Girls names as of the 12th of September 2021

Collier

English occupational surname

"coal miner"

An old-fashioned term for a coal miner, or nowadays, a sister to Harper and Piper.

Connelly

Irish

"love, friendship"

Connelly is a rollicking and rare example of the popular surname genre that may work even better for girls. A huge update on Colleen.

Copeland

English surname

"bought land"

Ballet dancer Misty Copeland may draw more parents to consider her surname for a baby girl — which at last count was 29% female.

Cricket

Nature name

Nickname name from the era of Father Knows Best , though we can see it making something of a comeback, a la Clover and Pippa. Cricket has new potential especially since it has recently been chosen by…

Cypress

Botanical name

Lovely entry into the tree name genre, joining Juniper, Maple, and Willow. Nearly 200 babies were named Cypress in the US last year, about 40 percent of them female.

Dempsey

Irish surname

"proud"

One of the cool new surname-names for girls, likely influenced by the stardom of Patrick Dempsey (aka McDreamy).

Denali

Place-name and Native American

"the great one"

Alaska's Denali National Park is the home of the highest mountain in the US, officially renamed Denali in 2014, endowing the name with a lofty feel. Twice as many girls as boys were given the name in…

Dodie

English diminutive of Dorothy

"gift of god"

Sweet old-fashioned nickname name that could make a comeback in the wake of Sadie, Edie et al. Famous bearers include author Dodie Smith, who wrote The Hundred and One Dalmatians and I Capture the…

Eastlyn

English compound name

"the eastern lake; the pretty east"

Made up of the contemporary and cool East, paired with popular Lyn, this compound name is slightly edgy and slightly trendy, but, is surprisingly literary too thanks to Ellen Wood's 19th-century…

Eisley

German surname

"iron"

Eisley and sister Isley are drawn from the German surname Eisele, which means iron and was often used as a nickname for a blacksmith. More than 100 baby girls were named Eisley in the US last year,…

Flannery

Irish

"descendant of Flannghal"

Long before the vogue of using Irish surnames for girls, writer Flannery O'Connor gave this one some visibility. It has a warm (flannelly) feel and the currently popular three-syllable ee-ending…

Gardner

English

"keeper of the garden"

One of the best of this fashionable occupational group, strong and particularly well suited to a girl, also with alluring connection to glamour girl Ava Gardner.

Gentry

English

"aristocracy"

Gentry is a word name that's gaining ground for girls as a kind of updated Jennifer, especially in the Jentry (or Jentri or Jentree) spelling.

Greeley

English

"pock-marked, scarred"

This English surname was originally a nickname for someone with a pock-marked face. It's a less-than-ideal meaning, but Greeley's upbeat sound and modern unisex style keep it on our lists.

Greer

Scottish, contraction of surname Gregor; Latin

"alert, watchful"

This attractive Scottish surname choice, has a certain amount of glamour thanks to feisty British-born red-haired forties Academy Award winner Greer Garson, who was born Eileen Evelyn Greer…