Baby Girls Names

A List of Baby Girls Names

What could be better than a list of baby girls names to help you decide on the perfect name? A free list of of baby girls names, of course. Seriously, your baby is coming soon, and she’s going to need a name. Which is a lot easier than it sounds. Do you want a popular girls name, or one that is unique and uncommon? Do you choose a name with a nickname that will suit a ‘tom boy’ personality – Sam from Samantha, Alex from Alexis or Alexandra? Should you choose a name with numerous nicknames (like Elizabeth – with Eliza, Liz, Libby, Lilly, Beth and Bobbi, or Josephine with names like Jo, Joie, Sophie) to choose from?

While we can’t make your decision for you, we’re more than happy to give you the benefit of the information we found when we were choosing names during the first weeks of our pregnancy. The following is a list of Baby Girl Names popular in the first four years of 2004, their most common meanings, and similar names or different way to spell them.

Looking for more ideas? Uncommon Baby Names is a list of cute uncommon names for baby girls and boys, with some ideas on how to ‘find’ your own, perfect name. Baby Names through the Decades is another free list of baby girl and boy names, dating from the 1880s through the 1990s.

Favorite Girl Names for 2004

1. Emily: Emily is an Old German/Latin name that means industrious and eager.

Other spellings of Emily and similar names you might consider are:

Aemilia: Ancient Roman

Aileen: Scottish, English

Amelia, Amilia, Emelia, Emelie, Emely, Emilee: English

Eileen: Irish, English

Emelie: Swedish

2. Emma: Emma is another name of Old German orgin and means “whole” or “universal”.

Other spellings of Emma and similar names you might consider are:

Emmaline, Emmeline, Emmie, Emmy: English

3. Madison: Madison has been a very popular name for baby girls since 2000, even though it’s an Old English/German surname which means “son of a mighty warrior” or “son of Maud”.

Other spellings of Madison and similar names you might consider are:

Machteld: Dutch

Madisyn, Madyson, Matilda: English

Mafalda: Italian, Portuguese

Mallt: Welsh

4. Olivia: Olivia is of mixed origins. Some believe it means “Peace”, some believe it was first ‘invented’ by Shakespeare, and others believe it is a biblical reference to the Olive Tree, which is a symbol of fruitfulness, beauty, and dignity.

Other spellings of Olivia and similar names you might consider are:

Alivia: English

5. Hannah: Hannah is a Hebrew name that means "favour" or "grace". Hannah was the mother of Samuel the prophet in the Old Testament.

Other spellings of Hannah and similar names you might consider are:

Aine: Irish

Ana: Spanish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian

Anelie: German

Aneta: Czech

Anica: Slovene

Anita, Anna-Liisa, Anneli: Finnish

Anja: Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene

Anna: Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical

Annabel, Annabella, Annabeth, Anneka, Saranna, Savanna: English

Anushka: Russia

Channah: Jewish

6. Abigail: Another name of Hebrew origin, Abigail means "father of exaltation” or “my father is joy”. Abigail was the third wife of King David in the Old Testament.

Other spellings of Abigail and similar names you might consider are:

Abegail: Spanish

Abigayle: English

Apikalia: Hawaiin

Avigail: Jewish

7. Isabella: Isabella is Italian and means “Consecrated to God”.

Other spellings of Isabella and similar names you might consider are:

Anelie: German

Annabeth, Elise, Eliza: English

Anna-Liisa: Finnish

Annelie: German, Scandinavian

Annelise: Dutch

Beileag, Ealasaid, Elspeth: Scottish

8. Ashley: An Old English surname, Ashley means “ash tree” or “ash meadow”.

Other spellings of Ashley and similar names you might consider are:

Ashlee, Ashleigh, Ashlynn (English)

9. Samantha: Believed to be Aramaic in origin, Samantha means “listens well”.

Other spellings of Samantha and similar names you might consider are:

Samanta: Italian

Samu: Hungarian, Finnish

10. Elizabeth: My personal favorite (Elizabeth was the name we had agreed on . . . before finding out that we were expecting two boys!). Hebrew in origin, Elizabeth means “Consecrated to God” or “God’s Promise”. In the New TEstament Elizabeth was the Mother to John the Baptist and cousin of Mary, Mother of Jesus.

Other spellings of Elizabeth and similar names you might consider are:

Anelie, Anneliese, Liese, Liesel Lieslotte, Lysanne: German

Ealasaid: Scottish

Eilis, Eilish: Irish

Elisa: English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish

Elisabet, Lisbet: Scandanavian, Finnish

Elisavet: Geek

Elisheva: Jewish

Else: Danish, Norwegian, German

Liesbeth, Liesje, Lijsbeth: Dutch

Yelizaveta: Russian

Favorite Girl Names for 2003

*Name origins, meaning, etc. can be found in the 2004 Top 10 List

1. Emily *

2. Emma *

3. Madison *

4. Hannah *

5. Olivia *

6. Abigail *

7. Alexis – Alexis is of Greek origin and means “defender, protector” and “Protector of Mankind”.

Other spellings and similar names you might consider are:

Alessa, Alessia: Italian

Alexia, Alexina: English

8. Ashley *

9. Elizabeth *

10. Samantha *

Favorite Girl Names for 2002

*Name origins, meaning, etc. can be found in the 2004 Top 10 List

1. Emily *

2. Madison *

3. Hannah *

4. Emma *

5. Alexis – 2003 List

6. Ashley *

7. Abigail *

8. Sarah: Hebrew in origin, Sarah means “lady” or “princess”. In the Old Testament, Sarah was Abraham’s wife, and mother of Isaac – at the age of 90!

Other spellings and similar names you might consider are:

Kala: Hawaiin

Morag: Scottish

Moreen: Irish

Saara, Salli: Finnish

Sarai: Biblical

Saranna, Sariah, Sarina: English

9. Samantha *

10. Olivia *

Favorite Girl Names for 2001

*Name origins, meaning, etc. can be found in the 2004 Top 10 List

1. Emily *

2. Madison *

3. Hannah *

4. Ashley *

5. Alexis – 2003 List

6. Sarah – 2002 List

7. Samantha *

8. Abigail *

9. Elizabeth *

10. Olivia *

Favorite Girl Names for 2000

*Name origins, meaning, etc. can be found in the 2004 Top 10 List

1. Emily *

2. Hannah *

3. Madison *

4. Ashley *

5. Sarah – 2002 List

6. Alexis – 2003 List

7. Samantha *

8. Jessica: Hebrew in origin, Jessica means “God's grace” or “He sees”. Jessica is often thought to be either from the Old Testament name Jesca, or the feminine form of Jesse who was the father of King James in the Old Testament.

Other spellings and similar names you might consider are:

Iekika: Hawaiin

Jennica, Jessa, Jessalyn, Jessye: English

9. Taylor: Taylor has its origins in Middle English surname for someone who was a tailor or a ‘cutter of cloth’.

Other spellings and similar names you might consider are:

Tayla, Tayler: English

10. Elizabeth *

 

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