Girl Names Ending in T

Naming babies for personal heroes is the cool contemporary trend followed by Woody Allen when he honored New Orleans jazz clarinetist Sidney Bechet in his daughter's name--adding the middle name Dumaine after a cornet player who was another of his musical heroes. Bechet has a nice, catchy Gallic feel.

Stuck in the Old Country.

Jowanet is the feminine form of Jowan (the Cornish form of John), making this name equivalent to Joan, Jane, Janet, Joanna, and the rest of that name family.

The Icelandic form of Elizabeth, borne by Icelandic author, journalist and politician Elísabet Jökulsdóttir.

Calls to mind the twinkling strands of bulbs found during the winter holidays and in college dorm rooms.

An intriguing medieval name found in various forms across Europe. Variants include Elisende, Elisenda, Elysande, Elisent and Helisent. It likely derives from a Visigothic name meaning "temple path".

Straightforward yet romantic, this is one newly minted name with long-term appeal, especially as a middle name. It was used as such for Tea Leoni and David Duchovny's Madelaine, whom they call West. Definitely ambigender, it was chosen by Marley Shelton for her daughter. 

Despite sounding like Kate, the double E is likely to trip up English speakers who will want to pronounce this "Keat" instead of "Kate".

Larry Hernandez is at it again — the reality TV star known for his show Larrymania has successfully popularized each of his three daughters' names. He and Kenia Ontiveros created totally new names for their girls — Daleyza, Dalary, and Dalett, who was born in May 2020.

Old German variant of Elizabeth, newly appealing today.

Rarely heard outside the Slavic community.

Xelat directly translates to "reward" in Kurdish, but it is also used as the Kurdish translation of the place name Ahlat. Ahlat is a Turkish town, originally called Khlat, that's name likely derived from the Arabic root kha-la-ta, meaning "to mix."

An unusual kind of place-name, going beyond a country, state, or city, it was used by actress Elisabeth Shue as a middle name for her daughter Stella.