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4 Letter Girl Names Starting with I

Model Coco Rocha has set a narrow rubric for her children’s names — four-letter names starting with I. She is mother to Ioni and Iver and expecting her third child, a daughter, later in 2020. With such strict limitations, are there any good girl name options left?

You bet there are! It helps that I is such a versatile first initial. It can imitate the Y sound, as in Iana and Iara; long E, as in Inoa and Izar; or sound like "eye," as in Iola and Ioni. The variety of sounds makes an I-starting sibset well-matched, but not overly so.

The only four-letter girl names beginning with I in the US Top 1000 are trendy choices Isla and Iris — but you won’t find those on this list. Here we’ve curated our favorite unique four-letter girl names starting with I. Perfect for Coco Rocha’s baby — or maybe yours.

Ilda

Meaning: battle woman

Origin:Italian variation of HIlda, German
5242
Origin:Variation of Ina, Latin suffix
21055
Idah

Meaning: industrious one

Origin:Variation of Ida, German
4858
Ilsy

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:Variation of Ilsa, German
11110
Ilki

Meaning: bright, shining one; noble

Origin:Variation of Ilka or Elke, Hungarian, Dutch, German
10003