AerieEerie's list of names

Otter

Animal name

While we don't see many parents adopting Otter as a name for their own babies, Zooey Deschanel put this one in the lexicon when she used it as a middle name for her adorably-named daughter Elsie…

Sea

English word name

With River and Ocean becoming mainstream, why not consider Sea?

Wildflower

Nature and flower name

Wildflower may be the ultimate hippie name, added to the lexicon by Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden when they chose it as one of their daughter's middle names. It's generic in the way that Flora and…

Nightingale

Bird name from German

"night singer"

Charming nature name made even more appealing by the connection to iconic nurse and statistician Florence Nightingale.

Minnow

English

"small fish"

This adorable fish name debuted on the baby name charts in 2020, inspired by a young girl character in the Netflix movie Love and Monsters . Minnow resembles well-established girl names Minnie,…

Selkie

Scottish

"seal folk"

A mystical name with a watery feel to it, selkies are mythical creatures that resemble seals in the water but assume human form on land. Appearing in Scottish folklore, their name comes from the word…

Casiphia

Hebrew

"place of the treasury"

A Biblical place name referred to by the Old Testament prophet Ezra. It may be a corruption of Caspian, or may derive from Hebrew keceph "silver, money".

Lenny

Diminutive of Leonard, German

"brave lion"

This old man nickname feels remarkably fresh when applied to girls and can be used as a short form of Lena, Helena, Magdalena, Lennon or Lennox. The pan-European Leni is identical in sound yet feels…

Liriel

Brazilian

"lily"

Possibly a variant of Lirio, from Latin lilium .

Kielo

Finnish

"lily of the valley"

A Finnish word name for the lily of the valley flower.

Elvi

Diminutive of Elviira, Finnish from Spanish

"white; fair"

Elvi is one of those elusive names that fit in yet stand out. It's similar to currently trendy girl names such as Ellie and Evie but maintains distinction.