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GIVE ME YOUR BEST BABY GIRL NAMES
Posted by msbaby • 1/01/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: baby, baby girl names
Those lists of best baby girl names rarely have anything interesting to offer. The same names are always listed as the "Top 100".
List your favorite names for baby girls.
I'll start:
Eden
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Adelyn
Aria
Lillian
Jade
Jasmin
Joy-
Very interesting list combining some rather unique names with a few traditional ones.
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anamika
jniffer
sandhya
maria
janvi
shabanam
tarana
sapana
richa
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Genevieve
Isabella
Naomi
Tia
Chantelle
Chelsea
Victoria
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I love girls names with three syllables. They are so romantic. Do your girls go by their first or their middle names? Any nicknames?
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Geneveive is Vivi (I hate Jenny if I wanted her to be a Jenny I'd named her
Jennifer lol)
Naomi is Nami (like it wasn't short enough already lol, it was only after American Pie(?) we realized the whole - backwards - I Moan thing
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and Chelsea is Chels
for the record, my fav boy names are those of my sons:
Matthew
Thomas
(Matt, again later we realized his initials were MT *last name here* (sounds like EMPTY)
Jason
David
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You are so right! Vivi is MUCH better than Jenny and so sophisticated.
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arianna
garnet
hayden-
I love Arianna, but Garnet sounds so rich and well, jewellike.
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Bella -
Nerine (name of a lily)-
One of my essential oils is neroli which this name brought to mind, but Nerine is too similar to the name Irene.
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Olivia is a lovely name.
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Charlotte?
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Harlow
Isabella
Londyn
Mackenzie
Madison
Morgan
Sage-
Harlow! That's a nice one.
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I personally like the name Jayell, I don't know how the parents of the kid thought of it but there was this little girl about five which smiled at me at the fastfood while I was at the queue and I asked her name. That's it. Anyway, I wouldn't know if it was the girl's cuteness or the name that got me hooked. She's just adorable.-
I think that mental associations with many baby girl names are what have me so conflicted. For instance, I like the name Olivia but every time I hear it Olivia Newton John flashes through my mind. I'm having a difficult time finding pretty names that bring no unwanted word associations.
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Avalyn
Jazmine
Edele
Sinead
Niamh
Eryn
Bonnie -
Alyssa
Adrianna -
Claudia
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Sophia
Anna
Carolina
Hanah
Arianna
Althea
Madeline
Kimberly
Monica
Diana
Fatima
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Wanda, Sophie, Agnes.-
Agnes might be ok if nobody would call her "Aggie". I would have a problem with that.
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Jack, my grandmother's name was Agnes Placidus... it means peaceful lamb, I think. So, your mention of it make me chuckle.
There are some names from that generation, though, that are darling. My husband's grandmother was named Millie (Mildred) and my "adopted grandma" was named Winnie (Winifred). I like both of those.
My paternal grandmother is Pasqualina. I have always thought Pascal or Pasqualina are beautiful names.
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I named my daughter Michele
My grand daughter's name is: Ambrielle (have only heard this name once before)
McKinzie
Seeley
Brianna
But, they will to be dog names for me, cuz I'm done in the baby dept, oh yeah! done as done will ever be -
I am partial to Olivia (although already stated above)
but I am stuck on Hillary lately
Emma is quite cute and seems to be a good name that survives all the stages of life.
I also like Vivian, Azalea, Cynthia -
Lillybeth -
i got cooky, maico and kayra but these are just n-names apart from their real 3-in-1 names sophia ingrid colleen, alexandria monica corinna and ziarra mae treena respectively.. LOL -
At all cost, avoid clichés and fashionable names. There's nothing as ridiculous than 5 Jasmins on the same class. (I don't know what the fashion names around the world are, but in Finland every girl under 10 years old is either Jasmin, Janica, Janina, Jessika, Veronika or some silly version of those.)
Norah has been one of my favourite names for a long time, and one that doesn't come up too often. Laura, even though very common name is also very beautiful to me. -
I love that my niece is named Jane. -
A few people have mentioned Sophie/Sophia. I think that's such a cute name that works all the way through someone's life. -
I think my niece has a great name Zoya
and people tell me my name is really unique zooni -
I think the world needs more women named Kaia, although I quite like Zoya as well. I knew a woman named Lisbeth and I still like it as an alternative for Elizabeth. -
Rani Marri and Rina Marri -
IRIS
MARUCA
ARA
SOPHIA
MIRIAM
SARA
IRENE -
IRMA
ANTONELLA
FANNY
ISABELLA
DARA
KATIE -
Im an Arab, so I will give you some Arab girl names youve never heard.
