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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.

Ashton

Meaning: ash tree place

Origin:English
3175
Astor

Meaning: hawk; thunder god

Origin:Provencal; Icelandic
8790
Ayan

Meaning: fortune

Origin:Somali
15309
Allegro

Meaning: brisk, sprightly

Origin:Italian
4279
Alani

Meaning: orange tree

Origin:Hawaiian
3174
Ashby

Meaning: ash tree farm

Origin:English
5307
Arcana Arcana is a name mostly used for baby girls....
Origin:word name
2293
Aretha

Meaning: virtuous

Origin:Greek
4504
Argentina

Meaning: silver

Origin:Latin
10957
Apricot Apricot is a beautiful name that has been tr...
Origin:Fruit name
4282
Auretta

Meaning: light wind

Origin:Italian
2689
Alizeh

Meaning: wind

Origin:Persian
1541
Asterope

Meaning: lightning

Origin:Greek
3319
Aishwarya

Meaning: prosperity, wealth

Origin:Sanskrit
4976
Akudo

Meaning: peaceful wealth

Origin:Igbo
5756
Altalune

Meaning: over the moon

Origin:Latin
1690
Arusha

Meaning: red

Origin:Sanskrit
2861
Akako

Meaning: red

Origin:Japanese
5856
Origin:Place-name, former kingdom of western Africa
5963
Alcie

Meaning: strong-willed

Origin:Diminutive of Alcina, Greek
4172