8 Letter Girl Names
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Maylasia
Place-name
This Southeast Asia place name seemed to come out of nowhere and zoom up in popularity in 2013. The probable influence: Maylasia Pargo, wife of Jannero Pargo, on the TV show Basketball Wives…
Tziporah
Hebrew
"bird"
Biblical wife of Moses whose name has many variations, with and without the initial T and final h, with one p or two. However you spell it, it's an original choice that also carries teasing…
Vasiliki
Greek, feminine form of Basil
"royal"
Many old-school girl names are feminine forms of male names. This one gets an exotic twist from being the female version not of Basil but the form used very commonly in Greece, Vasilios. This…
Kingsley
English surname
"king's meadow"
Regal Kingsley seems like an all-boy name, but a growing number of parents have bestowed this name on a girl. Credit the ever-trendier -ley suffix. Kingsley Wilson is a MAGA influencer and a…
Addilynn
Spelling variation of Adeline, French
"noble, nobility"
The sweet old-fashioned Adeline is one of the prime up-and-coming vintage baby names ; Addilynn is a phonetic spelling. The only dubious advantage Addilynn offers is that is clarifies pronunciation.…
Madelief
Dutch
"daisy"
Madelief is an uncommon name but not unheard of in the Netherlands, where 123 girls were called Madelief in one recent year. With its soft sounds and similarities to all those "Madeleine" type names…
Subhadra
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)…
Margaery
Literary creation from Game of Thrones
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…
Starlynn
Modern invented name
As modern "smoosh" names go, Starlynn is not bad. Over the past two years nearly 40 American girls have been given this name. There may be some confusion with the name Starling (a type of bird), but…
Conwenna
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.
Meraline
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.
Eleusine
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…
Lily-mae
Lily Mae combines the floral name Lily with the traditional middle name Mae, creating a charming, vintage-inspired combination. Lily, derived from the Latin 'lilium,' represents purity, innocence,…
Ava-rose
Ava Rose combines two beloved classics. Ava, of Germanic origin, means 'life' or 'bird-like,' and has enjoyed remarkable popularity since the early 2000s, regularly ranking in the top ten girls'…
Lily-may
Lily May combines the popular floral name Lily with the traditional month-inspired middle name May, creating a charming, vintage-sounding feminine compound name. Lily derives from the flower…
Mia-rose
Mia Rose combines the beloved short form Mia, derived from Maria (meaning 'beloved' or 'wished-for child'), with the classic floral middle name Rose. This feminine combination balances modern brevity…
Wiktoria
Polish, from Latin
"conquering"
This Polish form of Victoria is popular in its native country, where it was in the Top 3 for 8 consecutive years from 2000 to 2008, and it still hangs on to the Top 20.
Evie-mae
Evie Mae is a charming double name that combines two classic feminine names. Evie is a diminutive of Eve or Eva, derived from the Hebrew name Chavah, meaning "life" or "living one." Mae is typically…
Sumayyah
Arabic
"high up"
Sumayyah was the first Muslim martyr. This name, with its mellifluous sounds, works well in the West.
Ella-mae
Ella Mae combines two classic feminine names to create a charming, vintage-inspired double name. Ella has Germanic origins meaning 'fairy maiden' or 'all, completely,' while Mae (also spelled May)…