Maysa
Rahma
Zeina
Suraya
Majida
Haifa
Farah
Manal
Layla
Layal
Mariam
Razanne
Hania
Sereen
Tell me if you want more.-
You forgot to include Fatima, Noora, and Mona.
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nice arabic names
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CATRINA
LARA
NATASHA
FRANKA
Aimée (in french means LOVED )
DRAGA ( in romanian means ....LOVED ) -
my sister-n-law's names are: Mylee and Keena. I think those are cool names
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hi note down these names:-
angel,
narayani,pronounciation :- nara yani
durga:- """"" dur gaaa
love,
nick name chintu: chin then 2.
meera:- """""" me then raaa.
try these god wil bless her a lot. -
Madeleine ( pronunced mad-a-lin, not the storybook little girl with the red hair, Madeline) -
Eden
Anika
Anna
Fiona-
And we have another vote for my favorite baby girl name, Eden.
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Eden is my favorite girls name
also Ava
and Annick (pronounced UH-NICK) beautiful name!
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Isabelle
Chloe
Emanuelle
Love these names!!! -
Chloe and Maya are my choice -
keaton, ryann, or vermont
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Jennifer,Lilith,Allison,Stephanie -
Ophelia
Milagro(Miracle in Spanish)
Pru
Adrian
Piper
Ethan
Peter
Epifania (sister)
Leyna (cousin)
Scarlette (2nd cousin)
Genavieve(2nd cousin)
Caspian(2n cousin)
Zoah (me)
Not sure if they are the best names but they are on the uncommon side. Especially coming from a family with hispanic roots... -
emmilee, my daughter
sophia, my grandmother
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Alana
Sierra
Rose
Misty
Alania
Brandy
Bridget
Christy
Crystal
C(K)atherine
Dawna (Donna)
Justine
Tina
Trina
Mikayla
Josephine
Sharon
Mae
Milly -
ANDRESSA
LANA
LUANA -
I love Victoria Sophia, Angelique Sophie and Isabella. -
SONIA
CLAIRE
SILVANA
MARILU
GRETA-
I love the name Claire for a girl, but I have a friend who is named Claire and if I used it my other friends might feel slighted. That is another naming consideration; you have to be careful to consider who already has the name!
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I'm just thinking through some of the other names I've heard. I do like Sonia (or Sonya) and Sophia. I know someone named Trinka, and I always liked that, as well as Katarina or Katrina.
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Apothecary (Cary for short... #1 if I ever had a daughter name)
Tomorrow (used this one in a story I wrote)
Jillian (one of my favorite characters from Charles de Lint)
Emmalee (a coworker's name; I like the spelling)
Geneva
Amaranth (actually a plant that produces a sweat grain used in pastries)
Blue
Chameleon (Cammy for short)
Delphine (as in the oracle of Delphi)
Fern
Calliope (the muse)
Persephone (the goddess)
Rosaline (means rose garden)
Serenity (I liked the show lol)
Threnody (means mourning song, but I still like it)
Veritas (I used this one in a story I wrote, means truth)
Xenobia (or Zenobia... a queen thought to have been related to Cleopatra, means "city" of strangers)
Candace (my name, though I liked it more before everyone started naming all their kids Candace lol... hereditary title of Queens of Ethiopia... means light or clarity)-
Apothecary? Isn't that another name for drug store?
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Peace-
But what if the baby girl is not very peaceful? Or might she rebel and be anything but peaceful because of her name? Do names have the power to mold a person's personality?
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The most popular girls' names in my country are:
Wilma
Maja
Ella
Emma
Julia
Alice
Alva
Linnea
Ida
Ebba-
Sounds like Sweden. I also like the Lynnea variant.
Other baby girl names:
Xena
Yssenia
Karyn
Xochil (SOshi)
Xanthia
November (Shorten to Novi)
Wendi
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Don't worry...
A good name is worth and i know she'll be peaceful..
Dats my blessin. -
And I thank you very much!
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Caitlín
Clodagh
Máiréad
Róisín
Siobhán
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Are Scottish and Irish baby girl names similar? A friend of mine recently named her little girl Maeve and I thought it was an Irish name, but my friend's parents are from Scotland.
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Moxie CrimeFighter.-
Moxie might be workable for some that picture a sassy, empowered personality in the making. But I'm not so sure about Crimefighter would be the best baby girl's name. She might get picked on by the other kids.
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Well, tell that to Penn Jillette. That's what he named his daughter.
