Three Syllable Girl Names

An undiscovered "A sandwich" name that feels familiar yet distinctive.

Original Persian form of Roxana and Roxanne.

Mignonette is kind of a diminutive of a diminutive. Mignon is the French word for cute, so Mignonette is more or less cutie.

May rise along with other spiritually inclined names, but Americans might find it too close to Osama.

Miriana is a lilting girl name that is possibly derived from the names Mirian, Mira, and Miranda.

A minor Greek goddess of fertility and agriculture. The name is also seen spelled as Aphaia.

Name kids will relate to the space adventure book and family film of that name.

Nautica is derived from the English word "nautical," which itself comes from the Latin nauticus. It was first recorded as a baby name in 1992 when the American clothing brand had become a national sensation. It ultimately peaked in 1999 when 246 baby girls were given the name.

This newer sounding coalition of Jennifer and Vanessa is gaining in popularity.

Used in Italy and Spain, but in non-Latin countries could be confused with Valencia.

Vellamo is the goddess of water, lakes, and seas in Finnish mythology, said to control the wind for sailors and bring fish for fishermen. Vellamo is also the wife of Ahti, the sea god.

Seen as both a given name and a surname in Japan. There was a Princess Izumi in eighth-century Japan, forbidden from marriage as her older sisters had already been paired off with the Emperor's sons.

With word names increasingly acceptable or even desirable, this Spanish word for heart, brought to the fore by Philippine president Corazon Aquino, may find more takers.