345 Girl Names That Start With W (with Meanings and Popularity)
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.
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- Willa
Origin:
Feminine variation of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Willow
Origin:
English nature nameMeaning:
"willow tree"
- Wren
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small bird"
- Winnie
Origin:
English diminutive of WinifredMeaning:
"holy peacemaking, gentle friend"
- Winifred
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"blessed peacemaking"
- Wishmay
Origin:
Word name
- Wilhelmina
Origin:
German and Dutch, feminine variation of WilhelmMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Wendy
Origin:
English, Celtic, WelshMeaning:
"friend or white"
- Winona
Origin:
Sioux IndianMeaning:
"firstborn daughter"
- Winry
Origin:
Japanese modern name, variation of WinifredMeaning:
"friend of peace; blessed peacemaking"
- Wyatt
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"brave in war"
- Wynn
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"fair, blessed"
- Winter
Origin:
Word name
- Wrenley
Origin:
Modern invented name, EnglishMeaning:
"small songbird; wren's meadow"
- Wesley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"western meadow"
- Winslow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"friend's hill"
- Wilder
Origin:
Word name and surnameMeaning:
"wild, untamed, uncontrolled"
- Waverly
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow of quivering aspens"
- Wilma
Origin:
Diminutive of WilhelminaMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Wednesday
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Woden's day"
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