6500+ Girl Names That End in E

  1. Eugenie
    • Origin:

      French form of Eugenia, Greek
    • Meaning:

      "wellborn, noble"
    • Description:

      Eugenie enjoyed a major dusting off when Fergie and Prince Andrew chose it for their daughter, restoring a patina of royal sheen it hadn't had since the time of Napoleon III's glamorous empress--who spent much of her life in England. It was also borne by Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, after whom Prince Andrew's younger daughter was named.
  2. Jackie
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "supplanter"
    • Description:

      Jackie Kennedy gave this name a lot of style, but it doesn't seem destined for a comeback the way brother name Jack has. Jackie and Jacqueline both peaked in 1961.
  3. Feline
    • Origin:

      Feminine form of Felinus, Latin
    • Meaning:

      "cat-like"
    • Description:

      This Top 100 girls' name in The Netherlands is unlikely to translate to the U.S., where it would undoubtedly pronounced fee-line and mistaken for the adjective that means cat-like. While the name Feline -- and Felina and Felinus -- do have the same root, the considerably more charming pronunciation in modern-day Europe is fee-LEEN-ah. Some websites mistakenly relate it to Felix and give its meaning as happy or fortunate.
  4. Hannelore
    • Origin:

      German
    • Meaning:

      "grace + god is my light"
    • Description:

      A pretty and substantial German smoosh name, a combination of Hanne and Eleonore. Most popular in Germany from the 1930s to the 1950s. Former German Chancellors Helmut Kohl and Helmut Schmidt both had wives named Hannelore.
  5. Etoile
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "star"
    • Description:

      This French word for star sounds like even more of a celebrity-worthy choice than Star or Esther or Estella or Stella. But count on English speakers who never took high school French to stumble over the pronunciation.
  6. Adelite
    • Origin:

      Gem name from Greek
    • Meaning:

      "indistinct"
    • Description:

      An unusual way to get to the nickname Addie.
  7. Nele
    • Origin:

      German diminutive of Cornelia
    • Meaning:

      "horn"
    • Description:

      Nele originated as a German nickname for Cornelia, but it superseded its mother name and has been a Top 30 name in Germany since 2000.
  8. Janice
    • Origin:

      Variation of Jane
    • Meaning:

      "God's gracious gift"
    • Description:

      For a minute or two this sounded more modern than Janet, now equally outmoded.
  9. Thistle
    • Origin:

      English flower name
    • Meaning:

      "to prick"
    • Description:

      Quirky and charming flower name. Thistle is Scotland's national symbol.
  10. Suzette
    • Origin:

      French diminutive of Susannah, Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "lily"
    • Description:

      Suzette has a kind of clunky retro charm – so kitsch it's almost cool again.
  11. Sosie
    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Susan
    • Description:

      Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon chose this unusual diminutive for their daughter.
  12. Laurie
    • Origin:

      English, diminutive of Laura
    • Meaning:

      "from Laurentum or bay laurel"
    • Description:

      Laurie morphed into the more streamlined Lori in the sixties but now feels dated for a girl in either spelling. Update Lauren has been renovated as Laurel or Laura itself.
  13. Lune
    • Babette
      • Origin:

        French, diminutive of Barbara
      • Description:

        A less common relic of the Claudette-Paulette-Annette era.
    • Agate
      • Origin:

        French, a semiprecious stone, or variation of Agatha
      • Description:

        Though it's French, most Americans would pronounce it as the stone.
    • Lyle
      • Origin:

        Scottish and English from French
      • Meaning:

        "someone who lives on an island"
      • Description:

        Though it's used far more often for boys, Lyle has a lot in common with today's trending girl names that share the double L sound: Lila, Layla, and Lola.
    • Akane
      • Origin:

        Japanese
      • Meaning:

        "deep red"
      • Description:

        A popular choice right now in Japan, where it recently ranked in the Top 10.
    • Promise
      • Origin:

        English word name
      • Meaning:

        "a declaration that one will do or refrain from doing something specified"
      • Description:

        Promise is one of those word names with an uplifting meaning that is making inroads as a girls' name, like sisters Dream and Serenity. How promising is Promise as a first name? Our try at cleverness illustrates perhaps the biggest problem with naming your baby girl Promise: It will be difficult for people to resist making bad puns on the name. We promise (argh) you'll be tired of hearing them well before your baby Promise's first birthday.
    • Sunshine
      • Origin:

        Word name
      • Description:

        Sunshine was seen as a quintessential hippie name of the 70s, reaching as high as Number 536 in 1975. Now such names are making a bit of a retro comeback, seen, for example, as a character on Glee.
    • Lonnie
      • Origin:

        Latin
      • Meaning:

        "lion"
      • Description:

        An old-timey boyish nickname that works as a diminutive of Leona or Leonie, Alondra, Lorna or any female name with strong L and N sounds.