Animal Names for Girls

  1. Defiance
    • Origin:

      French
    • Meaning:

      "resistance"
    • Description:

      Could be a modern virtue... or perhaps not for the parents!
  2. Celene
    • Aleska
      • Aubrette
        • Alaw
          • Origin:

            Welsh
          • Meaning:

            "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-name
                • Description:

                  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-Italian
                • Meaning:

                  "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 / Catherine
                  • Description:

                    The Welsh version of Katie... if it's not too catty for you.
                • Dossie
                  • Aþena
                    • Origin:

                      Icelandic
                    • Meaning:

                      "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 Deighton
                    • Meaning:

                      "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