Baby Girl Names

  1. Lavender
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "purple flower"
    • Description:

      Lavender lags far behind sweet-smelling purple-hued sister names Violet and Lila, but is starting to get some enthusiastic attention from cutting-edge namers along with other adventurous nature names like Clementine and Marigold.
  2. LEFAH
    • Lilac
      • Origin:

        English, from Persian
      • Meaning:

        "bluish or lilac"
      • Description:

        Could Lilac be the next Lila or Lily or Violet? It certainly has a lot going for it--those lilting double 'l's, the fabulous fragrance it exudes, and the fact that it's a color name as well, providing a ready made nursery theme. In addition, the lilac is symbolic of first love.
    • Lilou
      • Origin:

        Occitan pet form of French Liliane
      • Meaning:

        "lily"
      • Description:

        Lilou is a charming, rarely heard import. Occitan is a language spoken in Provence, in the south of France, in which the suffix "ou" denotes a pet form — thus, Lilou as a short form of Liliane or its Occitan form Liliana or Liliano. Its popularity in France--where it's currently Number 12--can be traced to the 1997 film The Fifth Element.
    • Lily
      • Origin:

        English flower name
      • Meaning:

        "lily"
      • Description:

        Lily is the most popular of the popular delicate century-old flower names now making a return, thanks to its many irresistible attributes: a cool elegance and a lovely sound, a symbol of purity and innocence, and a role in Christian imagery.
    • Lyric
      • Origin:

        Greek
      • Meaning:

        "of the lyre; songlike; a personal, emotive poem"
      • Description:

        Associated with poetry, pop music, and the Greek lyre, Lyric has a light and zippy sound to it and joins the likes of Melody, Harmony, Cadence, and Aria as musical names that have become baby names. A unisex name, it is currently three times more popular for girls in the US where it sits in the Top 600. It has declined in use since its 2014 peak, but was still given to around 560 girls in a recent year.
    • Malin
      • Origin:

        Scandinavian diminutive of Magdalene
      • Meaning:

        "high tower or woman of Magdela"
      • Description:

        A multi-cultural name that's in the Norwegian Top 50 and well-used throughout the Scandinavian cultures. Malin has the advantage of being at once simple and unusual.
    • Maple
      • Origin:

        English tree name from Latin
      • Meaning:

        "maple tree; tree of the Acer genus"
      • Description:

        Maple is one of those sweet-spot word names that sounds so almost name-like that it doesn't feel outlandish or strange, despite its relative newness as a given name. Just as Juniper is adjacent to June or Pippa, Clover like Chloe or Clara and Ember like Emma or Ebba, Maple is enough like Mabel, Maisie and Mae that it blends in well and has a touch of borrowed vintage charm.
    • Marin
      • Origin:

        Latin, of the sea"
      • Description:

        Marin is a lovely county north of San Francisco, and a lovely baby name on the rise, one which sounds more refreshing than the more familiar Marina.
    • Meadow
      • Origin:

        Nature name
      • Description:

        Meadow's upward popularity trajectory certainly suggests that the name has transcended its connection to The Sopranos.. In the US, more than 750 baby girls were named Meadow last year, a number we expect to keep rising.
    • Melody
      • Origin:

        Greek
      • Meaning:

        "song"
      • Description:

        A melodious choice big in the sixties, Melody is now starting to pick up tempo again. It cracked the Top 150 for the first time ever in 2015. Melody is also the name of Ariel's equally curious and more tom-boyish daughter in The Little Mermaid sequel. Read more about Melody and other Disney Princess Names in our featured blog.
    • Mim
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Miriam
      • Description:

        A hum of a name occasionally heard. Madame Mim was a villain in Disney's "The Sword in the Stone."
    • Min
      • Origin:

        Chinese
      • Meaning:

        "quick"
      • Description:

        Puts the -min in diminutive.
    • Minka
      • Origin:

        Polish diminutive of Mina, short form of Wilhelmina, German
      • Meaning:

        "resolute protection"
      • Description:

        In the contemporary US, Minka attracted notice via actress Minka Kelly, who played the gorgeous Lyla on Friday Night Lights.
    • Minna
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Wilhelmina, German
      • Meaning:

        "resolute protection; love"
      • Description:

        One of those pan-European nickname names much more familiar in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe than in the US, though related name Mina is making a comeback here. Light and bright, it could be an alternative to Mila, Minnie, or Millie.
    • Monet
      • Origin:

        French artist name, from diminutive of Simon
      • Description:

        A new favorite of the bohemian set, brought to light by actress Monet Mazur, daughter of the artist who designed the Rolling Stones' mouth logo.
    • NAPA
      • Pearl
        • Origin:

          Latin gem name
        • Meaning:

          "pearl"
        • Description:

          Pearl, like Ruby, has begun to be polished up for a new generation of fashionable children after a century of jewelry box storage. The birthstone for the month of June, Pearl could also make a fresher middle name alternative to the overused Rose. Cool couple Maya Rudolph and Paul Thomas Anderson named their daughter Pearl Minnie, followed by Jack Osbourne, and several celebs have put it in the middle spot, as in Busy Philipps's Cricket Pearl, Jake Owen's Olive Pearl and Caleb Followill's Dixie Pearl .
      • PEBBLE
        • Pixie
          • Origin:

            Swedish or Cornish
          • Meaning:

            "fairy"
          • Description:

            Pixie is a cute -- quite possibly too cute -- name that suddenly feels possible thanks to the craze for names that contain the letter x. Though its origin may be uncertain, a pixie is internationally recognized as a sprite or fairy: tiny, sometimes green, usually pointy-eared.