Animal Names for Girls

Amalisa is a smoosh of the prefix of Amabel and Amanda, which means lovable, and Lisa, a diminutive of Elizabeth that's long been used on its own. In some ways, it's an improvement on all of its root names -- fresher and more distinctive than Amanda or Lisa and easier to understand than Amabel, which is often confused with Annabel. Though Amalisa can be similarly confused with Annalisa which will inevitably become annoying.

Derived from the Hebrew phrase "El Shaddai" meaning God almighty, the beautiful Elshaday is used as a first name for girls in Ethiopia.

Probably too evangelical for mass importation.

The Hebrew form of Daphne, typically only heard among Jewish families in the US.

Associated with the mononymic Icelandic singer and her iconic swan dress.

Sweet Norwegian diminutive of Anna

A lovely international version of the dated Karen, also spelled Karoun.