Names Ending in U for Girls

As more parents look for unique alternatives to the popular Isabella — Isabeau and Isadora are two great examples — they may like the beautiful Gambian name Isatou. Isatou Ceesay is a Gambian activist who started a revolutionary recycling movement called "One Plastic Bag".

Typically a male name in Japan, however, Toru was used for the female character Toru Hagakure in the anime series My Hero Academia.

Although more common as a boy name — it is also a Catalan form of Paul — Pau has some use as a girl name, thanks to its peaceful meaning.

Tiiu is the cute Estonian form of Tiia, a Finnish diminutive of Dorothy and Dorothea.

True is a rising name in all forms, this amputated one included.

This Basque name, which derives the name of a small town, is less well known than its diminutive version Arantxa. The name comes from the Basque word aratza meaning thornbush.

Tau, which rhymes with cow, is the alphabetical nickname Grimes and Elon Musk chose for their third child, Techno Mechanicus. Tau is the nineteenth letter of the Greek alphabet and a common variable in physics, biology, and mathematics. In ancient Greece, it was a symbol of life and resurrection.

Unisex Japanese name more common for girls.

A dashing French surname name most famously borne by Henry David Thoreau, an American naturalist, writer and philosopher who influenced such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. The most common modern American pronunciation is "thor-OH", with emphasis on the final syllable, although Thoreau himself pronounced it "THOR-oh".

Bardou is a holiday destination in France, known for its pictureque village nestled in mountains. It is also a region of Guinea. As a name, it is more commonly known from its English derivation, meaning axe-wielding wolf.

Common Japanese name with a pleasant meaning, no matter how you write it.

Uncommon choice too reminiscent of "bidet". Try Bridie instead.

This is a Greenlandic girls' name made famous when Princess Mary and Prince Frederik named their twin daughter Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda. Ivalu is a variant spelling.

Melodramatic wordplay name coined by actor Ving Rhames for his daughter.

In Finland, many pet forms of names end in U, such as Elsu, a nickname for Elsa.

Like many Japanese names, Kazu can be used for both girls and boys and has several meanings, depending on how the kanji are drawn and interpreted. It can also be short for names such as Kazuko or Kazuya.