Six Letter Girl Names
- Abrail
- Gitana
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"traveller, Romani person"Description:
The Spanish travelling or Romani community are called Gitanos, and Gitana is the feminine word. The term evolved from the Old Spanish word egiptano "Egyptian".
- Pavana
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"peacock"Description:
If there are too many Savannahs in your neighborhood, you might consider this. Pavana is a Hindu goddess of the wind.
- Rialta
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"deep brook"Description:
Unique choice, with a pleasant antique feel.
- Nakato
Origin:
LugandaMeaning:
"second of twins"Description:
Nakato was traditionally used on the second-born (female) twin among the Luganda-speaking people of Uganda.
- Elenka
- Katell
Origin:
Breton variation of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"Description:
Original twist on this classic.
- Barrie
Origin:
Feminine variation of BarryMeaning:
"spear"Description:
The kind of cutesy female spin not popular since Barry was big for boys, several decades ago. Consider Bara instead.
- Milano
Origin:
Italian place-nameDescription:
Milan is one of the hottest place names in recent years for both girls and boys — why not the Italian name for the beautiful city, Milano. Also a delicious brand of cookies.
- Datyah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"belief in God"Description:
Heard more in Israel than the U. S.
- Dorrin
Origin:
ManxMeaning:
"sullen; tempest"Description:
This name stems from an Irish word meaning sullen, but in the Isle of Man is used to refer to sullen weather, rather than sullen people (hence the tempest meaning). It's a cute and spunky name that could easily work outside Manx circles.
- Gannet
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"goose"Description:
The meaning is kind of silly, but the name might make a distinctive update of Janet.
- Neviah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"forecaster"Description:
All too likely to be confused with the ultratrendy Nevaeh.
- Evella
Origin:
Invented literary nameDescription:
Though it doesn't have historic roots--it was created by L. Frank Baum for a Princess character in his book Ozma of Oz--Evella could fit well into the Eve-Eva-Evelyn group now coming back into favor.
- Motley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"mixed, varied"Description:
An English word with a very namelike sound, associated with the American rock band Mötley Crüe.
- Anneau
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"a ring"
- Adaria
- Rajani
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"dark, of the night"Description:
Lots of charm.
- Sofina
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"ship"Description:
Variation of Safina or elaboration of Sofia makes for a unique by on-trend Arabic name for girls.
- Taylen
Origin:
Modern invented nameDescription:
For girls, Taylin reads like a mashup of Taylor and Kaitlin.