Edelweiss

Edelweiss, made famous by the Rogers and Hammerstein song in "The Sound of Music", is a rare female name.

In German 'edel' means 'noble' and 'weiss' means 'white'. Edelweiss is the colloquial name for the Leontopodium alpinum, a small white mountain flower sometimes used in herbal folk medicine.

In this age, though, Edelweiss might make a better name for a white cat than for a little girl.

Pronounced AY-dul-vyce.

As of October 2026, Edelweiss ranked #12255 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #9137 in 2021.