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Tanya Kristiana -
Shannon Dion -
Christiana (pronounced KRIS-tee-ah-nuh)
Marisol
Alethia
Anastacia
Nicholette
Lisette
Cordelia -
Sorry for the off topic; I'm so glad I don't have to pick a baby name! All the names I like, my husband hates, and I'm currently trying to pick a name for my new favourite Barbie doll and even that seems impossible. Imagine that being a child that will grow up to have her own opinion of the name...
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LOL Hubby and I always fought over names. We never agreed until D-Day - most likely because we HAD to by then.
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Aren't all Barbie dolls named...Barbie? I didn't know that we were allowed to rename them. I never really thought about naming them something other than that. I had several at any given time and I just thought of them as Barbie. They didn't even get a number as in number one, two or so on and so forth.
If I didn't think of giving my dolls new names, you can see why I need suggestions for names for baby girls. -
I'll give you the 5 I already used:
Cassidy, Megan, Erin, Kathleen and Lara (pronounced LAHr-ah) -
I already have a little Cassidy! The reason that I picked this baby girl name was because one of the meanings of the name was "girl with the curly hair". As her mom and dad both have curly hair, I knew the definition or meaning would fit her perfectly, and it does.
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ok this are my favorite:
Jeanisse
Naihla
Jianna
Nicole
Sharlian
Mykaela
Nixzaliz-
Nixaliz? Nixy or Nickie for short?
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Exactly! That's my best friends name, and we just call her Nixa. :0)
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Alani
Alaina
Natalia
Celeste
Gia
Erica -
I have a baby girl name Margie.
If I have a baby girl again will be name Marjorie,Melissa,Melinda and more names that I could think of...-
Looks like you will have a houseful of M&Ms! Is Margie short for anything? What is her middle name? I am interested in hearing naming combinations.
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D'Orsay (pronounced "D or say")
Heaven or Neveah
Leona
Love -
I like Azaria too, but I think that movie pretty much ruined the use of that name
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New a woman many years ago who named her daugher Alibi. I was thought that was kind of neat -
Mireya-
I'm not sure that I know how to pronounce this name. Could you tell me?
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I only had sons, but if I had a daughter, she would have been named from this list:
Rebecca
Naomi
Amanda
Sophia
Amelia -
Boys have their benefits over girls, but it would have been nice to have at least one so that you could have used one of those pretty names. I particularly like Amelia. I'm beginning to see a pattern of an affinity towards girl's names beginning with the letter "A".
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Addison
Annabelle
Madison
Personally, I love the name Georgianna Dove (dove being the middle name).-
Dove is nice and I used to love Madison as well as Addison awhile back until every other baby girl in our area was named one or the other. When I was born my mom says that the hip baby girl names (as she remembered them) were Jennifer and Christopher. I have to say she was right as there were more than a few girls whose nickname was Jenny in my class alone.
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Aphrodite, Demeter, Penelope, Clytemnestra, Medusa, Naiads, Cassiopeia, Artemis, Hera, Hestia, Athena, Atalanta, Minerva, Charites, Calliope, Clio, Daphne, Eilithyia, Erinyes, Echo, Erato, Euterpe, Gaea, Hebe, Hemera, Hyqieia, Melpomene, Nymph, Persephone, Polyhymnia, Phoebe, Pandora, Rhea, Tyche, Terpsichore, Thaleia, Tethys, Themis, Urania, Antigone, Ceres, Fortuna, Diana, Juno, and Vesta
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I rather like the way Persephone and Aphrodite roll of the tongue, but there is no way in this world that my husband that anybody could convince a male to name his baby girl Nymph or Aphrodite either for that matter.
If I remember this lady, Aphrodite, of Ancient Greece (not claiming to be an expert so don't jump on me if I get it wrong), she was she was born when Uranus' son Cronus thought he'd castrate dear old dad. He then tossed the severed genitals into the sea, and from the sea rose Aphrodite. Is there any wonder that not many girls are graced with this name?
Thanks for taking the time to make so many unique and interesting suggestions, Onchong. But some I can't pronounce and some are just too closely related to URANUS! LOL...really Aphrodite AND Themis to name a few. -
Not graced with the name, "Urania?" Actually, Uranus is from the Greek, "Ouranos," meaning, Heaven. Urania means, "Of Heaven." My middle name derives from Isis Urania, or Isis of Heaven.
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My cousin named her baby girl, Willow. -
Zoey
Harley
Esperanza (It's my Grandma's name. It's spanish for Hope)
Millie
Alice
This was actually hard thinking of girl names I like. Boy names are easy and I can list at least 20 that I like.-
I've known men named Harley but never a girl. Your grandmother's name Esperanza is lovely. Thanks for sharing
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Uranus is yet another name that has a lovely meaning with a less than lilting sound (at least to my unsophisticated ears). I suppose the reason I was so amused with myself for using the name in a post was due to too many late nights listening to Craig Ferguson make similar jokes on his show.
