Names Ending in H for Girls

From a Scottish Gaelic word meaning "visit", a ceilidh today usually means a gathering with traditional Scottish or Irish music and dances. The spelling could be an issue, depending on where you live... but everyone called Cayley, Kailee and Kayleigh has to spell their name out too.

Variant spelling of Sheila, which derives from Síle, an Irish form of Cecilia. The -gh ending has been added to give a more Irish flair, although this isn't a traditional Irish spelling.

Scarlet or Scarlett with a Spanish twist, based on the Spanish pronunciation of the name. Escarlett and Escarlet are also occasionally used.

Peninah, also found as Penina and Peninnah, was one of the two wives of Elkanah in the Bible. Peninah, who had children, upset her sister wife Hannah, who did not, and in response God blessed Hannah with a baby, Samuel.

A popular Arabic name borne by a famed Lebanese actress and singer, could provide an intriguing alternative to Sarah.

Highly unusual water name -- and actor Colin surname -- with a Scottish burr. Firth derives from the Old Norse word fjord.

In the Old Testament, this is the name of one of the midwives who disobeys the Pharaoh's order to kill any Hebrew boys they deliver. The sleeker modern spelling is Shifra.

Chelsea with dyslexia.

This medieval sounding name is a modern invention, used in the video game Final Fantasy.

Trish was a cool -- in every sense of the word -- nickname back when Patricia was one of the most popular names in the US, primarily in the 1960s and 1970s. Trish is actually kind of a nickname of a nickname, Tricia, best known as Tricia Nixon, the daughter of President Richard who named after her mother, who was called Pat. Trish, along with almost every other name related to Patricia including Pat, Patti, Patsy, and Tricia, is seriously out of fashion today.

A city in Benjamin's territory that makes a perfect first name.

Variant of Haniya

Inspired by either Raleigh -- a North Carolina place-name and the surname of the explorer Sir Walter Raleigh - or by Raylee, a modern creation, blending Ray and Lee, Rayleigh has been steadily used since the beginning of the 2010s. Never as popular as Braylee, Kayleigh, Hailey, Jaylee, or Bailey, Rayleigh was given to around 160 girls - and 13 boys - in 2023.

All too likely to be confused with the ultratrendy Nevaeh.

A pretty combination of Amy and Beth, borne by Anne with an E actress Amybeth McNulty. It gives Little Women and vintage vibes.