Three Syllable Girl Names

Nicandra is the name of a plant known as apple-of-peru and also shoo-fly plant. It's also the feminine form of Nicander, an ancient Greek poet, physician, and grammarian.

A rare spin on the Emily group of names occasionally used in Spanish-speaking communities. It may be based on the medieval French name Emelisse.

A puritan virtue name that's only slightly less challenging than Chastity. It was used for nearly 20 baby girls in the contemporary US in one recent year.

A variation of Allison that was in the Top 1000 from 2008 to 2010, but has since fallen far out of favor.

This unusual name with a lovely meaning works surprisingly well outside its Armenia.

As surname names for girls become more popular, we could see Catesby catching on among style-conscious parents. Bonus: it easily shortens to the girlish nickname Cate.

Swedish author Astrid Lindgren used this nickname for the eponymous character in her children's novel Madicken. In the book, it's a nickname for Margareta, but Lindgren took the idea from her childhood friend Ann-Marie, whose nickname was Madicken.