Names ending in a

A wild animal name given to only five boys in 2018. Five boys we're afraid to meet. (And fewer than five every year since then.)

Rather imperious as a baby name, but has an interesting history. Imperia is the name of an obscure French saint, also known as Impère and Impérie, also borne by the famous Italian courtesan Imperia Cognati. Honoré de Balzac later used it in his short story La belle Impéria (1832), where it belongs to a fictional courtesan. A similar name, Bel-imperia, was used by Elizabethan dramatist Thomas Kyd for a character in his play The Spanish Tragedy.

Also relating to the sea and the islands, this name is a bit more melodic than its cousins.

Might be a little too close to bandita.

Unisex Sanskrit name with appeal for a winter baby.

Sounds a bit pharmaceutical.

A variant spelling of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Vloggers The Bucket List Family have a son named Manilla.

A name from ancient Roman, now rare.

The name of a woman who played a dramatic role in ancient Roman legend, it seems quite slight for modern use. Variation: ARIA

This Muslim name derived from the Arabic is found in North and East Africa.