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2000+ Girl Names That End in Y

  1. Serendipity
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "unexpected good fortune"
    • Description:

      A unique virtue name with a sound as happy and lively as its meaning.
  2. Monday
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Not most people's favorite day, but a pretty name.
  3. Ismay
    • Origin:

      Possible variation of Esme
    • Meaning:

      "esteemed, beloved"
    • Description:

      The rise of the the various Isabel names may give a boost to this variation, which has a sunny, springtime feel.
  4. Muffy
    • Origin:

      Nickname name
    • Description:

      Muffy is one of those nickname names that flourished in the Baby Boom era -- or was it only on television? -- and now is rarely used. Strictly speaking short for Muffin, few girls have been given Muffy as a proper name in any era, and when it was used, it was usually as a nickname for Mary or Margaret or some other traditional name.
  5. Halley
    • Origin:

      Scottish and English
    • Meaning:

      "hall or woodland clearing"
    • Description:

      The Halley version of this popular name family hit the Top 1000 only once, in 1986, inspired by Halley's Comet, named for astronomer Edmund Halley.
  6. Glory
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Glory sounds fresh and uplifting and a lot more modern than Gloria (which is definitely feeling the stirrings of a revival, though some might still view it as a terminal Old Lady name). Glory, as in "Glory Be" and "Old Glory," has both a religious and a patriotic flavor.
  7. Rainy
    • Origin:

      Word name or diminutive of Regina, Latin
    • Meaning:

      "queen"
    • Description:

      The Rainy spelling puts this name firmly in word name territory, an appealing option following the rise of Stormi. Rainey is the most popular spelling of the name, given to about 50 girls last year, with half as many called Rainy and a quarter named Rainie, the spelling used by Andie MacDowell for her now-grown daughter.
  8. Simay
    • Origin:

      Turkish
    • Meaning:

      "silver moon, glitter moon"
    • Description:

      A sparkling choice for a nighttime-born daughter.
  9. Avy
    • Kenley
      • Origin:

        English "well-known clearing"
      • Meaning:

        "well-known clearing"
      • Description:

        Kenley is an area in the burrough of Croydon in South London. The name itself probably means "a well-known clearing." Both obvious nickname options are quite masculine (Ken or Lee) - we suggest the feminine Kendra for parents consider this name.
    • Arrietty
      • Origin:

        Literary name, variation of Harriet
      • Description:

        A pretty, dainty name for one of the little characters in the children's book series The Borrowers. It was the basis for a later Studio Ghible animated film, The Secret World of Arrietty. While the connection to Harriet is tenuous, you might want to consider Arrietty as an honorific for an ancestral Harriet, Harry, or even Henry or Henrietta.
    • Kingsley
      • Origin:

        English surname
      • Meaning:

        "king's meadow"
      • Description:

        Regal Kingsley seems like an all-boy name, but a growing number of parents have bestowed this name on a girl. Credit the ever-trendier -ley suffix.
    • Elody
      • Alchemy
        • Origin:

          Latin word name
        • Meaning:

          "a medieval chemical science"
        • Description:

          One of the most extreme of the new word names, recommended only to the most mystical-minded parents. Actor Lance Henriksen spelled his daughter's name Alchamy.
      • Ensley
        • Origin:

          English surname, variation of Ainsley
        • Meaning:

          "one's own meadow"
        • Description:

          A unisex surname now seeing some use for girls, as it fits right in with such trendy crossover girls' names as Everly. Ellery and Emery, and others with the popular ly/leigh/lea ending
      • Finty
        • Origin:

          Diminutive of Fintan, Irish
        • Meaning:

          "white fire, white bull"
        • Description:

          This perky Irish nickname originated as a short form of Fintan, an ancient saint's name. The most notable bearer today is actress Finty Williams (born Tara Cressida Frances), daughter of Dame Judi Dench. According to Dench's biography, she and her husband initially believed they were expecting a boy and had selected the name Finn. However, upon discovering they had a daughter, they quickly embraced the name Finty.
      • Mercury
        • Origin:

          Roman
        • Meaning:

          "messenger of the gods, quicksilver"
        • Description:

          It's a car brand, a planet, and the messenger of the gods -- but it's questionable whether it works as a little girl's name.
      • Sidney
        • Origin:

          French
        • Meaning:

          "Saint Denis"
        • Description:

          While Sidney in this spelling has a long history as a girls' name, it fell off the Top 1000 from the early 50s until 1990. Then it reemerged as one of the newly chic androgynous names for girls, rising into the Top 300 before falling off the Top 1000 list again in 2016. Sydney is now the more fashionable form.
      • Hetty
        • Origin:

          Diminutive of Henrietta, English
        • Meaning:

          "estate ruler"
        • Description:

          A classic short form of Henrietta, also seen as a nickname for Mehetabel.
      • Sissy
        • Origin:

          Diminutive of Cecilia; pet name for "sister"
        • Meaning:

          "sister"
        • Description:

          Old-fashioned nickname for a sister, almost never heard today.