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Girl Names Ending in -ly

Girl names ending in -ly include many popular choices.

In the US, the top girl name with an ly ending is Emily, a former Number 1 name. Along with Emily, girl names with ly endings in the US Top 200 include Lily (and Lilly), Everly, Molly, and Kimberly.

Along with Emily and Lily, popular ly-ending girl names in the UK include Holly, Tilly, and Polly, all in the Top 200.

Names that end in ly closely resemble those ending in ley, lee, and so on, so the sound is far more ubiquitous than this one spelling would suggest.

The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

Here are all our website's names for girls ending in ly.

Sylvie

Meaning: from the forest

Origin:French variation of Latin Sylvia
98
Ivy The meaning of Ivy is from the Old English w...
Origin:Botanical name
138
Lilou

Meaning: lily

Origin:Occitan pet form of French Liliane
782
Dahlia

Meaning: Dahl's flower

Origin:Flower name, from Swedish surname
172
Celia

Meaning: heavenly

Origin:Latin
198
Sybil

Meaning: prophetess

Origin: Greek
259
Melody

Meaning: song

Origin:Greek
476
Maya

Meaning: water

Origin:Greek; Central American Indian empire name; Latinate variation of May; Spanish, diminutive of Amalia; variation of Maia; Hebrew
82
Liliana

Meaning: lily, a flower

Origin:Italian and Spanish variations of Lilian
221
Lillian

Meaning: lily; pledged to God

Origin:English from Latin
110
Lena The Hebrew name Lena is a shorter version of...
Origin:English, Scottish, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian, diminutive of various names ending in lena
162
Elena

Meaning: bright, shining light

Origin:Spanish, Italian, German, Greek variation of Helen
59
Linnea

Meaning: twinflower, lime tree

Origin:Swedish
363
Cecily

Meaning: blind

Origin:Feminine variation of Cecil
238
Rosie

Meaning: rose

Origin:English
304
Finley

Meaning: fair-haired hero

Origin:Irish and Scottish
688
Billie

Meaning: resolute protection

Origin:English, diminutive of Wilhelmina, Wilma
409
Emery

Meaning: industrious

Origin:English from German
450
Talullah

Meaning: lady of abundance

Origin:Irish, Anglicized variation of Tuilelaith
1264
Malia

Meaning: bitter

Origin:Hawaiian variation of Mary
1323