675+ Girl Names That End in S

Why would parents use such a negative word as a baby name? With Nemesis, it seems to be all about style. Nemesis repeats the fashionable -is ending found in girl names such as Genesis, Amaris, and Odalys. And we have to admit, Nemy makes a pretty cute nickname.

Yeats, the strong name of the great Irish poet, would work better for a boy. Also has possible pronunciation problem with people who might think it rhymes with Keats. Yeats rhymes with the word from which it's derived: gates.

Irish town names are now fair game -- as are most other places with connections to Ireland -- but are much better suited to boys.

The name of a pretty white flower also called the Amazon lily, in rare use as a baby name during the Edwardian period.

Collins is a surname name that has made the girls' Top 300 thanks to its use for the daughter of the real-life Blind Side heroine. The Kollins spelling is rising for girls too now, and was used for 131 baby girls in 2022.

Lexus, an automotive newcomer, has recently entered the Top 1000 -- more because of its association, we fear, with the status symbol car than its relation to the name Alexis. If you love this name, do your child a favor and make it Alexis or at least spell it Lexis.

A positive name from mythology, given to the hope left in Pandora's box.

Preppy surname that would make a fashionable first name for a girl.

Remedios is an unusual and evocative Marian name, from Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, which means "Our Lady of the Remedies".

This Mediterranean island name would be a plausible choice for parents with Cypriot heritage, or with a special connection to the place.

Pronunciation problems overwhelm this name.

When British beauty Laura Hollin morphed into supermodel Agyness Deyn, she created a name few others would want to adopt.