Animal Names for Girls
- Defiance
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"resistance"Description:
Could be a modern virtue... or perhaps not for the parents!
- Celene
- Aleska
- Aubrette
- Alaw
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"tune"Description:
Short and sweet, this is the Welsh equivalent of Melody. It's currently in steady use for girls in Wales.
- Alician
- Annelle
- Amberley
- Chelsey
Origin:
Variation of Chelsea, New York and London place-nameDescription:
Chelsea was last fashionable around the time First Daughter Chelsea Clinton was born, ranking in the Top 25 in the early 1990s.
- Caracosa
Origin:
Judeo-ItalianMeaning:
"precious thing"Description:
A lovely name most commonly used by Judeo-Italian families — also the name of a fictional city in Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa", written in the late 1800s.
- Aimia
- Cati
Origin:
Welsh diminutive of Catrin / CatherineDescription:
The Welsh version of Katie... if it's not too catty for you.
- Dossie
- Aþena
Origin:
IcelandicMeaning:
"of Athens"Description:
Icelandic form of Athena, trending there since the early 2000s and currently in the Top 50 names for Icelandic baby girls.
- Dayton
Origin:
English variation of DeightonMeaning:
"place with a dike"Description:
A city name that sounds more legit than most because of its similarity to Peyton and other such names in circulation.
- Arnie
- Affra
- Blakelyn
- Cambie
- Agnesina