Fav. Girl Names

Heather

English botanical name

"small shrub"

This flower name was one of the most popular in her class in the seventies and eighties, a fact reflected in the 1989 movie Heathers , in which every snobby girl in the high school clique bears the…

Miyana

Miyana is a feminine name with multiple potential origins. It may have roots in Japanese, where 'Mi' can mean 'beautiful' and 'yana' might relate to elements meaning 'gentle' or 'fragrant.'…

Zooey

Literary name or variation of Zoe, Greek

"life"

Readers who remember J. D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey have probably forgotten that the character was male (nee Zachary). Nowadays the somewhat loopy spin on Zoe is associated with actress Zooey…

Charon

Greek Mythology

"of keen gaze"

The name of the ferrymen of dead souls to the Greek underworld and the name of Pluto's desolate moon, Charon makes an interesting, if somewhat macabre, choice for a baby. There are two pronunciations…