Animal Names for Girls

In Semitic mythology, Anat was the goddess of fertility, hunting, and war.

An early form of Elizabeth, especially used to refer to the wife of Aaron in the Old Testament.

A super-popular name in its native Lithuania: Top 10 there from 2003-2017 and just outside the Top 10 now. Austėja is the Lithuanian goddess of bees.

Spelling variation of Amalia, rising in popularity throughout Europe.

Still heard today on the Faroe Islands, Drós comes from the Old Norse word for woman.

Deriving from Old German adal "noble" and heit "type" or "-ness", this weighty ancient name is the ultimate root of modern favorites like Alice, Adelaide, Ada, Allison and Heidi.

Singer Alanis Morisette may have made the one-n version of this name more famous, but like the other Alan feminization Alana or Alanna, the spelling can go either way.

Opera lovers and fans of the great diva might make a more sensitive choice with Maria.