Girl Names That Start With W
Girls names that start with W are staging a surprising comeback right now. Willow is the top W name for girls in the US and the only one in the Top 100.
Along with Willow, other W names for girls ranking in the US Top 1000 include Willa, Winter, Wren, Whitley, Winnie, Wynter, Waverly, Wrenley, and Whitley.
Vintage girl names starting with W are another fashionable category today, with sweet old-fashioned choices Wilhelmina and Winifred being two of our favorites.
W is also a hot initial for gender-neutral baby names right now: along with Winter and Wren, other uncommon unisex W names we love for a baby girl include Waverly, Whimsy, Winslow, Winslet, and Wiley.
Here, our full selection of girl names that start with W, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry. You may also be interested in our lists of Boy Names That Start With W, Unisex Names That Start With W, or our full list of Names That Start With W.
- Wednesday
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Woden's day"
- Willa
Origin:
Feminine variation of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Wren
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small bird"
- Willow
Origin:
English nature nameMeaning:
"willow tree"
- Winnie
Origin:
English diminutive of WinifredMeaning:
"holy peacemaking, gentle friend"
- Winifred
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"blessed peacemaking"
- Wilhelmina
Origin:
German, feminine variation of WilhelmMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Winter
Origin:
Word name
- Wanda
Origin:
Slavic or GermanMeaning:
"shepherdess; wanderer"
- Wendy
Origin:
Literary name
- Wrenley
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Winona
Origin:
Sioux IndianMeaning:
"firstborn daughter"
- Wisteria
Origin:
Flower name, from English surnameMeaning:
"Wister's flower"
- Wilma
Origin:
Diminutive of WilhelminaMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Waverly
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow of quivering aspens"
- Whitney
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"white island"
- Winslet
Origin:
English surname and place-nameMeaning:
"Wynn's channel or stream"
- Wynn
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"fair, blessed"
- Winsome
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"agreeable, lighthearted"
- Winslow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"friend's hill or burial mound"