Favorite Girl Names

Sylvana

Latin

"from the forest"

Sleek, woodsy European choice.

Venice

Italian place-name

This name of one of the most romantic cities in the world could easily find its way onto an American baby girl's birth certificate.

Geneva

Swiss place-name or French

"juniper tree"

Unlike its somewhat formal Swiss city namesake, this is a lively and appealing place-name that also has a real history as a female name. Geneva was a relatively popular American name at one time: it…

Mercer

French occupational surname

"a merchant"

Mercer is one fashionable occupational name that can work as well for girls as boys, perhaps because of the soft c or the conventionally feminine nickname Mercy.