American Girl Names

Cool Cherokee color name.

Traditional Cherokee choice that could work for a daughter born on a rainy day.

While the Cailin spelling doesn't appear on popularity charts, other forms such as Kaylin and Kaylen do, along with several similar names, from Caitlin to Jalen to Kayla. The result: a name that feels more common than it actually is.

Your baby won't be a baby forever, but if you call her Usdi, she actually can.

Traditional Cherokee choice for a winter-born daughter.

Soft and rhythmic addition to the collection of names that mean butterfly.

Caylee was the third fastest-rising name in 2009 and peaked then at Number 263, but has since dropped in the charts, perhaps due to the Caylee Anthony association.

Lovely and peaceful Cherokee option for a baby girl.

This traditional Cherokee name could easily be borne by a modern baby girl with connections to the tribe.

Lacks the cachet of some newer place-names.

Feminissima.

Shevonne is proof that a name can be pretty and tacky at the same time.

A rhythmic and attractive Cherokee girl name. Immokalee is also the name of a community in Florida.

Alaska's Denali National Park is the home of the highest mountain in the US, officially renamed Denali in 2014, endowing the name with a lofty feel. Twice as many girls as boys were given the name in 2021, but the gender gap is closing.

Sieves were associated with women in traditional Cherokee culture. They symbolized regeneration and were considered to be vessels that "held the meal of life."

An attractive Cherokee name — literally — with a bouncy rhythm.

Pretty, pan-botanical Cherokee choice.

Pretty and unusual bird-related name.

Derived from the Cherokee word ayuhwasi, referring to a savanna or meadow.