My Favorite Girl Names

A unique virtue name with a sound as happy and lively as its meaning.

The island home of Odysseus, and city site of Cornell University, sounds soft and pleasant enough to make it a candidate for babynamehood.

An ancient Roman name rarely heard in modern times, though the related VARINA appears in Slavic families.

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.