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Sweet Southern Baby Names

Southern baby names are drawn from the people, places, and natural features of the American South.

Some Southern baby names are popular not just in the South but throughout US. Along with top Southern name Abigail, other Southern baby names in the US Top 300 include Austin, Brooks, Daisy, Eliza, Emmett, Faith, Georgia,.Grace, Peyton, Presley, Savannah, and Wyatt.

Unique Southern names on our recommended list range from the biblical Abner to the literary Faulkner, from sultry Talullah to buttoned-up Thaddeus.

Southern names honor Southern-born heroes like Flannery O'Connor and Martin Luther King. Fictional Southern heroes, such as Scarlett and Scout, can inspire Southern baby names too.

Elements of nature found in the South that make good baby names include Magnolia and Bayou. Place names like Georgia and Savannah also make good Southern baby names.

And then there are those names that simply feel Southern in some way that's harder to define. We'd count Clayton, Dolly, Josiah, Maribelle, and many others in this evocative group.

Aurelia

Meaning: the golden one

Origin:Latin
3
Augusta

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:Feminine variation of Augustus
702
Amber Amber is a name that takes its roots from it...
Origin:Word name, English
289
Andromeda

Meaning: advising like a man

Origin:Greek mythology name
132
Althea

Meaning: with healing power

Origin:Greek
155
Annabel

Meaning: loving

Origin:Scottish variation of Amabel
746
Ayla

Meaning: oak tree, or halo, moonlight

Origin:Hebrew, or Turkish
84
Alba

Meaning: white

Origin:Latin
436
Arya

Meaning: noble; air/song

Origin:Sanskrit; Modern variation of Aria
837
Aili

Meaning: holy, blessed; bright and shining light

Origin:Finnish and Sami variation of Helga, diminutive of Aileen, Anglicization of Eilidh
2105
Avalon

Meaning: island of apples

Origin:Celtic
273
Azalea

Meaning: azalea, a flower

Origin:English
354
Amaya

Meaning: mother city; the end; night rain

Origin:Spanish version of Amaia or Japanese
148
Andrea

Meaning: strong and manly

Origin:Feminine variation of Andrew, Greek
799
Adira

Meaning: strong

Origin:Hebrew
901
Ash

Meaning: ash tree

Origin:English
2726
Asher

Meaning: fortunate, blessed, happy one

Origin:Hebrew
2498
Alex

Meaning: defending men

Origin:Diminutive of Alexandra or Alexis
1447
Andie

Meaning: strong and manly

Origin:Diminutive of Andrea, Greek
1567
Apricity

Meaning: the warmth of the sun in winter

Origin:Latin
2441