Three Syllable Girl Names

Variation of Ejiroghene

This Frenchified variation softens and prettifies the harsh original.

A feminization used more before Jordan joined the girls' camp.

The Portuguese word for sapphire was formerly a Top 100 name in Portugal.

Elphaba was invented by Gregory Maguire for the protagonist of his novel Wicked, which became the long-running Broadway play and then a movie. Elphaba is the name of the Wicked Witch of the West, unnamed in the Oz books, and is drawn from the initials of Oz creator L. Frank Baum.

An unusual Hawaiian nature name with an appealing vowel-rich sound.

More commonly spelled FEODORA, a charming choice for the intrepid baby namer, especially with its dynamic nickname FEO (pronounced FAY-o).

This name of a beautiful Moorish woman character in Don Quixote is rarely heard.

Perhaps the most perfect name for a long-awaited daughter.

Ioanna may be an original spin on the Joanna family, but American tongues may have trouble wrapping themselves around all its vowels. Ioanna is pronounced ee-oh-ah-nah.

This variation of Despina stems from Despoina, meaning "lady" in Greek. It is a phonetic representation of how the name is pronounced in Greek, with a "th" sound like in the word "this". Appearance-wise, it's reminiscent of the word thespian, making it perfect for theater-going parents.

Biblical wife of Moses whose name has many variations, with and without the initial T and final h, with one p or two. However you spell it, it's an original choice that also carries teasing potential; those zipper jokes will get old fast, though Zippy is a cute nickname.

Though the etymology of this name is unclear, it had modest usage in the United States during the nineteenth century. Zerelda has a double connection to outlaw Jesse James: Zerelda James was his mother, and Zerelda Mimms was his wife and first cousin. Zerelda G. Wallace was a temperance activist and a women's suffragist during the same era. All three of these Zereldas were born in Kentucky.

This virtue name is the Latin version of fresh-faced Amity, and is also related to Amy. Although rare — it was given to only 5 girls in 2020 — it has great potential as an alternative to Amelia and Alicia.

The name of a nymph in Greek mythology, one of the prophetic Thriai, who divined the future by throwing pebbles. She was a lover of the sea god Poseidon.

More distinct than Violet, Viola, or Violeta — Violina has an indisputably beautiful and romantic sound.

Variant of Wildrose

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have done it again for their third child: Chosen a name that feels iconic yet strangely inevitable. They named North and Saint's younger sister Chicago, after Kanye's hometown. The name Chicago derives from a Native American word for "wild garlic," which once grew plentifully in the Illinois city, the third most populous in the US.