Names Ending in G for Girls

Aisling

Irish

"dream, vision"

Aisling is currently a very popular Irish name for girls . Pronounced variously as ASH-ling, ASH-lin or ash-LEEN, it was part of the revival of authentic Irish names in the twentieth century, and is…

Ashling

Ashling (also spelled Aisling) is a feminine Irish name derived from the Gaelic word "aislinge," meaning "dream" or "vision." In Irish literary tradition, an aisling was a poetic genre involving…

Carling

Carling is an uncommon feminine name with Old Norse and English origins, historically used as a surname derived from 'karl' meaning 'free man' or 'peasant.' As a first name, it emerged through the…

Koralig

Koralig is an uncommon feminine name with possible Celtic origins. The name bears resemblance to the Welsh word "coralig," meaning "coral-like" or relating to coral. This connection gives the name an…

Hedwig

German

"war"

An ancient German saint's name – and most famously the name of Harry Potter's snowy owl – but the combination of "head" plus "wig" feels a little too literal in English.

Edvig

Edvig is a rare feminine name with Scandinavian and Germanic roots. It likely developed as a variant of Hedvig (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish) or Hedwig (German), names derived from the Germanic…

Edwig

Edwig is an unusual feminine name with Germanic origins. It likely derives from the Old Germanic elements 'ed' meaning 'wealth, prosperity' and 'wig' meaning 'battle, war.' Historically, Edwig…

Frideborg

Frideborg is a rare feminine name with Germanic origins, combining the elements 'frid' meaning 'peace' and 'borg' meaning 'fortress' or 'protection,' thus creating the beautiful meaning 'peaceful…

Hedvig

Hedvig is a feminine name of Germanic origin, derived from the elements 'hadu' meaning 'battle, combat' and 'wig' meaning 'war.' Despite these fierce origins, the name has developed a refined,…

Hadwig

Hadwig is a feminine name with Germanic origins, historically popular in medieval Germany. It combines the Germanic elements "hadu" meaning battle or combat, and "wig" meaning fight or warrior,…

Ingeberg

Ingeberg is a feminine name with Germanic and Scandinavian roots, representing a variation of the more common Ingeborg. The name combines elements meaning 'Ing' (referring to an ancient Germanic…

Ingeborg

German and Swedish

"the help of Ing"

Ingeborg (and all Germanic and Scandinavian names beginning with Ing-) references the ancient fertility god Ing. Ing, later known as Freyr, is one of the primary gods in Old Norse mythology.

Inngeborg

Inngeborg is an elaborated spelling variation of the classic Norse name Ingeborg, which combines the elements 'Ing' (the name of a Norse fertility god) and 'borg' (meaning 'protection,' 'fortress,'…

Ingaborg

Ingaborg is a feminine name with Germanic origins, derived from the Old Norse name Ingibjörg, composed of 'Ing' (a Norse god) and 'bjǫrg' meaning 'help, protection, salvation.' It's a variant of…

Ingaberg

Ingaberg is a feminine name with Germanic and Scandinavian roots, combining elements from names like Inga (derived from the Norse god Ing) and the Germanic '-berg' element meaning 'protection' or…

Seonag

Seonag is a feminine Scottish Gaelic name, a diminutive form of Joanna or Jane. Pronounced roughly as 'SHOH-nag' or 'SHAW-nak,' it derives from the Hebrew name Yochanan, meaning 'God is gracious.'…

Mag

Mandaic

In Mandaeism, Hag and Mag are a pair of demons typically mentioned together; Hag being male, and Mag being female.

Meg

Diminutive of Margaret, Greek

"pearl"

Meg, perennially one of the Little Women, is a Margaret short form that manages to be neither quite in nor quite out of style. Meg is sleeker and more sophisticated than Maggie, more contemporary…

Peg

Diminutive of Margaret, Greek

"pearl"

Peg is a nostalgic turn-of-the-last-century nickname, sociable but slight. Like near-identical twin Peggy, Peg is in mothballs.

Ag

Ag is an exceptionally rare feminine name with multiple possible origins. In Irish, it functions as a diminutive of Agnes, derived from the Greek 'hagnos' meaning 'pure' or 'holy.' Alternatively, it…