12 Letter Girl Names
- Scheherazade
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"noble lineage"Description:
Scheherazade -- or Sheherazade --is a legendary Persian queen immortalized as the narrator of all one thousand stories in the One Thousand and One Nights. Her story is even more remarkable than the tales she tells.
- Exupery
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"excel, surpass"Description:
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry was a French writer and aviator, most famous for the children's classic novella The Little Prince.
- Equinox
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"equal night"Description:
A dramatic nature-inspired possibility for either sex.
- Blanchefleur
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"white flower"Description:
A widely used name in medieval Europe that's been almost completely forgotten. Blanche still reads as old lady-ish, and the frilly "-fleur" doesn't make it feel younger. But it could be a striking, not to say iconic, choice for a bold parent, especially if they had some sort of connection to white flowers or the Middle Ages.
- Quintessence
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Sounds pretty. But pretentious.
- Charlemagne
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"Charles the Great"Description:
The Old French name of the Frankish king Charles the Great (742-814), which surprisingly remained in the Top 500 in France until the mid-20th century.
- Eccentricity
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
The definition of quirky.
- Samoset
Origin:
AlgonquinMeaning:
"he who walks over much"Description:
The name of an Abenaki chief who was the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- Summerbreeze
- Pennylane
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"street name"Description:
Inspired by the Beatles song “Penny Lane”, about the sights and sounds of a typical street in Liverpool, England, this quirky smoosh name has charted regularly in the US since 2008.
- Maximilienne
Origin:
Female variation of MaximilianDescription:
Vies with Maximiliana for the title of most obscure Maximilian variant. You could argue that both were made obsolete by Jessica Simpson's use of Maxwell for her daughter.
- Philadelphia
Origin:
Greek place-nameMeaning:
"brotherly love"Description:
Place-name mentioned in the New Testament and not yet on the name map. Philadelphia Thursday was the character played by Shirley Temple in John Ford's 1948 "Fort Apache."
- Maxentius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"greatest"Description:
An even more dramatic derivative of the Latin name Maximus, which belonged to a Roman emperor as well as a 6th century French saint. An adventurous route to Max.
- Kittiwake
Origin:
English, ScottishMeaning:
"bird name"Description:
The kittiwake is a black, white and grey seabird which takes its name from its distinctive call. A dramatic nature-inspired middle name or a super quirky route to the nickname Kit.
- Amelia-grace
- Guillaumette
- Christabelle
- Rosemay
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"rose of May"Description:
A quirky twist on Rosemary or a combo of the popular elements Rose and May, this would make a lovely traditional yet surprising middle name. It also works the other way around: Mayrose.
- Alessandrina
- Cairistìona