Unique & unusual names for girls (100+ names!) (2024)

What differentiates regular names from unusual baby names for girls? There are several things that could make a name ‘quirky’ or ‘odd’. It could be last names used as first names, boy names used on a baby girl, a reference to an obscure book or movie, or it could just be rare girl names that you just don’t hear very often.

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What differentiates regular names from unusual baby names for girls? There are several things that could make a name ‘quirky’ or ‘odd’. It could be last names used as first names, boy names used on a baby girl, a reference to an obscure book or movie, or it could just be rare girl names that you just don’t hear very often.

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The top 100+ unusual girl names

Girl names that start with A

Ace, Addison, Adelia, Alva, Ambrosia, Asa, August, Avery, Aviana

Fun fact: Asa is actually a great androgynous or unisex name; Asa Butterfield is a great example of its use on a boy.

Famous namesakes: August Zuckerberg

Girl names that start with B

Banks, Beata, Beryl, Bijou, Billie, Blaine, Blue Ivy, Branwen, Bobbie

Fun fact: Bijou is a beautiful French name that means ‘jewel’.

Famous namesakes: Billie Lourd

Girl names that start with C

Cade, Cameo, Cameron, Caoimhe, Carson, Cecile, Celestia, Circe, Consuelo, Curtis

Fun fact: In Greek mythology, Circe is the daughter of the sun Helios.

Famous namesakes: Carson Kressley, Cameron Diaz

Girl names that start with D

Darcy, Desta, Dharma, Dylan

Fun fact: Dharma is a very sacred concept in Hinduism. It means the nature or order of the universe.

Girl names that start with E

Elektra, Elva

Fun fact: Elektra is of Greek origin and means ‘incandescent’ or ‘shining’. It lends its name to ‘Elektra complex’, which is like the opposite gender version of an Oedipus complex.

Girl names that start with F

Fable, Federica, Finn, Flavia, Fleur, Frankie

Fun fact: Fleur means ‘flower’ in French. It was the name of a character, Fleur Delacour, in Harry Potter.

Girl names that start with G

Garrett, Glenn, Gracia, Grey

Fun fact: Grey is a Scottish-English name that, aptly enough, was used to refer to people with grey hair.

Girl names that start with H

Harlan, Harper, Hayden, Henley, Hester

Fun fact: Hester Prynne is the name of the main character in The Scarlet Letter.

Girl names that start with I

Ira, Isabeau, Isolde

Fun fact: Isolde used to be a really common English name since it’s derived from an old Celtic romance story.

Girl names that start with J

Jacinda, Jessie, Jordan, Julian

Fun fact: Jessie as a nickname is common as a shortened form of ‘Jessica’.

Famous namesakes: Jessie J, Jordin Sparks

Girl names that start with K

Keiko, Kennedy, Kent, Kit, Kulture, Kyle

Fun fact: In Japanese, Keiko means ‘happy child’.

Famous namesakes: Kulture Kiari Cephus

Girl names that start with L

Lake, Lakshmi, Logan, Lou, Lyle

Fun fact: Lakshmi (sometimes spelled Laxmi) is also the name of the Hindu goddess of prosperity.

Famous namesakes: Logan Browning

Girl names that start with M

Madison, Mason, Maxima, Maxwell, Mellie, Millicent, Monroe

Fun fact: Millicent was a very popular name from the Middle Ages, but it’s not as commonly seen today.

Famous namesakes: Monroe Cannon, Madison Pettis

Girl names that start with N

North, Nona, November

Fun fact: Nona could be a nickname, but on its own, it means ‘nine’.

Famous namesakes: North Kardashian-West

Girl names that start with O

Olympia, Owen

Fun fact: Olympia is a Greek name that means ‘of Mount Olympus’, the mountain where all of their gods reside.

Girl names that start with P

Parker, Peyton, Phoenix, Portia

Fun fact: Phoenix is also the name of the mythological bird that ‘dies’ in flames and is reborn from the ashes.

Famous namesakes: Portia de Rossi

Girl names that start with R

Raleigh, Reagan, Rigby, Rosabel

Fun fact: Rosabel is a portmanteau of ‘Rosa’ and ‘Isabel’.

Girl names that start with S

Sabine, Sable, Shawn, Shay, Sloan

Fun fact: Sabine is a very popular name in France, but not so much elsewhere.

Famous namesakes: Shay Mitchell

Girl names that start with T

Tansy, Tatum, Toby, Tony, Thisbe

Fun fact: Thisbe is a tragic character from Greek mythology; her story is briefly portrayed in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Girl names that start with U

Urban

Fun fact: Urban is more popular as a last name (like Keith Urban), but people have begun using it as a first name.

Girl names that start with V

Val, Van, Velvet, Verona

Fun fact: Verona is a place in Italy commonly referenced in Shakespeare’s place, most famously in Romeo and Juliet.

Girl names that start with W

Wesley, Winslow, Wyatt

Fun fact: There is a city in Arizona called Winslow.

Girl names that start with Y

Yolanda

Fun fact: Yolanda actually means “violet” in Greek.

Famous namesakes: Yolanda Hadid

Girl names that start with Z

Zora

Fun fact: The most popular work that references a ‘Zora’ is the video game series The Legend of Zelda.

What name did you like best?

This list proves that unusual names don’t always have to be weird or funny – they can be sweet and meaningful, too!

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