Uncommon Girl Names
Updated Mon Dec 18 2023
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Uncommon girl names come from a range of sources and include place names, unusual vintage names, surname names, invented names, and baby names from around the world.
Many unique girl names have ties to pop culture, including Eilish, Chicago, and Zendaya. Others may be totally new to you, such as Nairi, Deneb, Romola, and Ahona.
Here are some of our favorite rare girl names to get you started, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Acacia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"thorny"
- Adelia
Origin:
Variation of Adela, GermanMeaning:
"noble, nobility"
- Amoret
Origin:
Literary name
- Anahita
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"immaculate"
- Andromeda
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"advising like a man"
- Anwen
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"very fair, beautiful"
- Apollonia
Origin:
Greek, Feminine variation of Apollo, Greek sun god.
- Araceli
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"altar of the sky"
- Araminta
Origin:
Invented hybrid name from Arabella and Aminta
- Arcadia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"region offering peace and contentment"
- Audra
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"noble strength"
- Augusta
Origin:
Feminine variation of AugustusMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Aviana
Origin:
Variation of Avis, LatinMeaning:
"bird"
- Bee
Origin:
Animal name or diminutive of BeatriceMeaning:
"she who brings happiness"
- Bethan
Origin:
Welsh, diminutive of Elizabeth
- Birdie
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bird"
- Bryony
Origin:
Latin flower nameMeaning:
"to sprout"
- Caia
Origin:
Latin, feminine variation of CaiusMeaning:
"to rejoice"
- Calixta
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"most beautiful"
- Calla
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"beautiful"
- Circe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bird"
- Clarke
Origin:
Variation of Clark
- Clothilde
Origin:
French from GermanMeaning:
"famous in battle"
- Cressida
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gold"
- Delphine
Origin:
French from GreekMeaning:
"of Delphi; womb"
- Deneb
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"tail"
- Dinah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God will judge"
- Doveva
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"graceful"
- Dwyn
Origin:
Diminutive of DwynwenMeaning:
"wave"
- Ebele
Origin:
AfricanMeaning:
"mercy, kindness"
- Electra
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"shining, bright"
- Eleni
Origin:
Greek variation of Helen
- Elspeth
Origin:
Scottish variation of ElizabethMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Eluned
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"idol, image"
- Enid
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"life, spirit"
- Euna
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"waterfall"
- Ezria
- Fenella
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"white-shouldered one"
- Fia
Origin:
Irish or Portuguese or ItalianMeaning:
"wild or weaver"
- Finola
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"white shoulders"
- Flavia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"golden, blond"
- Galilahi
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"attractive"
- Giada
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"jade"
- Glynnis
- Goldie
Origin:
Anglicized form of Yiddish Golde or Golda
- Grecia
- Grey
Origin:
Color name
- Halona
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"happy fortune"
- Hathaway
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives near the heath"
- Hester
Origin:
Medieval variation of Esther, PersianMeaning:
"star"
- Honora
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"woman of honor"
- Hyacinth
Origin:
Flower name, from GreekMeaning:
"blue larkspur; precious stone"
- Ianthe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"purple flower"
- Ilaria
Origin:
Italian variation of HilaryMeaning:
"cheerful, happy"
- Indra
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"possessing drops of rain"
- Inola
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"black fox"
- Jessamine
Origin:
English from PersianMeaning:
"jasmine"
- Jocasta
Origin:
Greek, meaning unknown
- Jonquil
Origin:
English flower name, from LatinMeaning:
"reed"
- Kaisa
- Kassiani
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"cinnamon"
- Kelila
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"laurel, crown"
- Keturah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"incense"
- Kinta
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"deer"
- Lavender
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"purple flower"
- Lavinia
Origin:
Latin, from ancient place name Lavinium
- Lenore
Origin:
German variation of Leonora, Italian derivative of Eleonora, meaning unknown
- Lilibeth
Origin:
Combination name of Lily and Beth or nickname for Elizabeth, HebrewMeaning:
"pledged to God"
- Loretta
Origin:
English variation of Italian Lauretta; diminutive of LauraMeaning:
"bay laurel"
- Louisiana
Origin:
French place-name
- Mamie
Origin:
Diminutive of Mary or Margaret
- Marceline
Origin:
Feminization of Marcel, FrenchMeaning:
"little warrior"
- Marilla
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"shining sea"
- Mayuri
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"peahen"
- Meli
Origin:
Diminutive of Melissa or Cherokee variation of Mary, Greek, Hebrew or EgyptianMeaning:
"honeybee; drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"
- Muse
Origin:
Greek mythology name
- Nairi
Origin:
Armenian place name
- Nita
Origin:
Hindi, Hebrew, and ChoctawMeaning:
"friendly, to plant, and bear"
- Olympia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"from Mount Olympus"
- Oriana
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"dawn"
- Otima
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"goes and goes"
- Pallas
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wisdom"
- Pavla
Origin:
Czech, feminine variation of Pavel
- Persia
Origin:
Country nameMeaning:
"land of the Parsa"
- Petra
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"rock, stone"
- Philou
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"love"
- Pilar
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"pillar"
- Pixie
Origin:
Swedish or CornishMeaning:
"fairy"
- Priya
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"beloved"
- Rafaela
Origin:
Spanish and Portuguese version of Hebrew RaphaelaMeaning:
"God has healed"
- Reverie
Origin:
Word name
- Romola
Origin:
Latin, Italian variation of Romulus, one of he founders of Rome
- Romy
Origin:
Diminutive of Rosemary, Roma, Romana, Romilly etc.
- Rosalia
Origin:
Spanish, Latin ceremonial name
- Rowena
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"white spear or famous friend"
- Rumi
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"beauty, flow, lapis lazuli"
- Sahara
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"desert"
- Salali
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"squirrel"
- Samari
- Satima
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Shenandoah
Origin:
Native American place-name
- Shoshana
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"lily"
- Sian
Origin:
Welsh variation of JaneMeaning:
"God's gracious gift"
- Sidra
Origin:
Latin, Hebrew, ArabicMeaning:
"like a star; order, sequence; lotus tree"
- Soraya
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"Pleiades constellation"
- Sunniva
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"sun gift"
- Suri
Origin:
Hebrew, variation of SarahMeaning:
"princess"
- Tamsin
Origin:
English, contracted form of ThomasinaMeaning:
"twin"
- Temperance
Origin:
Virtue name
- Temple
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller near the temple"
- Thisbe
Origin:
Greek mythological name, meaning unknown
- Twyla
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woven with a double thread"
- Una
Origin:
Latin, Irish, or Old NorseMeaning:
"one; lamb; happy"
- Verena
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"integrity"
- Vica
Origin:
Hungarian variation of Vita
- Vita
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"life"
- Viveca
Origin:
Swedish, NordicMeaning:
"alive, life; place of refuge"
- Xanthe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"golden, yellow"
- Yimmi
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"believes"
- Yona
Origin:
Cherokee or variation of Jonah, HebrewMeaning:
"bear; dove"
- Yonit
Origin:
Feminine variation of Yonah, HebrewMeaning:
"dove"
- Zadie
Origin:
English variation of SadieMeaning:
"princess"
- Zendaya
Origin:
ShonaMeaning:
"to give thanks"
- Zenobia
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"force of Zeus"
- Zibby
Origin:
Diminutive of Elizabeth
- Zinnia
Origin:
Flower name, from German surnameMeaning:
"Zinn's flower"