Animal Names for Girls

Braylen is a trendy boys' name that's ranked on the US Top 1000 for nearly 20 years now. While the name is definitely given to some baby girls in the US -- 40 last year, to be exact -- it's used less than ten percent of the time for girls and so does not make out cutoff for being considered gender neutral.

Aisyt is a fertility deity of the Yakut people in Siberia, whose name translates to "birthgiver" or "mother of cradles".

Demille might be an honor name for director Cecil B. DeMille, a Founding Father of the American Cinema. DeMille directed such blockbuster films as The Greatest Show on Earth and The Ten Commandments</>. The surname Demille might also be used as a spin on the increasingly popular last name as first Miller.

This form of Amaia, with two Is, is a Top 100 name in Puerto Rico.

Soft and lovely option.

The favored form of Betty in several European countries.

With strong Wild West vibes, this word is rare but could work as a name.

French form of the bewitching Circe.

In the Middle Ages, Anstice was the usual English form of Anastasia (even it was recorded in writing as Anastasia). It survives as a surname, but is so rare as a baby girl name that it has never appeared in the US official data. If you like the pared-down simplicity of Alice, this unique historical name could be for you.

Akaste is the name of two figures in Greek mythology — one of the Oceanids who was a companion of Persephone, as well as the nurse of the daughters of king Adrastus of Argos.