Invented Girl Names

Variation of Kathryn.

Oakleigh broke into the Top 1000 in 2019, two years after Oaklee and six years after Oakley. Last year, about 600 baby girls were named Oakleigh in the US, almost exactly the same number as Oaklyn -- though three times as many were named Oakley and Oaklynn.

Grimes and Elon Musk created this name for their daughter Y, full name Exa Dark Sideræl. Grimes explained it is "a more elven" spelling of sidereal, "the true time of the universe, star time, deep space time, not our relative earth time."

This unusual name belonging to three generations of Deltha Lee O'Neals, the third being a football cornerback for the New England Patriots, could equally--or better--be used for a girl.

A hybrid of Birdie and Ella used briefly in the early 20th century.

Nilin Cartier-Wells is a character from the video game Remember Me. Nilin rhymes with Dylan.

A stylish smoosh of Evelyn and Juliette, also a variation of the invented name Evolet.

Name invented for the 2017 movie The Florida Project.

Westlynn and even more so Westlyn are among the hottest new names for baby girls, rising hundreds of percentage points in use every year. Over 50 baby girls were named Westlynn in 2017, and more than 100 were called Westlyn. The attractive unisex nickname is West.

An explosive name brought to public attention by Olympic skateboarder Bombette Martin. Her name was inspired by her dad's boxing nickname, Bomber.

This effort to update Sheryl combines Sher- with the familiar -lyn ending. Sherlyn was given to 145 baby girls in 2022, and seems to be on the rise.

Unusual and unfashionable name found in Toni Morrison's novel Tar Baby.

One of a handful of invented names inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, along with Kovid and Krown.

Princess Ozma was the leading character of L. Frank Baum's book Ozma of Oz.

This variation of the English word "blessing" is on the rise, while the original Blessing actually fell in use in 2022. This may soon become a Journee/Journey type of situation, where the misspelled version becomes more popular than the original. The name Blessyn was given to 149 baby girls in 2022, and Blessing to 236.

Parents seem to have decided that this spelling of popular boys' name Mason belongs to the girls -- perhaps because of its proximity to fashionable Maisie. It grew significantly in popularity throughout the 2010s.

Sister to rising young actress Quvenzhané Wallis.