Girl Names That Mean Life

Hillbilly twang.

Bridger follows one of the recent trendy name formulas: a brisk first syllable + -er ending + history as a surname. It recently broke through the top 1000 on the boys side, but Bridger remains a rarity for girls. The similarity to familiar feminine name Bridget makes it viable for a daughter.

Bridger could work as a name for a baby whose heritage bridges multiple cultures.

A lovely Arabic name for girls mostly used for Muslim girls of South Asian descent.

Norwegian city name heard much more often as a last name than a first.

A hauntingly lovely Indian name.

Anima is a name that could work in so many languages, blessed as it is with easy spelling and pronunciation. It works equally well in the East and in the West, as its roots can either come from Latin, where it means "soul", or from Sanskrit, where it means "minute, tiny".

Another candidate for mispronunciation.

A name rarely heard outside Russia; the first syllable could cause problems.

A unisex Nahuatl name with a strong and stylish sound, but a meaning that some might find off-putting.

Shaw is a streamlined and more modern-sounding Shawn, with many notable surname namesakes.

see BEATHAG

Life-affirming name with a Russian accent.

A perfectly fine Eastern European girls' name, tainted slightly by its use as the name of a village near Chernobyl in Ukraine that has been devastated by radiation.