By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Word name
"German Dance"
An Allemande is a renaissance musical form meaning 'German dance" - Handel composed many famous allemandes. As a name, Allemande has the advantages of being unusual whilst still having a history, and…
Hindi
"amazement"
Hebrew
"my father strays"
An old Biblical name more often used in its modern form, Avishag, among Jewish babies in Israel.
Turkish
"living rose"
Ayşegül is a Turkish compound of the name Ayşe — derived from the Arabic Aisha, meaning "living" — and gül , the Persian word for "rose."
Cornish
"fair lady"
A sweet modern update on Morgan.
Invented name
"magnetic"
The name Magnethia was created for Winx Club , a children's TV series about villain-fighting fairies. Magnethia is the mother of Tecna, the fairy of technology.
Botanical name, Greek
Eleusine is the botanical name of genus of grasses found across Africa and Asia, also known as goosegrass. It also has a lovely soft sound, similar to the likes of Eloise, Elowen, and Lusine. The…
Unclear
Meraline, most likely to be a variant of Marilyn, is made most familiar as the name of American stock car driver Eric McClure's daughter Meraline Everleigh McClure born in 2015.
Cornish, Welsh or Breton
Made familiar by poet William Blake. According to Blake, after her death, Conwenna "shines ... over the north with pearly beams gorgeous and terrible". Make of that what you will.
Occitan
"Light of the World"
Esclarmonde de Foix was an Occitan countess and an important figure in Catharism, a medieval Christian movement, which allowed women and men to both hold church offices. Her tale inspired an opera by…
Polish variation of Jasmine
"jasmine"
The Polish form of the floral Jasmine, ultimately from the Persian yāsamīn . A fast rising name in Poland in the early 2020s, 2024 saw it rank in the Top 50 for the first time.
Type of cotton cloth
Dimity is fairly common in Australia, but unheard of outside of it, which is surprising given its similarity to names like Amity, Verity, and Cassidy. The fabric probably became used as a name given…
Spanish
"scarlet"
Scarlet or Scarlett with a Spanish twist, based on the Spanish pronunciation of the name. Escarlett and Escarlet are also occasionally used.
Literary creation from Game of Thrones
Alerie Hightower is the mother of Margaery Tyrell in the hit book and television series Game of Thrones . Though a minor character, we think this name has potential, fitting in with the modern trends…
Of all the Game of Thrones creations this is surely the most delicate and the most wearable. Margaery, (pronounced like the Scottish name Marjorie) is a beautiful, powerful and intelligent character…
Neapolitan blend of Arabic, Slavic, Latin influences. "brilliant one; one who wish for peace"
"brilliant one; one who wish for peace"
This name belongs to the eponymous heroine of Rossini's opera Zelmira (1822) about a (fictional) princess of Lesbos who saves her father and husband and her kingdom. As a name, it may well be viewed…
Dayelin is a contemporary feminine name that appears to be a modern creation, possibly inspired by the combination of "Day" with the popular name ending "-lyn" or "-lin." This construction gives the…
French
"bright warrior"
A medieval French feminine form of Humbert, also found as Humbeline.
Variation of Subhadra, Hindi
We prefer the softer Shubhadra to the original Subhadra — plus it leads to the irresistible "Shooba" as a nickname.
Hindu
Certain sections of Hindu society believe Subhadra to be a goddess named Yogmaya. Subhadra is one of the three deities worshipped at the Jagannath temple at Puri, along with Krishna(as Jagannatha)…
