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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.

Anzu

Meaning: apricot

Origin:Japanese
3706
Alsie

Meaning: strong-willed

Origin:Diminutive of Alcina, Greek
4499
Arnelle

Meaning: eagle power

Origin:English
7351
Origin:Brazilian Portuguese fruit and tree name
9856
Ardesia

Meaning: slate, slate gray

Origin:Italian
3209
Aenor

Meaning: famous wealth

Origin:French
4901
Audie A stylish and unique name that was popular i...
Origin:English
8521
Asees

Meaning: blessing

Origin:Sanskrit
3759
Akshara

Meaning: strong, sound

Origin:Sanskrit
11891
Argenta

Meaning: silvery

Origin:Latin
8788
Aranrhod

Meaning: silver wheel

Origin:Welsh, possibly "silver wheel"
20335
Arianrhod

Meaning: silver wheel

Origin:Welsh
8093
Arianwyn

Meaning: woman of silver

Origin:Welsh
4228
Aihe

Meaning: dolphin

Origin:Maori
13628
Ashala The name Ashala has lots of meanings dependi...
Origin:Variation of Asha or Ashley
8293
Aurora

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Latin
8
Amelia

Meaning: work

Origin:German
23
Alice

Meaning: noble

Origin:German
7
Agnes

Meaning: pure, virginal

Origin:Greek
187
Ava

Meaning: life; bird; water, island

Origin:Hebrew, Latin or Germanic
22