353 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
Wren
English
"small bird"
Willa
Feminine variation of William
"resolute protection"
Willow
English nature name
"willow tree"
Winnie
English diminutive of Winifred
"holy peacemaking, gentle friend"
Wendy
English, Celtic, Welsh
"friend or white"
Winifred
Welsh
"blessed peacemaking"
Wilhelmina
German and Dutch, feminine variation of Wilhelm
"resolute protection"
Winona
Sioux Indian
"firstborn daughter"
Waverly
English
"meadow of quivering aspens"
Winslow
English
"friend's hill"
Wrenley
Modern invented name, English
"small songbird; wren's meadow"
Winry
Japanese modern name, variation of Winifred
"friend of peace; blessed peacemaking"
Winter
Word name
Wednesday
English
"Woden's day"
Wynn
Welsh
"fair, blessed"
Wisteria
Flower name, from English surname
"Wister's flower"
Whitney
English surname
"white island"
Whimsy
English word name
"whimsical or fanciful"
Winslet
English surname and place-name
"Wynn's channel or stream"
Wesley
English
"western meadow"
