Fantasy-Sounding Names For Females

Also a masculine name in Ireland, this name denotes someone with good looks. Sounds like Kyla.

An appealing, affectionate Italian word name, with several possible nicknames.

Cloris is bad enough without shortening. Consider FLOR instead, a beautiful Spanish name.

The French and Spanish word for "hummingbird" is lithe and charming as a girl name.

The Latin word for "goddess" makes for a rarer, but equally stylish, spin on Thea. It may also be a short form of names such as Medea, Amadea, Dorotea or Andrea.

Diminutive of Etheldreda

A smoosh name of Dulce "sweet" and Maria, a reference to the Virgin Mary. Occasionally used in Latin America.

An evocative word name denoting a rare celestial phenomenon when the sun and moon are aligned so that the moon casts a shadow over the Earth (a solar eclipse), or when the moon is right in front of the sun, showing only a ring of light (a lunar eclipse).

A rare Welsh name deriving from the name of a stream in Ceredigion, plus the productive -wen suffix.

This German name has a whimsical meaning- a combination of "elf" and Runo, meaning "secret lore".

Countless variations of Elizabeth have been used around the world for centuries, from Elspeth to Isabella to Betty. Elsabet is a version that is popular in Ethiopia, often with the sweet and stylish nicknames Elsa or Elsi.

Derived from the Hebrew phrase "El Shaddai" meaning God almighty, the beautiful Elshaday is used as a first name for girls in Ethiopia.

This weighty Anglo-Saxon name belonged to a 7th century English saint, also known as Etheldred. The chic classic Audrey is a modern French and English descendent.