Girl Names Ending in O

  1. Rocco
    • Origin:

      Italian from German
    • Meaning:

      "rest"
    • Description:

      Rock-and-roll version of Coco — definitely a possibility for girls.
  2. Valo
    • Origin:

      Finnish; Malagasy
    • Meaning:

      "light; eight"
    • Description:

      Valo, an unusual entry in the o-ending category, can work for girls in the US. On Nameberry, it's especially popular among visitors from Bangladesh.
  3. Bayo
    • Origin:

      African, Nigerian, Yoruba
    • Meaning:

      "the crown meets joy"
    • Description:

      Short form of Adebayo
  4. Lucero
    • Origin:

      Spanish
    • Meaning:

      "light"
    • Description:

      Lucero is a relative or nickname of Luz, meaning light. This intriguing name is swimming just beneath the Top 1000 for girls in the US.
  5. Yinuo
    • Origin:

      Chinese
    • Meaning:

      "Promise"
    • Description:

      Yinuo is a Chinese female name meaning "promise." It is part of an idiomatic expression "Yinuo Qianjin" (一诺千金), which means "one promise; one thousand gold" or "keep your word." This Chinese name has the advantage of being relatively easy to pronounce for non-Chinese speakers. People called Yinuo include Yinuo Mu, principle harpist in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Yinuo Chen, a Chinese actress who starred in Empresses in the Palace.
  6. Enzo
    • Origin:

      Italian variation of Henry, also diminutive of Vincenzo and Lorenzo
    • Description:

      Victoria's Secret model Devon Windsor welcomed a daughter named Enzo Elodie Barbara in 2021. It hasn't yet inspired many parents to use Enzo for their baby girls — there were only 6 in 2022 — but we could see this becoming as unisex as Ezra someday.
  7. Chiyo
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "thousand generations"
    • Description:

      The childhood name of the heroine of Memoirs of a Geisha is pretty and accessible. Chiyiko is a pet form.
  8. Boo
    • Origin:

      Word name or nickname
    • Description:

      Boo may have started out as a nickname for the male character Arthur "Boo" Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird and these days may be closely associated with another male Boo, the "world's cutest dog" or with the adorable little girl in Monsters, Inc.
  9. Mango
    • Origin:

      Fruit name
    • Description:

      Mango is one fruit name best left untasted, unless you're naming a cat or looking for a nickname for a name like Manuela or even Margaret.
  10. Jojo
    • Origin:

      English, diminutive of Jo-beginning names
    • Description:

      Sprightly and engaging nickname for human, full name for pet. Author Jojo Moyes and dancer/singer Jojo Sliwa have propelled the name into the public eye.
  11. Jisoo
    • Origin:

      Korean
    • Meaning:

      "wisdom + beautiful"
    • Description:

      The mononymous KPOP singer and actor Jisoo — born Kim Ji-Soo — inspired several sets of parents to recently use her name for their daughters. She is a member of the girl band Blackpink and one of the leading social media influencers worldwide.
  12. Amparo
    • Origin:

      Spanish and Portuguese
    • Meaning:

      "refuge, shelter"
    • Description:

      Amparo is a medieval name related to the Virgin Mary most closely associated with the city of Valencia, in Spain. Although it does not appear at all on the most recent US name roster, meaning it was used for fewer than five babies last year, it was used in the US throughout the 20th century.
  13. Chicago
    • Origin:

      American place name, Algonquin
    • Meaning:

      "wild garlic"
    • Description:

      Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have done it again for their third child: Chosen a name that feels iconic yet strangely inevitable. They named North and Saint's younger sister Chicago, after Kanye's hometown. The name Chicago derives from a Native American word for "wild garlic," which once grew plentifully in the Illinois city, the third most populous in the US.
  14. Llio
    • Origin:

      Welsh, originally a diminutive of Gwenllian
    • Description:

      Looks unusual and a little on the brink of weird; sounds like a little lioness named Leo.
  15. Lolo
    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Caroline
    • Meaning:

      "free man"
    • Description:

      A peppy nickname name associated with Lolo (born Lori) Jones, American track and field champ.
  16. Scirocco
    • Origin:

      Italian, from Arabic
    • Meaning:

      "warm wind"
    • Description:

      A cool and breezy nature name with a stylish sound, used by Volkswagen for one of its cars.
  17. Akiko
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "bright child"
    • Description:

      This popular Japanese name has many various meanings (bright, clear, autumn), depending on the combination of kanji used to spell it. The final element is the character ko, meaning "child", which features in many Japanese feminine names. Akiko is one of the best unique names for autumn babies.
  18. Ivalo
    • Origin:

      Greenlandic
    • Meaning:

      "sinew"
    • Description:

      This is a Greenlandic girls' name made famous when Princess Mary and Prince Frederik named their twin daughter Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda.
  19. Emiko
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "smiling child; beautiful child"
    • Description:

      A fresh and pretty Japanese name which would be an unusual route to the popular Emmy/Emi nickname. In Japanese, this name can be formed from a variety of different kanji combinations with different meanings, but "laughing child" and "beautiful child" are two appealing possibilities.
  20. Saro
    • Origin:

      English
    • Description:

      While in Armenia, Italy and Nigeria Saro is regarded as a masculine name, in English Saro is a rare feminine name, familiar because of the old English folk song Pretty Saro, which was rediscovered in the 20th century, having been preserved through Appalachian oral tradition. In the song, Saro is a girl whom the singer has had to leave behind in his home country after emigrating, which might give an indication as to how it came to be found in North America. Saro in this case is generally thought to be a diminutive of Sarah.