Animal Names for Girls

A choice of two pronunciations, making this little girl divine or diveen.

Has a sweetness via its relation to such words as dulcet; other similar possibilities are DULCE, DULCINA, and the down-home DULCIE. Though this Latin names for girls is rarely heard in contemporary times in this form, Dulcie is found.

The name of a sixth century Welsh saint who founded abbeys in Brittany, reconstituted for a modern girl.

A Pam for the modern age, improved by a harder edge and a tad less prissiness.

An ancient Irish saint's name derived from the same root as the popular Aidan.

Araya, one of the fastest-rising names in 2023, is one of those names that seems to have a different derivation and meaning on every website. The one we consider most reliable is that it's a variation of the very popular Arya, which means noble.

Snowy short form.

If you're looking for a girl's name that honors an ancestral Arthur, try Artis.

The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday).

Chelsea with dyslexia.

Variant of Annemarie

One of several trendy boys' names now being adopted for girls with feminized spellings.

A pretty and rhythmic name with a spiritual meaning.

An updated form of Emmeline or Emmaline or a compound name that makes your chosen pronunciation more obvious. Spelling variation Emmalyn reached the US Top 500 in2017, but has since fallen out of Top 1000. However, if you put the two spellings together, this smoosh name is given to nearly 400 girls, placing it above Emmeline or Emmaline. Influence Emmalynn Minassian and Canadian singer, Emmalyn Estrada are notable bearers.