10,000+ Girl Names That End in A

Relatively unusual as a given name in Japan.

A choice of two pronunciations, making this little girl divine or diveen.

Everything sounds better with an Italian accent. Elisabetta is the more common Italian form.

The name of the Hindu elephant-headed god of success and wisdom, son of Shiva and Parvati.

Orsola is chic in Italy in a way that Ursula is not in the U.S. And English speakers will inevitably hear this chic, sleek name as Ursula, condemned to purgatory as the name of the hideous sea-witch who terrorized Disney's Little Mermaid.

The short form Shira is more manageable.

This more elaborate version of the name is heard occasionally, but Samira or the related Samara is simpler and just as rhythmic.

This was the name of a 5th-century Egyptian hermit and was later adopted by the Greek scholar Basilios Bessarion (1403-1472), who became a Roman Catholic bishop. Renowned Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811-1848) bore the Russian form of this rare name.

Properly spelled Lāsma in Latvian, this name has one of the prettiest meanings around.

One African name that's virtually unknown in the western world, but sounds both soft and strong.

Arcangela is a heavenly possibility if Angel or Angela isn't elevated enough for you.

Like Quentin, Quintin and Quintana, Quintia was once reserved for the fifth child in a family, but now would make an interesting choice for a child coming anywhere in the birth order.