American Girl Names
Updated Tue Jan 30 2024
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American girl names include US place-names, newly-minted names, American hero names, and of course Native American names.
The top American baby name for girls is place name Savannah. Along with Savannah, American girl names in the US Top 100 include Brooklyn, Sage, Paisley, Everly, Genesis, Serenity, Nevaeh, Kaylee, and Brielle.
A little further down the list, we find American names Sage, Lyric, Presley, Monroe, Harlow, Justice, Jolie, Georgia, Carolina, and Scout. Of course, not all those names are technically American in origin, but they are used as names nearly exclusively in the US Unique American girl names on our recommended list include Kailani, Denali, Memphis, Indiana, Snow, North, Tallulah, and Sojourner. If you want to give your baby girl a distinctly American name, consider one of the following, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Abcde
Origin:
American invented name
- Adsila
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"blossom"
- Agasga
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"rain"
- Ahyoka
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"she brought happiness"
- Alabama
Origin:
Place-name; ChoctawMeaning:
"vegetation gatherers"
- Alaska
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"great land"
- Ama
Origin:
Ewe, Akan, Ghanaian, CherokeeMeaning:
"born on Saturday; water"
- America
Origin:
Place-name
- Amia
Origin:
Variation of Amy
- Angelou
Origin:
Literary name
- Anniston
Origin:
English surname and American place nameMeaning:
"Anis' town"
- Apple
Origin:
English nature nameMeaning:
"apple"
- Aquinnah
Origin:
Native American place-name
- Arizona
Origin:
Place-name from Papago IndianMeaning:
"little springs"
- Ashlyn
Origin:
Variation of Aislinn, IrishMeaning:
"dream"
- Atepa
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"wigwam"
- Atlanta
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"Atlantic Ocean"
- Atsila
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"fire"
- Awinita
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"fawn"
- Bayou
Origin:
Native American nature name
- Beyonce
Origin:
Invented name
- Brielle
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"hunting grounds"
- Brooklyn
Origin:
Place-name from DutchMeaning:
"marshland"
- Brooklynn
Origin:
Spelling variation of Brooklyn, place name from DutchMeaning:
"marshland"
- Bryleigh
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Cailin
Origin:
American variation of Caitlin or Kaylin
- Carolina
Origin:
Variation of Caroline; also place-nameMeaning:
"free man"
- Caylee
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Cherokee
Origin:
Native American tribal name
- Cimarron
Origin:
Spanish, EnglishMeaning:
"wild, untamed"
- Coahoma
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"red panther"
- Dakota
Origin:
Native American tribe and place name; SiouxMeaning:
"friendly one"
- Denali
Origin:
Place-name and Native AmericanMeaning:
"the great one"
- Dream
Origin:
Word name
- Dyani
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"deer"
- Emmalyn
- Emory
Origin:
Spelling variation of Emery, English from GermanMeaning:
"industrious"
- Euna
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"waterfall"
- Everly
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wild boar in woodland clearing"
- Fala
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"crow"
- Florida
Origin:
Place name and Spanish from LatinMeaning:
"flowery"
- Frankie
Origin:
Diminutive of FrancesMeaning:
"from France; free man"
- Galilahi
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"attractive"
- Genesis
Origin:
Word name
- Georgia
Origin:
English, feminine variation of GeorgeMeaning:
"farmer"
- Gola
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"winter"
- Guwisti
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"sifter, sieve"
- Halona
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"happy fortune"
- Harlow
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"rock hill or army hill"
- Heaven
Origin:
Word name
- Hiawassee
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"large meadow"
- Holiday
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"holy day"
- Imala
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"strong-minded"
- Immokalee
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"tumbling water"
- Indiana
Origin:
American place-nameMeaning:
"land of the Indians"
- Indica
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"of India"
- Indigo
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"Indian dye"
- Inola
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"black fox"
- Issi
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"deer"
- Jaelynn
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Janae
Origin:
American, modern elaboration of Jane or Jan
- Janelle
Origin:
American, modern elaboration of Jane
- Jazz
Origin:
Word name
- Jolie
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"pretty"
- Jorja
Origin:
Modern American phonetic spelling of Georgia
- Juneau
Origin:
Place-name
- Justice
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"the quality of being just, impartial, or fair"
- Kadence
Origin:
Variation of Cadence, word name
- Kailani
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"sea and sky"
- Kamama
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Kateri
Origin:
Mohawk variation of KatherineMeaning:
"pure"
- Kaya
Origin:
English, NordicMeaning:
"pure"
- Kaylee
Origin:
American variation of KaylaMeaning:
"laurel, crown"
- Kaylin
Origin:
American variation of Kayla
- Kennedy
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"misshapen head"
