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Names Girls Love Having

Many girls love having names that convey personality, whether that is fanciful and feminine or down-to-earth and tomboyish. Young girls may be particularly attracted to names that are recognizable to the under-10 set, whether as words or children’s characters from books, TV shows, or movies. What little girl wouldn’t want to be named Princess? Or, next best thing, Belle or Jasmine.

Along with Princess and Belle, other names girls love having in the US Top 1000 include Athena, Charlie, Eloise, Harmony, Leilani, Scarlett, Sunny, and Valentina. Names seen on popular children’s television series are sure to earn you parenting points — among them, Abby, Callie, Skye, and Sofia.

You can count on your young child to thank you for giving her one of these names, although some may not be appreciated by a teenage or grownup daughter. Search our full list of names girls want for themselves below.

Layla

Meaning: night

Origin:Variation of Leila, Arabic
142
Amaya

Meaning: mother city; the end; night rain

Origin:Spanish version of Amaia or Japanese
148
Juliette

Meaning: little Julia

Origin:French from Latin
344
Jade

Meaning: stone of the side

Origin:Spanish
364
Ramona

Meaning: wise protector

Origin:Spanish, feminine variation of Ramon
309
Esmeralda

Meaning: emerald

Origin:Spanish and Portuguese
361
Elena

Meaning: bright, shining light

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

Meaning: pure

Origin:English, diminutive of Katherine
329
Harper

Meaning: harp player

Origin:English
214
Hermione

Meaning: messenger, earthly

Origin:Greek, feminine version of Hermes, "messenger, earthly"
334
Rosie

Meaning: rose

Origin:English
304
River A name as beautiful as River is another grea...
Origin:Nature name
1065
Addison

Meaning: son of Adam

Origin:English
1018
Ariel

Meaning: lion of God

Origin:Hebrew
841
Sunny According to its English origin, the meaning...
Origin:English nickname
351
Emery

Meaning: industrious

Origin:English from German
450
Presley

Meaning: priest's meadow

Origin:English
1119
Malia

Meaning: bitter

Origin:Hawaiian variation of Mary
1323
Skye The meaning of Skye is ‘sky’ or ‘cloud’. It ...
Origin:Scottish place-name
669
Giovanna Giovanna is the Italian version of the Engli...
Origin:Italian, feminine variation of Giovanni
1768