Girl names

Wren, a lilting songbird name, could be the next Robin. Wren entered the Top 1000 for the first time in 2012 and is among the new wave of popular English names for girls.

X marks the spot in names these days, usually at the middles or ends of names, but here is one that puts it squarely up front.

A Slavic classic, as common as Jane or Joan here.

This French name has the elegance of other '-ette' names such as Colette and is a botanical name without being too obvious about it.

A light, bohemian-sounding biblical name, mentioned in the bible as a wife of Lamech, one of the first men.

Zorah, the Old Testament home of Samson, is both soft and substantial.