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Girl Names That Mean Life

Names meaning life may appeal to parents of babies of either gender, but the girls' names that mean life are particularly appealing. Life — or lively or vivacious or energetic — is a meaning not attached to a large number of names, but one that is inspiring and uplifting. The most common girl names related to life are Ava and Zoey in all its spellings.

Along with Ava and Zoey, other girl names that mean life in the US Top 1000 include Alma, Bria, Eva, Evie, Hayden, Liv, Vivian, and Viviana. Among the lively girl names that deserve more attention are Asha, Hathaway, Karasi, and Amarli.

We also include here names for girls that refer to the place where the person lives, as well as names with meanings connected to soul, growth, blood, and breath. Girl names with meanings that relate to life include the following.

Hayden

Meaning: heather-grown hill

Origin:English
1534
Hale

Meaning: someone who lives in a hollow

Origin:English
3988
Lyle

Meaning: someone who lives on an island

Origin:Scottish and English from French
4940
Bridger

Meaning: lives near the bridge

Origin:English
11951
Abella Abella is a unique name with multiple origin...
Origin:French, meaning 'breath'
4444
Vivia

Meaning: life

Origin:Italian variation of Vivian
1970
Viva

Meaning: alive, living, life

Origin:Latin
1879
Abelia

Meaning: sigh, breath

Origin:Hebrew
1949
Aoibhe

Meaning: life, or beauty

Origin:Irish
1551
Hosanna

Meaning: deliver us

Origin:Hebrew
1579
Vivi

Meaning: life

Origin:Diminutive of Viv- names
1677
Omaira

Meaning: long life; red

Origin:Arabic
1813
Psyche

Meaning: breath

Origin:Greek
1847
Zenaida

Meaning: the life of Zeus

Origin:Greek
1994
Chava

Meaning: life

Origin:Hebrew
2245
Chaya

Meaning: life

Origin:Hebrew, feminine version of Chayyim meaning "life"
2447
Bibiana

Meaning: life

Origin:Latin
2589
Haya

Meaning: life; universal feathers

Origin:Hebrew or Japanese
2611
Crescent

Meaning: increasing, growing

Origin:French
2784
Yeva

Meaning: life

Origin:Russian and Armenian variation of Eve, Hebrew
2797