- Kierra
Origin:
American, invented name
- Kimana
Origin:
Native American, ShoshoneMeaning:
"butterfly"
- Kimber
Origin:
Diminutive of Kimberley
- Kinta
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"deer"
- Kiona
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"brown hills"
- Lakota
Origin:
Native American, SiouxMeaning:
"friend to us"
- Leilani
Origin:
HawaiianMeaning:
"heavenly flower"
- Louisiana
Origin:
French place-name
- Lyric
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lyre"
- Malia
Origin:
Hawaiian variation of MaryMeaning:
"bitter"
- Marilee
Origin:
English combination of Mary and LeeMeaning:
"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved + meadow"
- Meiomi
Origin:
Native American, Wappo, YukiMeaning:
"coast"
- Meli
Origin:
Diminutive of Melissa or Cherokee variation of Mary, Greek, Hebrew or EgyptianMeaning:
"honeybee; drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"
- Memphis
Origin:
Greek and Coptic place-nameMeaning:
"Enduring and beautiful"
- Miley
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Monroe
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"mouth of the Roe river"
- Montana
Origin:
Spanish place-nameMeaning:
"mountainous"
- Naach
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Navy
Origin:
Word name
- Nazshoni
Origin:
Cherokee, meaning unknown
- Nevaeh
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Nita
Origin:
Hindi, Hebrew, and ChoctawMeaning:
"friendly, to plant, and bear"
- North
Origin:
Word name
- Noya
Origin:
Hebrew or CherokeeMeaning:
"beauty; sand"
- Oneida
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"long awaited"
- Opa
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"owl"
- Otima
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"goes and goes"
- Paisley
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"church, cemetery"
- Palin
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"wine bearer"
- Panola
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"cotton"
- Pepper
Origin:
English from LatinMeaning:
"berry"
- Peta
Origin:
Native American, Blackfoot,or Greek, "golden eagle, or rock, stone"Meaning:
"golden eagle, or rock, stone"
- Phoenix
Origin:
Arizona place name and GreekMeaning:
"dark red"
- Picabo
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"silver creek"
- Poloma
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"bow"
- Presley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"priest's meadow"
- Rebel
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"rebel"
- Sage
Origin:
Herb name; LatinMeaning:
"wise"
- Salali
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"squirrel"
- Sasa
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"goose"
- Satima
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Savannah
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"flat tropical grassland"
- Scout
Origin:
Word name
- Sequoia
Origin:
Native American, CherokeeMeaning:
"sparrow"
- Serenity
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"peaceful"
- Shada
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"pelican"
- Shantal
Origin:
American variation of Chantal
- Shawnee
Origin:
Native American tribe name
- Shevonne
Origin:
American, phonetic spelling of Siobhan
- Shimmi
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"to split"
- Shyanne
Origin:
Variation of CheyenneMeaning:
"people of a different language"
- Sierra
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"saw"
- Silli
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Sillin
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Snow
Origin:
English word name
- Sojourner
Origin:
French, EnglishMeaning:
"to stay a while"
- Sokkot
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"sound of hitting a rock"
- Sooni
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Soot
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Sootima
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Story
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"an account of incidents or events"
- Sunday
Origin:
Day name, English from LatinMeaning:
"day of the Sun"
- Tadita
Origin:
Native American, OmahaMeaning:
"to the wind"
- Tahoe
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"edge of the lake"
- Tala
Origin:
Persian, Arabic, Tagalog, Samoan, ScandinavianMeaning:
"gold; turmeric; star; story; noble"
- Talulah
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"leaping water"
- Talullah
Origin:
Irish, Anglicized variation of TuilelaithMeaning:
"lady of abundance"
- Tandy
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"flower"
- Tassa
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Tayanita
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"young beaver"
- Tennessee
Origin:
Native American, Cherokee, place-name
- Tippi
Origin:
Invented nickname
- Tonna
Origin:
Choctaw, Native American, meaning unknown
- Topanga
Origin:
Native AmericanMeaning:
"where the mountain meets the sea"
- True
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"true"
- Tsula
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"fox"
- Tula
Origin:
Choctaw, Hindi, or KiswahiliMeaning:
"mountain peak, a Libra, or to be tranquil"
- Tulsa
Origin:
CreekMeaning:
"old town"
- Unega
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"white"
- Usdi
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"baby"
- Walela
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"hummingbird"
- Winona
Origin:
Sioux IndianMeaning:
"firstborn daughter"
- Woya
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"dove"
- Yimmi
Origin:
Choctaw, Native AmericanMeaning:
"believes"
- Yona
Origin:
Cherokee or variation of Jonah, HebrewMeaning:
"bear; dove"