Animal Names for Girls

Despite being a male character in Greek Mythology, we think Auriga wears better on a girl. It's the name of one of the 88 main constellations.

Girl names ending in -lani are invented every year — Ehlani is among the latest pseudo-Hawaiian inventions.

In the Hebrew bible, Azazel is the name of the place where the scapegoat bearing the Jews' sins during Yom Kippur was sacrificed. In Christian and Islamic traditions, Azazel is the name of a fallen angel.

Ada is one of those names found in two different languages with two different meanings. As a German name, it means noble or nobility, and as a Turkish name, it means island.

This medieval sounding name is a modern invention, used in the video game Final Fantasy.

The feminine form of Caelius, from caelum "skies, heavens".

In all its iterations, this name is on the rise. Ariana and Arianna are both highly popular choices in the US, and as with other popular appellations, creative spellings are inevitable. The trendy y in place of the i might be tempting, but anyone bearing this spelling will constantly be correcting people who assume one of the two dominant versions.

Bryher, a homophone of Briar, is the name of an Isle of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall. It was the penname of novelist Annie Winifred Ellerman, who chose the name in honor of the island. Today, Bryher is seen as a girl name in Cornwall, where it is used as a variation of up-and-coming Briar.

Epithet of the goddess Lakshmi with a watery meaning.