Girl Names — Meaning & Popularity
From luminous classics to fresh, meaning-rich discoveries, this hub collects beautiful girl names from many cultures — each with its meaning, origin and numerology. Browse for a name that's graceful, strong, vintage or unique, and dive into a full page for any name that catches your eye.
The girl names rising fastest right now blend softness with substance: Lucia and Diya ('light'), Seraphina ('fiery angel'), Matilda ('mighty in battle'). Parents increasingly want a name that's lovely to say and means something specific, rather than chosen for sound alone.
Each name links to a complete profile — meaning, etymology, pronunciation, popularity, personality associations and numerology. Explore by meaning or origin, or use our free tools to find names that match your style, your surname and your existing children's names.
Trending girl names at a glance
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Amelia | A German name from Old German, Amelia carries the meaning 'work, industrious, striving'. |
| Charlotte | Charlotte means 'free one; petite and strong' — a French name from French. |
| Emma | Emma: a German name meaning 'whole, universal'. |
| Hannah | Hannah means 'grace, favour' — a Hebrew name from Hebrew. |
| Isabella | Isabella: a Hebrew and Italian name meaning 'pledged to God; God is my oath'. |
| Lucia | Lucia means 'light' — a Latin and Italian name from Latin. |
| Luna | Luna means 'moon' — a Latin name from Latin. |
| Matilda | Matilda: a German name meaning 'mighty in battle'. |
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AmeliaWork, industrious, striving — memorable across culturesGerman · Numerology 5CharlotteFree one; petite and strong — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulFrench · Numerology 3EmmaWhole, universal — a small name carrying real depthGerman · Numerology 5HannahGrace, favour — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulHebrew · Numerology 1IsabellaPledged to God; God is my oath — memorable across culturesHebrew, Italian · Numerology 7LuciaLight — warm, characterful and easy to wearLatin, Italian · Numerology 1LunaMoon — soft-sounding with strong rootsLatin · Numerology 3MatildaMighty in battle — soft-sounding with strong rootsGerman · Numerology 6MiaMine; beloved — full of character and easy to loveItalian, Scandinavian · Numerology 5OliviaOlive tree — soft-sounding with strong rootsLatin · Numerology 5SarahPrincess, noblewoman — distinctive without trying too hardHebrew · Numerology 2SeraphinaFiery, burning ones — timeless and effortless to sayHebrew · Numerology 1SophiaWisdom — a small name carrying real depthGreek · Numerology 5AaliyahExalted, sublime, highborn — full of character and easy to loveArabic · Numerology 3AbigailMy father's joy — a name with quiet staying powerHebrew · Numerology 5AishaAlive, living, prosperous — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulArabic · Numerology 2AlexandraDefender of the people — a classic with a fresh edgeGreek · Numerology 8AliceNoble, of noble kind — a classic with a fresh edgeGerman, French · Numerology 3AnanyaUnique, matchless, without equal — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 2AnnaGrace, favour — soft-sounding with strong rootsHebrew · Numerology 3AriaAir; melody; lioness — a name with quiet staying powerItalian, Hebrew · Numerology 2AubreyElf ruler; noble, bright — warm, characterful and easy to wearGerman, French · Numerology 9AuroraDawn — understated and quietly elegantLatin · Numerology 11AvaLife; birdlike, living one — warm, characterful and easy to wearLatin, German · Numerology 6CamilaFree-born; attendant at a ceremony — distinctive without trying too hardLatin · Numerology 3CarolineFree woman — a name with quiet staying powerFrench, German · Numerology 5ChloeGreen shoot, blooming — rooted yet ready to travelGreek · Numerology 7ClaireClear, bright, famous — understated and quietly elegantFrench, Latin · Numerology 3ClaraBright, clear, famous — distinctive without trying too hardLatin · Numerology 8DiyaLamp, light — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 3EleanorBright, shining light — understated and quietly elegantGreek · Numerology 7ElenaBright, shining light; torch — rooted yet ready to travelGreek · Numerology 1EllaAll; fairy maiden — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulGerman, English · Numerology 3EllieBright, shining light — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish, Greek · Numerology 7EstherStar — timeless and effortless to sayPersian · Numerology 3EvelynWished-for child; desired — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 11FatimaOne who abstains; captivating — understated and quietly elegantArabic · Numerology 5FreyaLady, noblewoman; goddess of love — timeless and effortless to sayOld Norse · Numerology 1GraceGrace, divine favour — a classic with a fresh edgeLatin · Numerology 7HarperHarp player — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 3HazelThe hazel tree — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 7HelenaBright, shining light; torch — memorable across culturesGreek · Numerology 9LaylaNight — full of character and easy to loveArabic · Numerology 6LeahWeary; delicate — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 8LilyLily flower; purity — understated and quietly elegantEnglish, Latin · Numerology 22LucyLight — rooted yet ready to travelLatin · Numerology 