8 Letter Girl Names
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Lovelace
English surname
"outlaw"
What better namesake for a baby girl than Ada Lovelace (or, to use her full title: Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace), the brilliant 19th-century writer, mathematician and early computer…
Humility
Word Name
Virtue names are making a comeback, but we don't foresee Humility coming into fashion. A baby named Humility Cooper was a passenger on the Mayflower.
Evolette
American invented name, Variation of Evolet
A stylish smoosh of Evelyn and Juliette, also a variation of the invented name Evolet.
Vendetta
Word Name
A pretty word, but laced with violent imagery.
Renesmae
Variation of Renesmee, literature
"reborn + esteemed, loved"
A variation of the (slightly infamous) Renesmee, created by author Stephanie Meyer for a character in her Twilight series. Renesmee has proved unexpectedly popular in the UK, while this alternative…
Aibileen
Invented Name
Variation of Abilene.
Amarachi
Igbo
"God's grace"
Used by Kerry Washington as the middle name for her daughter Isabelle.
Devereux
French
"from Evreux; riverbank"
A variation of Deveraux, a habitational name related to the town of Evreux in France. The name Evreux itself is likely adapted from the Gallic tribe the Eburovices and whose name means "yew tree",…
Athaliah
Hebrew
"God is exalted"
Unisex name from the Old Testament, which is very in-keeping with current naming trends for girls.
Herodias
Greek
"song of the hero"
Feminine form of Herod.
Syntyche
Greek
"common fate"
Unique baby name featured in the New Testament.
Tryphena
Greek
"softness, delicacy"
Greek name found in the New Testament makes for one of the unique baby names still undiscovered from the Bible.
Tryphosa
Greek
"softness, delicacy"
Greek name mentioned in the New Testament and one of the undiscovered unique baby names from the Bible.
Ambretta
Nature name
An evergreen with yellow flowers, Ambretta works to modernize Amber.
Foxglove
Flower name, from English
"fox's glove"
A rare flower name that works as well for boys as it does for girls, so named because of its resemblance to a small glove.
Gladiola
Flower name, from Latin
"little sword"
A floral name with a sharp, cool meaning, Gladiola derives rom the Latin gladiolus , translating to "little sword", and given in reference to the spiked shape of gladioli flowers. This form appears…
Mulberry
Nature name
As a name, it's linked to Sir Mulberry Hawk, a character in Charles Dicken's Nicholas Nickleby.
Greenlee
English
"green clearing"
Attractive English surname that sounds right at home with the other androgynous surname names that are currently on-trend. Greenlee Smythe is a character on the soap opera All My Children
Thaddeus
Aramaic, meaning unclear, possibly from Theodore
"gift of God"
Very rarely used for girls, but New York socialite Kelly Bensimon and photographer Gilles Bensimon gave it to their youngest daughter in 2000.
Morticia
Fictional invented name
"mortician"
Charles Addams invented the name Morticia for the mother in his cartoon series "The Addams Family." The name comes from the word mortician—very appropriate for this macabre mom.