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Roseme
Zooey
Joyy
Ginny -
I've never seen the name Joy spelled in that fashion. Nor am I aware of any baby girls named Zooey. Zoey, I have seen named further up this very list but I suppose there could be any number of spelling variations.
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Elaine
Catherine
Juniper
Star
Michelle
Amber -
Star brings Flower Power, the 1960s Summer of Love or the ousted host from "The View". But it is a no-nonsense, one syllable name that is positive and therefore not out of the question.
Juniper reminds me of a bad experience I had with some gin once upon a time so that would not be a good thing. And I already presented Amber as a possibility (I have already admitted an affection for baby girl names beginning with the letter A although I have no idea why) and my grandmother shot it down in a hurry because of an old book called "Forever Amber". Apparently Amber is far too lusty a name for a child because of this novel. I made a mental note to put this infamous volume on my reading list. See what censorship does, grandma? -
Adwina. -
sonya-
That makes two votes for Sonya or the alternate spelling, Sonia, as a good name for a baby girl. I have a question; do you pronounce this name as S-oh-nya with a long vowel sound or S-ah-nya with a short vowel sound?
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Jessica Lorraine -
Two thing to remember an 'A' name gets you to the front of the line quicker than a 'Z' name and while you might be able to spell a 20 letter name your child will be ultimately be grateful for anything under 5 letters-
An excellent point! That bumps the name, Zoey, way down on the list.
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I was just reading where Lisa Bonet named her baby boy Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa. Am I being old fashioned in my search for the best names for baby girls? Should I be more creative and go for something similar to what she did only more feminine?
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7even
sharobi
zelly
raine
glenys -
Zelly, another girl's name starting with the letter Z to add to Zoey! I have to ask, does the first name you suggested contain a typographical error?
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no I thought 7even spelled like that would give the kid a nice conversation piece for years and years to come.
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Ashanti-
I like the name Ashanti, like the singer
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I like the name Emma, and Brittanie, and I'm also a fan of the name Zoey
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Isabella
Angel
Furl
Olivia
Nicole -
thegnr, can you imagine how a baby's name that started with a numeric character rather than a letter of the alphabet with throw the alphabetizing systems?
Wasn't there some kind of uproar over a controversial name that contained numbers a few years back and the parents were refused the right to put their chosen name on their baby's birth certificate?-
ok forget 7even how about Serenity as a name
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Madison is a lovely name
Also,
Elizabeth
Willow
Persephone -
I agree that Madison is a beautiful name. Perhaps because of its loveliness, it's been way too overused in my area of the country as has Elizabeth. The bad thing about Elizabeth is that people shorten it to "Beth". I find it sad to take such an elegant name and shorten it with such unattractive results.
This is the second vote for Willow or the third if you count my own. And as for Persephone, I love the way it sounds but I don't like that one other Persephone was found attractive by the God of Hell and abducted. That's just too much baggage to put on a baby girl.
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milly
poppy
tilly -
Milly might be acceptable. But Poppy is too closely related to opium production and isn't there a poem about two ton Tilly?
I'm glad that the other poster seemed to see my point about names containing numbers. Serenity now!!! -
Jerusha...a biblical princess daughter of a king (happens to be my baby sister's name)
This name is at the moment not commonly used and that is hard to find in this day and age.
I can't stand Tiffany & Ashley and they both have a ass whopping coming from me when I see them two. They both owe me money. -
Jeunelle and Jerusha! Your mother really did her homework well on those two very unique and pleasant names. I like them both. Next to baby girl names starting with the letter A, I lean toward those starting with the letter J. Perhaps it's because every male in my family is named with one starting with that letter. That tradition was followed with only one girl.
The names Tiffany and Ashley were really trendy there for awhile weren't they? I like Ashley for a boy but there are too many pole dancers on television named Tiffany lately. What's up with that? -
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evan -
I like the name, Cyan.-
My husband informed me that names that start with the letter "S" are out of the question as I have a slight lisp. NOW he tells me. So, Sophie, Sophia and a few other nice ones are negatively affected by this (rather crass) news flash.
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I replied this earlier but I got a good short list of girl names recently for other purposes.
Norah
Valkyrie or Valerie
Rebecca
Olivia
Agnes
Megan -> Meg -> Nutmeg (Comes with nicknames)
Jonet
Esther
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It would be difficult to picture a girl named Valkyrie as a pushover or a prissy princess.
And a girl hung with the name NUTMEG (!) (?) had better be tough to handle those who dare to tease.
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Frances Dominique (so u can call her Frankie NIck, lol)
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That is lovely.
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