Girl
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"female child"
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Updated Tue Jul 01 2025
Girl Origin and Meaning
The name Girl is a girl's name meaning "female child".
Although it has no doubt been used as a name by someone somewhere, Girl likely appears on the US extended baby names list most years as a kind of holding term, where parents have not yet decided on the name so the baby is instead recorded as "Girl", "Boy" or "Unknown".
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