Animal Names for Girls

A lively South Slavic elaboration on Daria.

The feminine form of Kuol — the name of a bitter African fruit. Akuol Deng Atem is a South Sudanese model.

This Native American tribe name is an attractive option for a boy or a girl. Tia Mowry used it for her son in 2011.

Pretty, pan-botanical Cherokee choice.

This delicate Umbrian place name would make a unique path to Ellie.

During the heyday of Deborah, Debra, and Debra -- the late 1950s and early 60s -- there were enough baby girls named Deb, just Deb, for it to make the Top 1000.

A rarer spelling of Dashiell, a handsome route to the nickname Dash. Neither variation is common for girls — Dashiell, at its peak, was given to six baby girls in a single year — but actress Milla Jovovich chose this spelling for her daughter, born in 2015.