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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.

Apple

Meaning: apple

Origin:English nature name
955
Angelou The meaning of Angelou is 'an angel'. It is ...
Origin:Literary name
5059
Aida

Meaning: happy

Origin:Arabic
601
Agatha

Meaning: good woman

Origin:Greek
419
Adele

Meaning: noble, nobility

Origin:French diminutive of Adelaide
496
Aspen The name Aspen is of American origin. The me...
Origin:Nature and place-name
598
Alcott

Meaning: dweller at the old cottage

Origin:English
12989
Origin:Nature name
2548
Allegra

Meaning: joyous

Origin:Italian
641
Aquila

Meaning: eagle

Origin:Latin
3208
Alaska

Meaning: great land

Origin:Native American
2317
Adeola

Meaning: crown of wealth; crown has honor

Origin:Yoruba
11882
Autry

Meaning: noble strength

Origin:French surname
13054
Alberta

Meaning: noble, bright

Origin:English, feminine variation of Albert
2466
Arianell

Meaning: silver

Origin:Welsh
1604
Albertine The name Albertine is a popular name mostly ...
Origin:French feminine variation of Albert
3835
Ambrosia

Meaning: Immortal

Origin:Latin, feminine form of Ambrose
750
Arrietty Arrietty name has Japanese roots, which mean...
Origin:Literary name, variation of Harriet
1251
Alhambra The meaning of Alhambra is associated with '...
Origin:Place-name
6767
Aria

Meaning: air; song or melody; lion

Origin:Italian and Hebrew
353