My Favorite Girl Names

Ithaca
- Origin:
  Place-name
- Description:
  The island home of Odysseus, and city site of Cornell University, sounds soft and pleasant enough to make it a candidate for babynamehood.
Serendipity
- Origin:
  English
- Meaning:
  "unexpected good fortune"
- Description:
  A unique virtue name with a sound as happy and lively as its meaning.

Charisma
- Origin:
  Word name, English from Greek
- Meaning:
  "charisma, grace"
- Description:
  Trying to imbue your child with charisma at birth involves a certain degree of chutzpah. It was brought into the mix by ex. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actress Charisma Carpenter, who was named after an Avon perfume.
Varinia
- Origin:
  Latin, meaning obscure
- Description:
  An ancient Roman name rarely heard in modern times, though the related VARINA appears in Slavic families.

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