Girl names

Variously spelled Annalise and Annaliese as well as several other forms, this is not a modern smoosh but a traditional German combo-name with a definite Heidi-esque feel.

Heidi became known — and popular — via the 1880 eponymous children's classic by Swiss writer Johanna Spyri and, despite decades of American Heidis of all sizes, shapes, and personalities, the name seems permanently tethered to that spunky little girl on the Alpine mountaintop in the book and Shirley Temple movie.

This spelling of Jillian is now much more popular than the original, maybe because the G version invites pronunciation problems.

Cute and eminently wearable surname name for girls.

Gone with the Wind inspired a generation of girls named Melanie, though it looks as though Scarlett will triumph in the end.