Favorite Girl Names!
- Prima
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"first"Description:
Will assure your daughter she's numero uno.
- Rayne
Origin:
Variation of Rain or RaynaDescription:
Rayne is the unique name used for one of the girl sextuplets on the Sweet Home TV show.
- Holiday
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"holy day"Description:
A fun and confident choice, Holiday is a celebratory name, particularly associated with Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hannukah, and New Year, and with rest, leisure, and vacations more generally. Fitting for a winter baby, but totally sunny too, it comes from the Old English hāligdæg meaning "holy day" as it was originally used to mark religious festivals and celebrations.
- Allaire
Origin:
French surname, possibly meaning "cheerful"Meaning:
"cheerful"Description:
Allaire, a last name in France. could make a first, with its light and airy feel.
- Garnet
Origin:
Jewel name, from the FrenchMeaning:
"pomegranate"Description:
One of the jewel names in use a hundred years ago, due for revival along with sisters Ruby and Pearl.
- Meilani
Origin:
Modern invented nameDescription:
Meilani may sound like a Hawaiian name, kind of a mashup of Leilani and Melanie, but it's actually an invention by that style-maven JWoww, AKA Jenni Farley of Jersey Shore, who used it for her daughter. It debuted in the US Top 1000 in 2015.
- Harbor
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
We've seen Haven take off as a nouveau girls' name; Harbor could follow in its wake.
- Cashmere
Origin:
Word name, English from HindustaniMeaning:
"fine, downy wool"Description:
Cashmere is soft, luxurious — and way out of the ordinary. One of the unique names found in The Hunger Games series.
- Delicia
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"delight"Description:
Tastier than Alicia or Felicia.
- Brae
Origin:
Modern invented name, ScottishMeaning:
"slope of a hill"Description:
A newly hatched cousin of Bree and Brea, with a touch of Bailey and Brynn there too, Brae feels like a name that could catch on. However, a 'bray' is also the sound a donkey makes.
- Cheyanne
Origin:
English variation of Cheyenne, SiouxMeaning:
"people of a different language"Description:
This is a variation of Cheyenne that is slipping in the popularity list toward obscurity.
- Remember
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
No one will ever forget it. But Remember as a name came over on the Mayflower, so it has deep history as well as modern potential.
- Abrial
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"open, secure, protected"Description:
This unique baby name is stronger, more distinctive than April or Avril.
- Schuyler
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"scholar"Description:
Originally a Dutch surname, imported by the early Dutch colonists, has been all but overpowered by the phonetic spellings in the US -- Skyler for boys and Skylar for girls. With the surnames-as-first-names trend, however, and the popularity of the Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical Hamilton, which features the Schuyler sisters, perhaps Schuyler might receive some more interest in the coming years.