1798 Four Letter Girl Names

Short for Waverly or a fresh twist on Navy, Wavy is a quirky and interesting new word name option.

When the Danish author Karen Blixen chose Isak Dinesen as her male pseudonym, she set a precedent that could well be followed today.

An English short form of Kamilla, Kameron or similar, or a Japanese unisex name meaning "divine",

Shaw is a streamlined and more modern-sounding Shawn, with many notable surname namesakes.

All but unheard of today, Floy was a popular Florence nickname used on its own in a century ago: it was Number 448 in 1914.

Old Norse choice used for baby girls in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands.

Hiam is best known as the name of Hiam Abbass — a Palestinian actress and director currently in Succession.

The Hungarian word for the flower.

Atia Balba Caesonia was a Roman noblewoman who was the mother of Emperor Augustus. As was the practice at the time, she had two sisters also named Atia, Atia Prima and Atia Tertia. The real-life Atia was reportedly a more worthy personage than the scheming Atia on HBO's "Rome."

In Slavic mythology, Živa is the goddess of life, fertility, and the Spring season. Viva and Vita are more familiar cognates.

Afrikaans variant of Eska