Middles for girls
- Keeley
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"slender"Description:
Keeley is well-used in modern Ireland, also found as Keely and Keela. The boys' form is Keelan. Largely unknown in the US, this could make an interesting update for Kelly or Kaylie or Kylie. A famous bearer is actress Keeley Hawes.
- Ireland
Origin:
Place nameDescription:
Kim Basinger and Alec Baldwin put Ireland on the map when they chose it as a first for their daughter, saying that geographic names were a family tradition. And it seems they were a bit ahead of the curve (or trendsetting)—Ireland has been among the fastest-rising names of recent years. Other Irish place names include Shannon, Kerry, Galway, and Dublin.
- Auburn
Origin:
Color nameMeaning:
"deep reddish-brown"Description:
With its rich aural relation to names like Aubrey and Audrey, this color name could be the next Amber, or Scarlett.
- Tennessee
Origin:
Native American, Cherokee, place-nameMeaning:
"bend in the river; meeting place"Description:
Young rocker Tennessee Thomas has brought this former one-person name over to the girls' side -- though the census roles of North Carolina in 1850 included a female named Tennessee and called Tincy.
- Greeley
- Sayer
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