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By TheWanderingFae · Updated April 2023
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Irish
"fire"
Feminine of Aidan, but now girls would prefer to use the original.
Efa is a feminine name of Welsh origin, serving as the Welsh equivalent of Eve. The name derives from the Hebrew 'Chavah,' meaning 'life' or 'living one.' Simple yet distinctive, Efa carries the same…
Arabic
"butterfly"
Farasha is butterfly in Arabic, which means that to English-speakers, it feels more like a soft feminine name and less like a fluttery animal. Pretty without feeling flighty.
Variation of Guinevere
"white shadow, white wave"
An offbeat way to get to Gwen.
Welsh
"white snow"
An unusual Gwyn name with a lovely meaning, this compound name pairs Gwyn with the name Eira, meaning "snow". A relatively modern creation, it remains very rare.
Latin
"ardent, burning"
This Spanish form of the yet-to-be-revived Ignatius was borne by an early and influential Philipina nun known as Mother Ignacia.
Isolda is a feminine name with Celtic and Germanic origins, best known from the medieval legend of Tristan and Isolde (also spelled Iseult or Isolde). The name may derive from elements meaning 'ice'…
English
"pure light"
Lucasta was invented by seventeenth century poet Richard Lovelace for a collection of poems dedicated to a lover named Lucy, and is familiar through the Eugene O'Neill play and film Anna Lucasta .…
Greek
"dark flower"
The th sound both softens and complicates this Melanie relative.
Orsel is an uncommon unisex name, though more frequently used for females, with obscure origins. It may be related to the French word 'oiselle,' meaning 'little bird,' or could be derived from…
Latin, feminine variation of Severino
"stern, serious"
Not only stern and serious, but a little too severe.
German
"battle heroine"
Seventies comic-book-heroine-style name.
