Three Letter Girl Names
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Roa
Spanish and Catalan surname
"arched wood that forms a bow"
This Catalan and Spanish surname is derived from the Spanish word "rueda" from the Latin "rota," meaning "arched wood that forms a bow."
Brá
Faroese, Old Norse
"eyelash"
Too ripe for teasing for an English speaker, but Brá is heard on occasion in Scandinavia.
Urd
Old Norse
"fate"
Modern spelling variation of Urðr, one of the three Norns, or Norse goddesses of fate. Urd is the goddess of the past.
Ive
Cornish
"yew"
Angliziced form of the Cornish name Ia. According to legend, the Cornish saint Ia was an Irish princess who sailed across the sea to Cornwall on a leaf. She was martyred and buried at the spot where…
Ios
Place-name
Named after the mythological Io, the Greek island of Ios is located in the Aegean Sea.
Niv
Niv is a feminine name of Hebrew origin, though it's also used for boys in some cultures. In Hebrew, 'niv' (נִיב) means 'expression,' 'utterance,' or 'speech,' deriving from biblical Hebrew where it…
Thu
Vietnamese
"autumn"
A seasonal name sometimes given to girls in the USA.
Hel
Norse
Hel, sometimes called Hela, is the Norse goddess of death and the underworld.
Dim
Dim is a feminine name with various origins and meanings across cultures. In Slavic contexts, particularly Russian, it functions as a diminutive of names like Dimitri or Dmitry. In Vietnamese, Dim…
Ary
Ary is a concise feminine name with multiple cultural origins. It can be a shortened form of longer names like Ariana, Ariella, or Mariana, or stand independently. In Hebrew, Ary means "lion,"…
Jax
Modern invented name
One of the trendiest names for boys, Jax is becoming familiar on the girls' side through the singer/songwriter and Tiktok star Jax, born Jackie.
Fio
Italian diminutive of names that start with Fio-
"flowering; little flower"
Traditionally a short form for Italian names such as Fiorella and Fiorenza, Fio could easily be put directly on the birth certificate today. The 1992 Hayao Miyazaki film Porco Rosso features a…
Zoi
Alternative spelling or modern Greek form of Zoe
"life"
There are numerous English spelling variants of Zoe, but Zoi isn't simply a creative alternative. It's a modern Greek transcription with a slightly different pronunciation.
Rym
Arabic
"white gazelle"
Rym is one of those simple-yet-uncommon names that's extremely rare in the US , where no baby girls were given the name last year. But it certainly can travel anywhere.
Léo
Alo
American invented name
Alo Yoga, a trendy athleisure brand, inspired five sets of parents to use their name for daughters in 2022. According to the brand, Alo was named for Air, Land, and Ocean.
Lan
Chinese or Vietnamese
"orchid, elegant, mountain mist"
A unisex Chinese name with a range of meanings, depending on the characters used. As a Chinese female name, "orchid" and "elegant" are two main meanings. In Vietnamese, it means "orchid".
Éva
Hungarian, variant of Eve
"life"
Bep
Dutch diminutive of Elizabeth, Hebrew
"pledged to God"
A lively, though obsolete, short form of Elizabeth. Bep is perhaps best known as the name of Elisabeth "Bep" Voskuijl, the Dutch woman who sheltered Anne Frank and her family in Amsterdam during…
Noë