright, shining one"Meaning:
"bright, shining one"
- Ninetta
Origin:
Italian and Spanish diminutive of NinaMeaning:
"little girl"Description:
Might be carrying things too far -- little little girl? -- though could freshen up this favorite.
- Leva
- Inoa
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"name chant"Description:
Inoa is an evocative choice from the South Seas.
- Efia
Origin:
AkanMeaning:
"born on Friday"Description:
The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday). Efia (also Afua) is the name for girls born on a Friday. (The male variant is Kofi)
- Vianna
- Balbina
Origin:
RomanMeaning:
"stammerer"Description:
The Ancient Roman Balbina is the feminine form of Balbus or Balbinus. While certainly unique, it's hard to imagine this name will go far in the modern English-speaking world.
- Dusana
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"spirit or soul"Description:
Pretty Slavic name, with some obvious pronunciation challenges.
- Linea
- Kannika
Origin:
ThaiMeaning:
"flower"Description:
This Thai name can get shortened to Niki or Nika.
- Aubriella
Origin:
Combination of Aubrey and EllaDescription:
Aubriella is a hybrid name that marries two trendy favorites, Aubrey and Ella, into a unit that's somehow less than the sum of its parts. Though both Aubrey and Ella may be overused at this point, combining them into Aubriella does not improve the choice. Aubriella entered the Top 1000 for the first time in 2014.
- Celena
- Nabila
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"honorable, noble"Description:
Pretty and feminine Muslim name popular in Egypt.
- Khalia
- Juana
Origin:
Spanish, feminine variation of JuanDescription:
Juana has not achieved the popularity in the U.S. of the male version Juan. Whereas Juan has made it almost to the Top 50 on the U. S. hit parade, sister Juana has barely entered the thousand most popular.