Girl Names That End with L

Dael is cooler than Dale -- but why? Vowel switch gives an old nature name a hipper look.

A title given to the elf Arwen in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, meaning "evening star" and usually rendered poetically as Evenstar. Like her revered ancestor Lúthien, Arwen chooses to become mortal in order to marry her human love, Aragorn.

The Norwegian word for "honeysuckle" could make for a fresh and vibrant nature-inspired choice.

The same stylish sounds as Vale, but with more secrecy.

One of the rare English surname names originally derived from a female given name: Eoforhild (Everild), meaning "boar battle". Also spelled Averill, it's an extremely rare choice today, but shares sounds with fashionable Ava and Avery.

It looks like a creative respelling of battle, but this name is anything but. Instead, Batel is a Hebrew name with a lovely meaning.

This unisex Israeli name, which rhymes with ball, is sure to receive more serious international attention now that actress Gal Gadot is the new Wonder Woman.

Rarely heard outside the Jewish community; another form is Minda.

Derived from the Tigrinya elements hiyab, meaning "gift," and el, "God."

Somehow, the S versions are even more passe than the C's.

This Spanish month name has been quietly used for several years now in the US.

Dariel is one of many similar forms and variations of different names—Dara, Dariela, Daria and Darya—that are all unusual and pretty if not quite authentic-feeling.

Did you really mean to name your child Channel, as in the body of water? Like, you know, the English Channel? Or were you going for the last name of the French designer Chanel, with a soft "sh" sound at the beginning and the emphasis on the last syllable? If so, we recommend sticking with the Chanel spelling.

Occasionally used as an independent name, but why.