1500+ Girl Names Ending in -ia
- Emeria
Origin:
Latin and CatalanMeaning:
"merit, deserve"Description:
A contracted form of Emerentia, which belonged to an obscure Scottish saint.
- Salvia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"whole, healthy"Description:
Another name for the herb sage -- which sounds younger and more modern than this version.
- Myria
- Valouria
- Paccia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"peace"Description:
Many parents these days are responding to names meaning peace, and this is one of the more unusual ones (more often heard as a surname). Pronounced PACH-ee-a, it relates to such other peaceful names as PAZ, PAX, and PAXICO
- Naenia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"incantation, lament"Description:
A beautiful name but with a somber meaning — Naenia was the Roman goddess of funerals and lamentation.
- Anisia
Origin:
Greek, unequalDescription:
This alluring Greek name has two possible meanings — possibly meaning "she who fulfills her obligations, or potentially deriving from the Greek anisos meaning "unequal".
- Sergia
Origin:
Latin, female variant of Sergius and SergioMeaning:
"servant"Description:
Not as common as brother Sergio, but still quite frequently heard in the Hispanic community, as in Bolivian singer Sergia Llanos.
- Pania
Origin:
Maori, a mythological sea maidenDescription:
Pania is a possible alternative to Tania, if you want to go the New Zealand rather than Russian route.
- Maximillia
Origin:
Feminine of MaximillianMeaning:
"greatest"Description:
Slightly weightier alternative to Maxine
- Amicia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"friendship"Description:
This virtue name is the Latin version of fresh-faced Amity, and is also related to Amy. Although rare — it was given to only 5 girls in 2020 — it has great potential as an alternative to Amelia and Alicia.
- Eudoxia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"good deeds"Description:
Think the letter X is always cool in names? Meet Eudoxia. An ancient name with a great meaning, associated with a number of saints and Byzantine royals, Eudoxia nonetheless sounds, to modern ears, more like the name of a skin disease or industrial solvent than a cute little girl. If you love it for some reason, variant spelling Eudocia might be a better bet.
- Coppelia
Origin:
Literary nameDescription:
Coppélia is the name of the life-sized doll created by Doctor Coppélius in the eponymous 1870 ballet, based on short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Coppélius' name may be derived from the Yiddish Koppel, a diminutive of Jacob.
- Engracia
Origin:
Spanish from LatinMeaning:
"endowed with God's grace"Description:
Charming alternative to the overused Grace.
- Joia
- Inia
Origin:
MaoriMeaning:
"body of water"Description:
Māori form of India, also found as a male name: the Māori form of Aeneas.
- Iulia
Origin:
Slavic version of Latin JuliaMeaning:
"youthful"Description:
This spelling makes Julia worldly and distinctive.
- Adoria
- Marelia
- Colombia
Origin:
Place-name and LatinMeaning:
"dove"Description:
Colombia is a South American country name, with a rhythmic sound and peaceful connotations. The Irish Colm, Scottish Callum, and Columba are all attractive relatives of Colombia (or Columbia, if you're thinking of the college).