354 Girl Names That Start With W (with Meanings and Popularity)
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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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The names
Willa
Feminine variation of William
"resolute protection"
Wren
English
"small bird"
Willow
English nature name
"willow tree"
Winnie
English diminutive of Winifred
"holy peacemaking, gentle friend"
Winifred
Welsh
"blessed peacemaking"
Wendy
English, Celtic, Welsh
"friend or white"
Wilhelmina
German and Dutch, feminine variation of Wilhelm
"resolute protection"
Winona
Sioux Indian
"firstborn daughter"
Winry
Japanese modern name, variation of Winifred
"friend of peace; blessed peacemaking"
Wynn
Welsh
"fair, blessed"
Winslow
English
"friend's hill"
Wednesday
English
"Woden's day"
Winter
Word name
Wrenley
Modern invented name, English
"small songbird; wren's meadow"
Wally
Whitney
English surname
"white island"
Willavere
English, compound name
"resolute truth, desires truth; will of the spirt, phantom"
Waverly
English
"meadow of quivering aspens"
Wesley
English
"western meadow"
Wilma
Diminutive of Wilhelmina
"resolute protection"