Updated September 2019
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French
"good cheer"
French form of Euphrasia. This was the real name of Cosette in Victor Hugo's Les Misérables . It was popular in French up to and around the turn of the 20th century, but fell out of the French Top…
Dutch
Dutch and Flemish form of Godeliva
French, English
An elaboration of the French name Laure, as well as of its English counterpart, Laura. Time-traveling special agent Laureline is one of the two protagonists of the long-running French carton series…
Latin
"savior"
Feminine form of Salvator
English surname
A virtuous surname which has occasionally been used as a unisex given name, as in the case of Vanity Fair author William Makepeace Thackeray.
"of the sea"
French diminutive of Marine
English word name
"an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold or risky"
A truly wild word name, Adventure brings to mind risk taking, exploring, and excitement. Though it hasn't appeared in the US stats, the similar Quest was used for 6 girls (and 70 boys) in a recent…
"a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter"
Rare word name, and an unexpected way to get to Tess.
"a famous person"
The ultimate aspirational word name.
Word name
An overt take on the spiritual word name trend.
Variation of Gwendolyn, Welsh
"white ring"
Variation of Gwendolyn.
Norwegian
"beautiful kettle"
Unfortunately Kjellfrid does not have a very intuitive spelling or pronunciation for Americans.
The name of a cluster of stars in the constellation Vela, also known as Delta Velorum.
Messalina was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius, and a great-grandniece of Augustus. She was executed for allegedly conspiring against her husband. Her name derives from the Roman family name…
Slavic
"peace and glory"
Feminine form of Miroslav
Greek
"cross"
Feminine form of Stavros, often nicknamed Vroula.
"preparation; Friday"
A Greek name literally meaning "preparation", but also meaning "Friday" (the day of preparation for Saturday church). It belonged to a 2nd century martyr and is traditionally given to girls born on a…
Variant of Paraskeve, used in Greece.
Dutch variant of Petronella
English hyphenated name
"ivy + grace"
A two word compound name that doesn't sound too descriptive or overly wordy, Ivy-Grace blends two well-established but contemporary favorites.