10,000+ Girl Names That End in A
- Gisela
- Afra
Origin:
Arabic; HebrewMeaning:
"color of earth; dust"Description:
Earthier version of the name of England's first female professional writer, Aphra Behn.
- Kyoka
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"mirror; fragrant flower"Description:
Kyōka Izumi was a 19th-century surrealist author. He was a man, but a female character in the anime series Bungo Stray Dogs was named after him in full.
- Lagertha
Origin:
NordicDescription:
According to Viking legend, Lagertha was a shieldmaiden and wife of famed Viking leader Ragnar Lodbrok.
- Milania
Origin:
Variation of Milana or MelaniaDescription:
This name similar to Milana and Melania was popularized by Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Guidice's daughter. It has ranked in the US Top 1000 since 2011.
- Havana
Origin:
Cuban place-nameDescription:
Politics aside, the Cuban capital is one of the most rhythmic of place-names. The question is: can politics be put aside?
- Cesaria
Origin:
Feminization of Cesar, LatinMeaning:
"head of hair"Description:
Cesaria, a modern feminine form of Caesar or the Latinate Cesar, has been obscure in the Western World but may stir to life along with other names that have their roots in ancient Rome. Cesarina, Cesarie, and Cesarea are other options.
- Haya
Origin:
Hebrew or JapaneseMeaning:
"life; universal feathers"Description:
Appealing crosscultural choice.
- Kimana
Origin:
Native American, ShoshoneMeaning:
"butterfly"Description:
Kimana, the name of a resort in the foothills of Mountain Kilimanjaro in Kenya, would make an unexpected path to the nickname Kim.
- Ilka
Origin:
Hungarian, diminutive of Ilona; variation of HelenMeaning:
"bright, shining one"Description:
To some, may have the same warm feeling of Russian nicknames like Sasha and Misha.
- Cinderella
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"little ash-girl"Description:
One familiar name never used for real people, for obvious reasons. Read more about Cinderella and other Disney Princess Names in our featured blog.
- Kiska
Origin:
Aleutian place nameDescription:
Kiska is a Alaskan volcano island that has the sort of brisk sound to it that makes it fit in with both old names like Saskia and modern names like Pax.
- Varya
Origin:
RussianMeaning:
"foreign"Description:
Short form of the Russian Varvara, a feistier version of Barbara.
- Laika
Origin:
RussianMeaning:
"little barking one"Description:
The name of the first dog in space is the quintessential Russian dog name, equivalent to Fido or Rover. Fittingly, it derives from the verb layat', meaning "to bark".
- Zoraida
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"captivating woman"Description:
This name of a beautiful Moorish woman character in Don Quixote is rarely heard.
- Christa
Origin:
Short form of ChristinaDescription:
Fading since the 1970s -- but still a lovely name.
- Moksha
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"liberation"Description:
With Bodhi one of the fastest-rising names, could other concepts from Eastern religions catch on as names too? Moksha can refer to various types of freedom and release, such as from ignorance and from the cycle of death and rebirth.
- Elska
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"love"Description:
This name looks like a sister to the names Elsa and the Czech name for girls Eliška, a popular diminutive of Elizabeth — and sometimes it is (in German, for example). But it is also a word in Old Norse and some modern Nordic languages, meaning "love" or "to love".
- Cosetta
Origin:
Italian, FrenchMeaning:
"little thing"Description:
Italianate variation of Cosette, from Victor Hugo's Les Misérables.
- Aquilia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"eagle"Description:
This and two other female forms -- AQUILA and AQUILINA -- of the Roman family name Aquilius might live on in modern times.