My Girls Names Master List

Ithaca

Place-name, Latin, Greek

"island"

The island home of Odysseus, the name of a real-life Greek island, and the New York city site of Cornell University, Ithaca feels like a scholarly and distinctive choice. Pronounced as ith-uh-kuh, it…

Bae

Bae is a succinct, modern feminine name with multiple cultural origins. In Korean, it means 'inspiration' or can relate to the surname meaning 'pear.' However, its recent popularity stems largely…

Eldora

Spanish

"covered with gold"

An unusual old school name which is made more modern by that fashionable El- beginning.

Amadora

Amadora is a beautiful feminine name with Latin and Spanish origins. It derives from the word "amador," meaning "lover" or "one who loves," with the feminine ending added. The name essentially…

Andorra

European place-name

Andorra is the pretty name of a pocket-sized princedom in the Pyrenees, noted for its skiing.

Alathea

Variation of Alethea or Aletheia, Greek

"truth"

In some versions of Greek myth, Aletheia was the personification of truth, and as such it saw increased use in the 19th-century in the form of Alethea, given as a virtue-adjacent choice. This…

Alcyone

Greek mythology name

"kingfisher"

Alcyone was the wife of Ceyx, but the happy pair angered the gods by calling each other Zeus and Hera. Ceyx's ship was sunk, Alcyone hurled herself into the sea, but then in sympathy for their grief…

Carena

Carena is a feminine name with multiple possible origins. It may be a variant of Carina, which derives from Latin meaning 'dear' or 'beloved,' or it could relate to the Latin word 'carinae' referring…

Ignacia

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.

Etana

Hebrew

"strength of purpose"

Girlish for Ethan: attractive and unusual.

Eibhlin

Irish form of Aveline and Evelyn, German

"desired; or water, island"

The Irish Gaelic form of Evelyn or Aveline, this name is more authentically spelled Eibhlín. It appears in the title of a love song by 17th century composer Cearbhall Óg Ó Dálaigh, called Eibhlín a…