Animal Names for Girls

Feels like a hybrid. Better go for Edith or Evelyn.

A medieval Italian name that could work in modern times.

As a term of endearment, maybe, but not as a proper name, where it would practically demand the refrain "Banana."

A Turkish virtue name, connected with the late author Adalet Ağaoğlu, that may benefit from its similarity to Adalyn and Adelaide.

Corymbia is the botanical name of many species of beautiful flowering gum trees. It is a rare, but attested, girls name in Australia.

Cyrille is a unisex French name, and its association with the suddenly suave Cyril has turned from a liability into an advantage.

To most, the name Austra is most likely to be connected to Australia (or Austria), but to Latvians, Austra was the goddess of the dawn.

Caridad is a theological Virgin name, representing Our Lady of Charity, and a popular saint's name in Cuba. Would make an interesting choice, in the manner of the more familiar Soledad, Our Lady of Solitude.

Variation of Alana.

Brooke variation – or is the other way around? – that makes it more a nature name, less an eighties-style androgynous name.

This name dates back to Arthurian legend, in which Angharad was the lover of Percival, one of the Knights of the Round Table, and was used more recently for the name of the favorite wife of the warlord in Mad Max: Fury Road. It was quite popular in the Middle Ages and is still heard in Wales, but we doubt that even the glamorous Rosie Huntington-Whiteley could propel it to wider popularity.

Anglicized form of the Irish name Aoibheann, which is also in use in Ireland itself. Eavie/Evie would make an adorable short form.

A formidable name borne by Edelgard von Hresvelg, heiress to the Adrestian Empire in the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Male name from Irish mythology makes stylish-sounding choice for girls.

Pretty and unusual translation of Bella.