7MadisonSon of Maud; mighty in battle — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 3MargaretPearl — full of character and easy to loveGreek · Numerology 11MariaBeloved; wished-for child — warm, characterful and easy to wearHebrew, Latin · Numerology 6MaryBeloved; wished-for child — timeless and effortless to sayHebrew · Numerology 3MaryamBeloved; wished-for child — memorable across culturesArabic · Numerology 8MayaIllusion; water; dream — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit, Hebrew · Numerology 4MilaGracious, dear; industrious — distinctive without trying too hardScandinavian · Numerology 8NaomiPleasantness, sweetness — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 7NoraLight; honour — soft-sounding with strong rootsIrish, Latin · Numerology 3NovaNew; a new star — a classic with a fresh edgeLatin · Numerology 7PenelopeWeaver — a small name carrying real depthGreek · Numerology 7RoseThe rose flower; love and beauty — rooted yet ready to travelLatin · Numerology 3SaanviGoddess Lakshmi; knowledge — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 3SavannahTreeless plain, open grassland — a small name carrying real depthSpanish · Numerology 8ScarlettScarlet, bright red — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 8StellaStar — a name with quiet staying powerLatin · Numerology 6VictoriaVictory — distinctive without trying too hardLatin · Numerology 7VioletThe violet flower; purple — rooted yet ready to travelLatin, English · Numerology 11ZaraRadiance; blooming flower — understated and quietly elegantArabic · Numerology 1ZoeLife — a small name carrying real depthGreek · Numerology 1AcharaA pretty angel — a classic with a fresh edgeThai · Numerology 5AdaobiThe daughter of the household — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 5AikoChild of love — a small name carrying real depthJapanese · Numerology 9AiweiLoving and elegant — rooted yet ready to travelChinese · Numerology 11AizhanMoon soul — rooted yet ready to travelKazakh · Numerology 5AlsuRose-water; pink-cheeked, beautiful — memorable across culturesTatar · Numerology 8AlvaElf; bright — understated and quietly elegantScandinavian · Numerology 9AmaneThe sound of the heavens — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulJapanese · Numerology 7AmbaMother; (the goddess Durga) — full of character and easy to loveSanskrit · Numerology 8AnacaonaThe golden flower; (a queen) — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 5AncutaLittle Ana; grace — understated and quietly elegantRomanian · Numerology 6AnelaAngel — rooted yet ready to travelHawaiian · Numerology 6Annapurna(the goddess of nourishment); full of food — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 1AnyangoBorn in the late morning — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 5AraksiSwift; (the Aras river) — timeless and effortless to sayArmenian · Numerology 5AsmaLofty, eminent, noble — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulArabic · Numerology 7AtaahuaBeautiful — memorable across culturesMaori · Numerology 8AtienoBorn at night — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 1AuraA distinctive glow, an atmosphere — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 5AvantikaPrincess; the ancient city of Ujjain — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 7AwazA song, a melody — rooted yet ready to travelKurdish · Numerology 6AwhinaTo help, to support — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulMaori · Numerology 11AyanoMy colour, my design — warm, characterful and easy to wearJapanese · Numerology 2AysuluA beautiful moon — memorable across culturesKazakh · Numerology 9Bang TamAn ice-pure heart — distinctive without trying too hardVietnamese · Numerology 22Bao ChauA precious pearl — understated and quietly elegantVietnamese · Numerology 6BegaimNoble lady, princess — full of character and easy to loveKyrgyz · Numerology 1BelaJasmine flower; time — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 11BerivanA milkmaid of the highlands — rooted yet ready to travelKurdish · Numerology 8BhairaviA goddess; a morning raga — warm, characterful and easy to wearSanskrit · Numerology 7BingjiePure as ice — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 11BisolaBorn into wealth — warm, characterful and easy to wearAfrican · Numerology 22BlertaGreenery, verdant — soft-sounding with strong rootsAlbanian · Numerology 22BontleBeauty — soft-sounding with strong rootsAfrican · Numerology 5BoyaRefined and elegant — memorable across culturesChinese · Numerology 7BozenaBlessed; divine gift — rooted yet ready to travelSlavic · Numerology 9BristiRain — timeless and effortless to sayBengali · Numerology 5CainiA colorful maiden — warm, characterful and easy to wearChinese · Numerology 9CantikaBeautiful, lovely — rooted yet ready to travelIndonesian · Numerology 5CaterinaPure — timeless and effortless to sayItalian · Numerology 8CharviBeautiful, lovely — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 7ChendaIntelligent, thoughtful — timeless and effortless to sayKhmer · Numerology 8ChiedzaLight — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 11ChigusaA thousand grasses — warm, characterful and easy to wearJapanese · Numerology 5ChinyereGiven by God — full of character and easy to loveAfrican · Numerology 6ChipoGift — memorable across culturesShona · Numerology 33ChisakiA thousand blossoms — a small