baby girl names.

Charlie

English diminutive of Charles or Charlotte, French from German

"free man"

Charlie is a friendly, boyish nickname name now used slightly more frequently for girls than boys, with over 2200 baby girls named Charlie last year versus about 2100 boys. That makes Charlie one of…

Kalea

Hawaiian

"joy, happiness"

Kalea is a Top 100 name for girls in Hawaii, that may also be spelled as Kale'a. Sources differ on the meaning of the name, but the most authoritative land on "joy or happiness", with other…

Kiersten

Variation of Kirsten

Kiersten is the version of Kirsten you use if you really really really don't want anyone to mispronounce it as ker-sten or kris-ten. But they probably still will.

Marcellina

Latin

"warlike"

Marcellina is one feminine form of the names derived from the ancient Roman Marcellus. There was a Saint Marcellina who was a 4th century virgin and the only sister of Saint Ambrose.

Sigourney

French

"daring king"

Actress Sigourney -- born Susan -- Weaver made this unusual name (which she found in The Great Gatsby ) famous, if not popular.

Kirsi

Hindi, Finnish diminutive of Kirstina and Kirsten

"amaranth blossoms; Christian, frost"

This attractive multicultural name is found in India and Finland, where it is also a word meaning "frost."

Kaelyn

Spelling variation of Kaylin

Zelia

Hebrew

"zealous, ardent"

An appealing name almost unknown in our culture but with roots in several others; worldlier than cousins Celia and Delia.

Eudora

Greek

"generous gift"

Eudora is the name of five minor goddesses of Greek mythology and a major goddess (in the person of Pulitzer Prize-winning Eudora Welty) of modern American literature. Eudora is pleasant and…

Orla

Irish

"golden princess"

Orla is an Irish name closely associated with the high king Brian Boru, as it was the name of his sister, daughter and niece. It was very popular in the Middle Ages – the fourth most popular name in…

Lian

Chinese

"graceful willow"

Could be confused with the much less captivating Leanne.

Kallista

Greek

"most beautiful"

Actress Flockhart popularized the C version, but this works, too.