Favorite Girl's Names

The names

• Aurora

  Latin

  "dawn"

  The goddess name Aurora has consistently been on the US popularity list since the nineteenth century, but has really taken off in the past 30 years. Aurora also enjoys remarkable international…

  

• Ophelia

  Greek

  "help"

  Floral, elegant, and bold, Ophelia re-entered the US Top 1000 in 2015 after more than 50 years off the charts. It has risen more than 700 spots since then and shows no signs of slowing down. Now in…

  

• Persephone

  Greek

  "bringer of destruction"

  Magical and earthy, sophisticated but off-beat, Persephone appears as the daughter of Zeus by Demeter in Greek mythology. After she was kidnapped by Hades to be Queen of the Underworld, it was…

  

• Eira

  Welsh

  "snow"

  This Welsh nature name that can be pronounced exactly like the male Ira. Or, to avoid confusion, you could just name her Snow.

  

• Vespiria

• Ekaterina

  Russian; Macedonian; Bulgarian, variation of Catherine

  "pure"

  This international variation was publicized by Olympic skater Ekaterina Gordeeva.

  

• Casimira

• Sinistra

• Valeriya

• Vittoria

  Italian variation of Victoria, Latin

  "victory"

  An appealing Italianate alternative to the classic queenly Victoria, though in Anglophone countries it will be forever misunderstood as Victoria. Could be an appealing long form for a girl called not…