Cute Girl Names

Peaches

English fruit name

Unlike the other fruit names that are just coming onto the baby name menu, Peaches is an old-timey nickname previously reserved for spangled showgirls, and now would be considered an outrageous --…

Panda

Animal name

"bamboo eater"

Panda, welcome to the baby name menagerie! Panda is an adorable animal name (after an adorable animal) that is sure to be both very rare and very cute. In Skins there was a character called Panda,…

Boo

Word name or nickname

Boo may have started out as a nickname for the male character Arthur "Boo" Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird and these days may be closely associated with another male Boo, the "world's cutest dog" or…

Bebe

English diminutive of Beatrice or any other B name

High-kicking cohort of Coco, Gigi, Fifi, Kiki, et al.

Beanie

Invented nickname

Up-and-coming actress Beanie Feldstein is attracting attention toward her unusual — but rather cute — nickname. She was born Elizabeth Greer Feldstein but nicknamed "Elizabeanie" by her childhood…

Lulie

Short form of Lula or Louise, German and French

"renowned warrior"

One of the few Lu- names that you've probably never heard of, Lulie could prove a good alternative for Luna, Lucy, and Lula.

Zibby

Diminutive of Elizabeth

Zibby is the adorable, zippy nickname for Elizabeth used for the lead female character in the film "Liberal Arts." Zibby can make a Libby for the 21st century.

Nim

Modern invented name

Australian writer Wendy Orr put this name on the map with her hit Nim's Island " series of children's books, about a smart young girl who lives on an island in the South Pacific. Abigail Breslin…

Mim

Diminutive of Miriam

A hum of a name occasionally heard. Madame Mim was a villain in Disney's "The Sword in the Stone."