Animal Names for Girls

Eliška is warm and friendly, in the Misha, Sasha mode.

This name for the sweetbriar shrub is a bit too reminiscent of eggplant.

Amphitrite is a mysterious Greek mythological figure, most often cited as a sea goddess who was the wife of Poseidon. She was said to be the personification of the sea water itself and was said to be present at the birth of Apollo.

Folk singer DiFranco popularized this simple, appealing form. In Igbo mythology, Ani is one of the names of the goddess of the earth, fertility, creativity, and morality.

Gemstone names have a long history of use, from Ruby to Pearl. Emeraude is the French word for emerald. If the Spanish Esmeralda is stylish, why not Emeraude?

Baylor is a possible occupational alternative to the tired Taylor, especially for a horse lover.

The Mayan goddess of the moon and the night, associated with swallows, eagles, and jaguars.

A name halfway between its old milquetoast image and a more jovial Irish-sounding contemporary one. Sounds more feminine than masculine these days.

If you want a pan-Scandinavian name with energy and style that could have been a winner, if not for the sound-alike water filtration company Brita.

Common form of Emma found in the Baltic and Slavic states.

Ed Sheeran put this continental place name on the map when he used it as the middle name for his daughter Lyra, born in 2020.

A rarely used Biblical place-name with a soft and pleasant sound.

More colorful than Blanche, but blanker than Bianca.

This unique baby name is stronger, more distinctive than April or Avril.

A combination name that might be dismissed as a clown and cow name. The sounds are nevertheless pretty and the meaning is good - though spellings Claribel or Clarabel might help distance it from the cow association.

This Anglicized spelling of Irish Aislinn or Aisling has enjoyed some popularity in the US as an updated Ashley.

This spelling variation of trending unisex Ari — both diminutives of Hebrew Ariel — means "lion of God".