name carrying real depthJapanese · Numerology 33ChiyaGraceful — a classic with a fresh edgeJapanese · Numerology 1ChiyuA gentle healing — soft-sounding with strong rootsJapanese · Numerology 3CuilanAn emerald orchid — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 6CuiyuEmerald jade — timeless and effortless to sayChinese · Numerology 7DafinaThe laurel tree — rooted yet ready to travelAlbanian · Numerology 8DasomLove, affection — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulKorean · Numerology 7DawonAn abundant garden — full of character and easy to loveKorean · Numerology 3DevanshiPart of God, divine — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 1Diep ChiA lush leaf and branch — memorable across culturesVietnamese · Numerology 9DiptiBrightness, glow, splendour — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 4EktaUnity, oneness — full of character and easy to loveSanskrit · Numerology 1EmaA blessing — rooted yet ready to travelJapanese · Numerology 1FiadhWild; deer — soft-sounding with strong rootsIrish · Numerology 1FidelmaConstant, faithful — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulIrish, Latin · Numerology 5GayaneEarth; (a saint) — rooted yet ready to travelArmenian · Numerology 8GendisSugar; sweet — soft-sounding with strong rootsIndonesian · Numerology 4GhazalehGazelle — a small name carrying real depthPersian · Numerology 5GiselaPledge; sweet vow — timeless and effortless to sayGerman · Numerology 8Ha LanA summer orchid — distinctive without trying too hardVietnamese · Numerology 9Hai AnhA sea brightness — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 5HanbingClear as ice — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 1HanitraA sweet fragrance, a perfume — a name with quiet staying powerMalagasy · Numerology 8HanqingVast and clear — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 7HarleenAbsorbed in God's love — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 9HayamDeeply in love; passion — soft-sounding with strong rootsArabic · Numerology 3HayanWhite and pure — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 22HayeonA summer lotus — a small name carrying real depthKorean · Numerology 5HelinA nest — a small name carrying real depthKurdish · Numerology 3HimariSunflower; sunny place — a small name carrying real depthJapanese · Numerology 4HinaSunlight; lovely — a classic with a fresh edgeJapanese · Numerology 5HisakoA long-lived, eternal child — distinctive without trying too hardJapanese · Numerology 9HiyaHeart — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit · Numerology 7HninSnow; dewy — distinctive without trying too hardBurmese · Numerology 9HongdouThe red bean of longing — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 3HongmeiThe red plum blossom — a name with quiet staying powerChinese · Numerology 8HuilingWise and delicate as jade — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 8HyejuA graceful pearl — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 6HyunjuA wise pearl — a name with quiet staying powerKorean · Numerology 9IlginThe tamarisk tree — rooted yet ready to travelTurkish · Numerology 33IlianaBright, shining light — soft-sounding with strong rootsGreek · Numerology 1IlzeGod's oath; (Elizabeth) — warm, characterful and easy to wearLatvian · Numerology 7IngeOf Ing, the protective god — full of character and easy to loveGerman · Numerology 8IrohaThe beginning, the basics — memorable across culturesJapanese · Numerology 33Izanami(the creator goddess) — full of character and easy to loveJapanese · Numerology 1JhilikA glimpse; shimmer of light — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 5JiaBeautiful; auspicious; family — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 11JiayaoAn excellent distant jade — timeless and effortless to sayChinese · Numerology 7JiayingA luminous reed — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 3JinghuaA quiet, magnificent flower — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 7JingwenSerene and cultured — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 1JingyiQuiet harmony — warm, characterful and easy to wearChinese · Numerology 11JiyeonWisdom and beauty like a lotus — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 33JunmeiLush beauty — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 9KamilahPerfect, complete — a name with quiet staying powerArabic · Numerology 1KanakoA fragrant child — timeless and effortless to sayJapanese · Numerology 8KeerthiFame, glory, renown — understated and quietly elegantTelugu · Numerology 4Kieu DiemGraceful and charming — a classic with a fresh edgeVietnamese · Numerology 5Kim ThanhGolden purity — a name with quiet staying powerVietnamese · Numerology 3KiriTree bark; skin — distinctive without trying too hardMaori · Numerology 11KoharuLittle spring; gentle warmth — warm, characterful and easy to wearJapanese · Numerology 11KomalSoft, tender, delicate — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 7KshitijaHorizon; born of the earth — full of character and easy to loveSanskrit · Numerology 33KuntheaA sweet fragrance — soft-sounding with strong rootsKhmer · Numerology 8LadanHealthy, robust; a flower — warm, characterful and easy to wearAfrican · Numerology 5LakambiniA muse, a noblewoman — understated and quietly elegantFilipino · Numerology 9LanxueOrchid snow — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 