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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Modern but Not (girls)

Girls' name-trends are more nickname-driven apparently, and shorten to Addy, Maddy, Emma, Bella, Ella, or Lily (mostly skipping these, as they're covered in other posts). Girls' names are also more likely to start with A, K, Z; contain H, K, X, Y, Z, ; and end in 'lee' [and to a lesser extent, 'ee' in general], 'aya', or 'ia'.


  • Abigaia (ah-bee-GYE-ah, Greek [Biblical])--form of Abigail
  • Acacia (ah-KAY-shah, English)
  • Adannaya (ah-dah-NAH-yah, Igbo)--"her father's daughter"
  • Alaia (ah-lah-yah, Basque)--"happy"
  • Antheia (an-THAY-ah, Greek)--original form of Anthea
  • Araceli (ah-rah-SEH-lee, Spanish)
  • Arlie (AR-lee, English)
  • Atalia (ah-TAHL-yah, Hebrew)
  • Aviya (ah-vee-YAH, Hebrew)
  • Aya (ah-yah, Japanese, Hebrew, Arabic)
  • Caelia (SAY-lee-ah, English; CHAY-lee-ah or KYE-lee-ah, Latin)--"heaven"
  • Clelia (CLEHL-yah, Italian)
  • Deòiridh (JOR-ee, Scottish)
  • Eilidh (AY-lee, Scottish)--form of Helen or Eleanor
  • Evelia (eh-VEH-lee-ah, Spanish)
  • Freya (FRAY-ah, English)--from Norse, "lady"
  • Gioia (JOY-ah, Italian)
  • Idriya (ee-dree-ah, Hebrew)
  • Iole (ee-OH-lee, EYE-ah-lee, Greek)--"violet"
  • Junia (JOO-nee-ah, Latin)
  • Kamaria (kah-mah-REE-ah, Swahili)--from Arabic, "moon"
  • Keziah (keh-ZYE-ah, English)--from Hebrew "cassia spice"
  • Kyveli (kih-VEL-ee, Greek)
  • Laelia (LAY-lee-ah, English; LYE-lee-ah, Latin)
  • Lígia (LEE-zhee-ah, Portuguese)
  • Magali (mah-gah-LEE, French)--form of Magdalene/Madeline. Also spelled Magalie.
  • Mahalia (mah-HAY-lee-ah, English)--from Hebrew, "lyre"
  • Marsaili (MAR-sah-lee, Scottish)
  • Melia (MEL-ee-ah, Greek)--"honey"
  • Micaiah (mee-kah-yah, Hebrew)
  • Minali (MEE-nah-lee, Hindi)
  • Mireia (mee-RAY-ah, Spanish)--also spelled Mireya.
  • Nephele (NEF-el-ee, Greek)
  • Noya (noh-yah, Hebrew)--"beauty"
  • Priya (PREE-ah, Hindi)--"beloved"
  • Rheia (RAY-ah, Greek)--original form of Rhea.
  • Riya (REE-ah, Hindi)--"singer"
  • Suraya (soo-RAH-yah, Arabic)
  • Tacey (TAY-see, English)--from Latin, "quiet"
  • Taisiya (tah-EE-see-ah, Russian)
  • Thulile (too-lee-leh, Zulu)--"quiet"
  • Velia (VEHL-yah, Italian)

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