girl names

Feminine names with clear structured records, meanings, origins, and style notes.

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2,555 names · Page 5 of 43. Origin labels follow the cited name sense; earlier roots and uncertain meanings are explained on each name page.

Arminda

From Portuguese.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Armine

From Armenian Արմինե (Armine).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends E

Arnfríður

From Old Norse Arnfríðr.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Arnheiður

From Old Norse Arnheiðr.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Ārohī

Borrowed from Sanskrit आरोही (ārohī). By surface analysis, आरोह (āroh) + -ई (-ī).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ī

Arpitā

Femenine of Sanskrit अर्पित (arpita).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Arsinoe

From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”) + νόος (nóos, “mind”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends E

Arsinoé

Borrowed from Latin Arsinoe, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends É

Arundhtī

Borrowed from Sanskrit अरुन्धती (arundhatī).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ī

Āśā

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आशा (āśā). Doublet of आस (ās). Cognate with Bengali আশা (aśa), Assamese আশা (axa), Manipuri ꯑꯥꯁꯥ (ʼāsā), and Odia ଆଶା (āśā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Asha

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope, wish”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ashita

Shift in meaning from 朝 (ashita, “next morning”), itself cognate with 朝 (asa, “morning”). The kanji spelling is from Chinese 明日 (míngrì).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Asia

From Middle English Asia, Asie, from Old French Asie and Latin Asia, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓σῐ́ᾱ (Ăsĭ́ā), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀯𐀹𐀊 (a-si-wi-ja /⁠aswijaː⁠/), in turn probably…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Áslaug

From Old Norse Áslaug.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends G

Aspen

Named for its aspen trees.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Asta

From Old Norse Ásta, sometimes also used as a pet form of Augusta or Anastasia.,

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Astrid

Borrowed from modern Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) Astrid since the 19th century.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends D

Astride

Borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish Astrid.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends E

Asu

From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE). Various theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation: * Possibly a shift from verb 明かす (akasu, “to pass”). *:…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends U

Aśvinī

Borrowed from Sanskrit अश्विनी (aśvinī).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends Ī

Ásþrúður

From Old Norse Ásþrúðr, from Proto-Germanic *Ansuþrūþiz. Equivalent to ás (“(pagan) god; one of the æsir”) + þrúður (“strength”), cognate with Old English Ōsþrȳþ.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends R

Athanasia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía). Borrowed from Spanish Athanasia, from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 5 syllables
Ending: ends A

Athena

From Middle English Athena, from Latin Athēna, from Ancient Greek Ἀθηνᾶ (Athēnâ). Doublet of Athina. Borrowed from English Athena.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Athénaïs

From Ancient Greek Ἀθηναΐς (Athēnaḯs).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends S

Atsuko

Borrowed from Japanese あつこ (Atsuko).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends O

Auður

From Old Norse Auðr, from Proto-Germanic *Audī, likely identical to Old Norse auðr (“fate, fortune”). From Old Norse Auðr, proper name use of auðr (“wealth”) ( > Icelandic…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends R

Aulia

Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aune

Spoken form, attested since the 17th century, of Latin Agnes, from Ancient Greek Ἁγνή (Hagnḗ, “pure, chaste”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends E

Aura

Shortened from Aurora.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aurelia

Learned borrowing from Latin Aurēlia. Borrowed from Latin Aurēlia.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aurélia

Borrowed from Latin Aurelia. A Latinate variant of Aurélie. Borrowed from Latin Aurelia.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Aurora

Ultimately from Latin Aurōra. The Philippine placenames were named after First Lady Aurora Quezon, the wife of Pres. Manuel Quezon, the 2nd president of the Philippines. From…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Autumn

Borrowed from English Autumn.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends N

Ava

A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Averil

A rare variant of the 7th century saint's name Everild, from Old English eofor (“boar”) + hild (“battle”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends L

Avni

Borrowed from Sanskrit अवनि (avani).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Avril

20th-century invention from French avril (“April”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends L

Aya

Borrowed from Japanese あや (Aya).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends A

Ayako

Borrowed from Japanese あやこ (Ayako). Borrowed from Japanese あやこ (Ayako). Borrowed from Japanese あやこ (Ayako).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends O

Ayesha

A spelling variant of Aisha.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Ayşe

From Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends E

Ayumi

Borrowed from Japanese あゆみ (Ayumi). Borrowed from Japanese あゆみ (Ayumi).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends I

Azucena

From azucena (“lily”). Cognate with Portuguese Açucena and doublet of Susana.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

Bahriye

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بحریه, from Arabic بَحْرِيَّة (baḥriyya).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends E

Bairbre

From Latin Barbara (name of a legendary saint), feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Barabal and…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends E

Balbina

Learned borrowing from Latin Balbina.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Barbara

* From Latin Barbara, the name of Saint Barbara, feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”). Doublet of Varvara. * (logic): From the…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Barbāra

a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Barbara

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Bárbara

a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Barbara a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Barbra

A female given name from Latin, a nonstandard spelling of Barbara. Associated with Barbra Streisand, who changed the spelling of her name from Barbara.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Barkhā

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्षा (varṣā).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Ā

Bathsheba

From Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva', “daughter of an oath”), from בַּת (bát, “daughter”) + שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends A

Beata

Learned borrowing from Latin Beāta.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Beáta

a female given name from Latin Beāta (“blessed”), equivalent to German Beate

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Beatrice

Either 1) from the Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix (“she who makes happy”), or 2) from beata, influenced by viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”).

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 3 syllables
Ending: ends E

Beatrix

A Latinate variant of the standard English Beatrice. From Latin Beātrīx.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends X

Beatriz

From Old Galician-Portuguese Beatriz, borrowed from Latin Beātrīcem, from viātrīx (“wayfarer”). From Latin Beatricem, accusative of Beatrix.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends Z

Bella

From Italian: a diminutive of Isabella and Arabella, by folk etymology interpreted as bella (“beautiful”). Likely a variant of Belle, perhaps from Latin or Italian,…

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 2 syllables
Ending: ends A

Belle

From French belle (“beauty, beautiful”), from Latin bella. Diminutive of Isabelle and Annabelle.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 1 syllable
Ending: ends E

Benedicta

From Latin Benedicta, feminine of Benedictus. By surface analysis, Benedict + -a.

Gender: feminine
Syllables: 4 syllables
Ending: ends A

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