5LanyingA luminous orchid — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 1LihleThe beautiful, good one — understated and quietly elegantAfrican · Numerology 1LinditaThe day is born; dawn — distinctive without trying too hardAlbanian · Numerology 33LiyiA beautiful charm — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 1LubabaThe innermost essence, the best part — timeless and effortless to sayArabic · Numerology 3LumeiA dewy plum blossom — a classic with a fresh edgeChinese · Numerology 6LuneMoon — soft-sounding with strong rootsFrench · Numerology 7MagandaBeautiful; (the first woman) — a name with quiet staying powerFilipino · Numerology 5MahekFragrance, sweet smell — warm, characterful and easy to wearSanskrit · Numerology 2MahinThe greatest; of the moon — full of character and easy to lovePersian · Numerology 9MayumiGentle, modest, dignified — a classic with a fresh edgeFilipino · Numerology 1MeghanaCloud; rain — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 4MeinaA beautiful grace — a classic with a fresh edgeChinese · Numerology 6MengyuA dream of jade — timeless and effortless to sayChinese · Numerology 4MereBeloved; (Mary) — timeless and effortless to sayFijian · Numerology 5MichikaA fragrant path — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulJapanese · Numerology 9MigleA soft mist — a classic with a fresh edgeLithuanian, Baltic · Numerology 1Minh NgocA bright jade — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 11MinoriA bountiful harvest — warm, characterful and easy to wearJapanese · Numerology 6MishikaHoneybee; a gift — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 7MizoreThe first sleet of winter — warm, characterful and easy to wearJapanese · Numerology 5MohanVast in letters — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 6NakyungGraceful and respected — distinctive without trying too hardKorean · Numerology 3NalediStar — distinctive without trying too hardAfrican · Numerology 9NanakaSeven flowers — warm, characterful and easy to wearJapanese · Numerology 6NanakoA beloved child of seven — soft-sounding with strong rootsJapanese · Numerology 2NanditaHappy, delighted, joyful — full of character and easy to loveSanskrit · Numerology 9NarangerelSunlight — memorable across culturesMongolian · Numerology 5NariLily — warm, characterful and easy to wearKorean · Numerology 6NatsukiThe hope of summer — memorable across culturesJapanese · Numerology 5NeneAffection — understated and quietly elegantJapanese · Numerology 2NgaioClever; (a native tree) — understated and quietly elegantMaori · Numerology 1Nhu QuynhGraceful as the cereus — a name with quiet staying powerVietnamese · Numerology 11NigarBeloved; a beautiful woman — rooted yet ready to travelAzerbaijani · Numerology 4NiharikaGalaxy; dewdrop — full of character and easy to loveSanskrit · Numerology 8Nino(the patron saint of Georgia) — a classic with a fresh edgeArmenian · Numerology 7NiyatiDestiny, fate — warm, characterful and easy to wearSanskrit · Numerology 33NnekaMother is supreme — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 9NobuhleMother of beauty — full of character and easy to loveAfrican · Numerology 5NohealaniThe beautiful one from heaven — timeless and effortless to sayHawaiian · Numerology 7NominLapis lazuli — timeless and effortless to sayMongolian · Numerology 11NyamburaOf the rain — full of character and easy to loveAfrican · Numerology 5NyaradzoComfort, consolation — warm, characterful and easy to wearAfrican · Numerology 5OrnellaFlowering ash tree — distinctive without trying too hardItalian · Numerology 5PallaviNew leaves, buds; an opening melody — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 1PanagiotaAll-holy — a classic with a fresh edgeGreek · Numerology 3Pania(a sea maiden of the reef) — timeless and effortless to sayMaori · Numerology 5Parmida(a Persian princess) — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 8Phuong HongA rosy phoenix — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulVietnamese · Numerology 8PinarA spring, a fountain — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulTurkish · Numerology 4PrabhleenAbsorbed in God — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 9QianqianDoubly graceful and slender — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 1QihuiA jade wisdom — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulChinese · Numerology 1QuillaThe moon (the Inca moon goddess) — understated and quietly elegantQuechua · Numerology 9QuyenGraceful; power — a small name carrying real depthVietnamese · Numerology 1RaisaEasy-going, carefree; a rose — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulRussian · Numerology 3RajniNight; queen — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 7RashmiRay of light — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 5RatnaJewel, gem — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 9ReemaWhite gazelle — understated and quietly elegantArabic · Numerology 6Reva(the river Narmada); swift, lively — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 1
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+What are the most popular girl names right now?
Trending girl names include Amelia, Charlotte, Emma, Hannah. Each balances an appealing sound with a meaning parents value, which is typically what drives a name's lasting popularity.
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