Four Syllable Names for Girls

  1. Coppelia
    • Origin:

      Literary name
    • Description:

      Coppélia is the name of the life-sized doll created by Doctor Coppélius in the eponymous 1870 ballet, based on short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Coppélius' name may be derived from the Yiddish Koppel, a diminutive of Jacob.
  2. Amairani
    • Aletheia
      • Eleodora
        • Origin:

          Spanish from Greek
        • Meaning:

          "gift of the sun"
        • Description:

          Spanish form of Eleadora, a combination of Elio and Dora, meaning sun and gift respectively.
      • Mariajose
        • Origin:

          Combination of Mary and Jose
        • Meaning:

          "drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved + god increases"
        • Description:

          An unconventional Spanish and Portuguese smoosh name made up of feminine Maria and masculine Jose.
      • Maiara
        • Origin:

          Tupi
        • Meaning:

          "wise person"
        • Description:

          Move over Maia, Mia and Mara - there's a new melodious M name on the block! Maiara has a great meaning and a soft flowing sound which fits in with current trends.
      • Eleftheria
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "free"
        • Description:

          Eleftheria is derived from the male saint's name Eleutherios/Eleftherios. The national motto of Greece is Eleftheria i thanatos, "freedom or death".
      • Filomena
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "lover of singing"
        • Description:

          See PHILOMENA.
      • Villanelle
        • Origin:

          English from Italian
        • Meaning:

          "pastoral song"
        • Description:

          Is Villanelle the new Sonnet? This elaborate name is a form of poetry — an example is Dylan Thomas's Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night — but many know it better as an assassin's codename in the TV show Killing Eve. Inspired by that, Villanelle debuted on the American charts in 2022 when it was used for five baby girls.
      • Petronella
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "rock, stone"
        • Description:

          Petronella, and its shorter sister Petra, are both feminizations of Peter. While Petronella is a name with deep history, it's extremely rare. It was given to no baby girls on record in the US last year.
      • Irelia
        • Origin:

          English invented name
        • Meaning:

          "fighter, leader"
        • Description:

          A fictional name from the League of Legends video game franchise. Its meaning has been suggested as "fighter, leader or powerful", due to the carrot.
      • Remilia
        • Origin:

          Variation of Emilia, Latin
        • Meaning:

          "rival"
        • Description:

          Remilia was invented for the character Remilia Scarlet of the video game series The Touhou Project.
      • Veronique
        • Origin:

          French form of Veronica
        • Meaning:

          "true image"
        • Description:

          Veronica seems poised to rise again, along with many other V names, and with it may follow this more romantic French version.
      • Severina
        • Origin:

          Latin, feminine variation of Severino
        • Meaning:

          "stern, serious"
        • Description:

          Not only stern and serious, but a little too severe.
      • Varinia
        • Origin:

          Latin, meaning obscure
        • Description:

          An ancient Roman name rarely heard in modern times, though the related VARINA appears in Slavic families.
      • Infinity
        • Origin:

          Word name
        • Description:

          Infinity is a name that could have a long, bright future ahead of it, with its bold meaning and fashionable sound. It's an awful lot of name to pull off, but if Destiny can do it...
      • Invidia
        • Origin:

          Latin
        • Meaning:

          "envy; to look against"
        • Description:

          Invidia's meaning isn't very pleasant — as a Roman goddess, she was the personification of envy. However, Invidia has the sounds of an attractive name, not unlike Olivia.
      • Mireia
        • Origin:

          Catalan form of Mireille
        • Meaning:

          "to admire"
        • Description:

          Popular name in Spain drawn from the Provencal Mireio, coined by the poet Frederic Mistral. Very pretty and, though difficult to spell and pronounce, simpler than the French version.
      • Mehitabel
        • Origin:

          Hebrew
        • Meaning:

          "God rejoices"
        • Description:

          Most famously, the name of a 1920s alley cat.
      • Calamity
        • Origin:

          English word name
        • Description:

          Although this name literally means disaster, the use of Calamity as a descriptor of Martha Jane Cannery, aka Calamity Jane, was meant to signal that she was a good person to have in troubled times. Calamity Jane was well regarded as a frontierswoman and nurse, someone who was said to be extremely generous and compassionate to the sick and troubled.. Calamity's connection to the American West gives this a roguish name a sort of windswept charm about it. Indeed, the most controversial aspect of this name is its connection to the frontier wars that led to the dispossession of Native American peoples.