Southern girl names

[lindseywhite03]

I spent the weekend in mississippi with my husbands family. Got me wanting to find a southern gem of a name
Any suggestions? I would like a variety from names double names to frilly to masculine like Ryder for a girl.

[shaymin2]

To me, these are classically Southern names:

Annabelle
Darlene
Dixie
Lorena
Twila

[lindseywhite03]

Those might be too feminine for me

[ellenelle]

Where I come from in the South, girls' names tend to be a family surname: Bentley, Camden, Peyton, Lauck, Shelton, Brigham, Alston, Tyler, Blakely, Linley, etc. These are sometimes double-barrelled with Anne, Mae, Mary, etc: Anne Waverly, Anne Hampton, Mae Monroe (and then there are the more regular double names like Mary Catherine, Marybeth, Billie Anne, or Carrie Frances). I would suggest digging into your family tree (and your husband's!) for names you like!

Then there are a few feminizations of male names: Ryanne, Evanne (prn. just like Evan), Laine...

Other names that evoke the South for me: Magnolia, Azalea, Camellia, Bay, Flannery (love-was a family surname of hers!), Virginia, Carolina, Georgia, Savannah, August and Augusta, Osceola, Nola, Summer, Scarlett off the top of my head

[shaymin2]

I have met a few ladies named Paralee/Paralie. Also, Bobbie-Jo comes to mind.

[southernmomma]

I'm a southerner and the names you often find for girls are family last names used as first names, double names, and traditionally southern-style names.

Ex:
Bailey
Miller
Lewis
Birch
Elliott

Anne Mason
Annabelle
Rosalie
Hattie Kate

Virginia
Caroline
Margaret
Alice
Kaki nn for Katherine

[shaymin2]

I also lived with two girls from Mississippi named Ramsey and Bruce, Bruce was a female junior of her father.

[maris0416]

I live in the South, and agree with what has been mentioned in previous posts. It is common for girls to have a surname. Double names are also very popular.

Some surnames as a double name that I have heard:
Mary Turner
Mary Wells
Mary Scott
Ann Michael
Mary Michael
Anna Scott
Mary Martin
Mae Martin
Jane Avery
Mary Loyd
Mary Sutton

Other surnames I have heard used on girls as first names:
Mcall
Smith
Mckamy
Blakely
Brighton
Ramsey

IMO these names are Southern aslo:
Camille
Charlotte
Caroline/Mary Caroline
Mary Claire
Virginia
Mary Katherine/Anna Katherine
Louise/Mary Louise/Ann Louise
Eleanor
Mae

Hope that helps!

[miloowen]

Some double names of students of mine here in northwest Florida: Mary Alice, Mary Josephine, Sarah Grace. Other names are Peyton, Laine, Roberta, Amelia, Sydney, Bailey, Fitzpatrick, Alexandria, Justica, Amee, Alyssa, Courtney....Besides the ubiquitous Brittanys, Brittnis, Britneys, and a zillion Jessicas. Then there are Debra, Stephanie, Justice, Faith, Autumn, Charity, Chastity.

[amyb2]

I grew up in the South and some double names that I recall are Sarah Jane, Georgia Grace, and Mary Alice. I knew quite a few girls with surnames as first names, including Harper, Landrum, Ellis, Sheldon, and Carlisle. Some frilly names I've heard are Susannah, Virginia, Cornelia nn Neely, and Savannah (I really dislike this one for some reason).