Names Ending in I for Girls

Definitely usable for an American baby with Indian heritage.

Shalini

Paraskevi

An intruiging and rare Hawaiian "-lani" name to add to the books if you are looking for an alternative to trendy Leilani and Kehlani.

Māhealani

Miosoti

61 Cygni is a star in the constellation Cygnus. It's pronounced similarly to the Scandinavian name Signe/Signy.

Cygni

Tendai

A sonorous, if mournful, name from the Tumbuka language of Malawi and Zambia.

Masozi

A bright, joyful and unisex name of Shona origin, also used as the name of a fashion brand.

Farai

A name of Igbo origin, Akachi is a unisex option, though it is slightly more popular for boys in Nigeria. It appears as a character name in the fantasy game Eldritch Horror.

Akachi

Sunny Italian surname name for a little girl.

Solari was the name of a character on Xena: Warrior Princess.

Solari

Malati

In Greek mythology, nymphs of the breezes.

Aurai

Malti is an Indian floral name from the plant madhumalti — a tropical flowering vine that is known in English as the Rangoon creeper. In India, Madhu and Malti are often used as twin names or as a first/middle name combination.
 
Malti made headlines in 2022 when Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas revealed it to be the name of their baby girl. Chopra and Jonas took their daughter's name from the middle names of their mothers: Madhu Malti and Denise Marie.

Malti

Common name in Japan, particularly among Gen X and Millennial women. In English, it sounds very close to the word "mommy."

Mami

Like many Japanese names, Manami has several possible meanings. This sea-themed one is very appealing.

Manami

Manjari is an Indian name not well-known in the US but popular in India. The literal meaning is a bunch or a collection, but can also refer to the flowers and vines of the mango. Taken together, those two meanings convey the idea of a bouquet.

Manjari

Aivi

The name of a bird native to New Zealand, which has a distinctive call and can even learn to mimic human speech and other sounds. Tui was one of the Top 20 most popular Maori names given to girls in NZ in 2018.

Matsuri

While Maui was a male trickster god in Polynesian mythology, the well-known Hawaiian place name Maui can work for either gender.

Maui

Girl names ending in I include numerous wonderful options.

 right now. Along with Naomi, other girl names in the US Top 1000 include Leilani, Remi, Kali, and Zuri.

Eleni, Lakshmi, Yuki, and Citlali are among the uncommon international I-ending names for girls worth consideration.

The I ending was relatively uncommon for 

 before the middle of the 20th century, the

 I became a trendy ending for girls' names

. President Lyndon Johnson's younger daughter helped popularize the I ending when she changed the spelling of her name from Lucy to Luci.

Girl names that end in I are currently trendy among celebrities. Recent examples include Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's Esti, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' Malti, and Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury's Bambi.

Here are all Nameberry’s girl names that end with the letter I, ordered by their popularity on Nameberry. If you're looking for a top girl name ending in I, you'll find that toward the beginning of the list, while the rarest names are at the end.

Girl names that end in the letter I, with popularity, origins, and meanings, including top girl names ending in I such as Naomi and Remi along with unique and uncommon names with I endings such as Yuki and Eleni (Page 262)

Girl Names That End in I