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This is a list of names in which the gender is feminine; and the relationship is short form.
There are 411 names matching your criteria.

ABI   f   Scottish
Short form of ABIGAIL
ADA   f   English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Italian
Short form of ADELAIDE and other names beginning with the same sound... [more]
ADORA   f   Spanish
Short form of ADORACIÓN
ADRIA   f   English
Short form of ADRIANA
AGDA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of AGATHA
ALDA (2)   f   Limburgish
Limburgish short form of ALDEGONDA
ALE   m & f   Finnish, Italian, Spanish
Finnish short form of ALEKSANTERI or ALEKSI, an Italian short form of ALESSANDRO, and a Spanish short form of ALEJANDRO or ALEJANDRA.
ALEID   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of ADELAIDE
ALEIDA   f   Dutch, German
Dutch and German short form of ADELAIDE
ALEIT   f   German
Low German short form of ADELAIDE
ALENA   f   German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Short form of MAGDALENA or HELENA
ALESSA   f   Italian
Short form of ALEXA
ALEX   m & f   English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese
Short form of ALEXANDER, ALEXANDRA, and other names beginning with Alex.
ALEXA   f   English
Short form of ALEXANDRA
ALEXINA   f   English
Feminine form of ALEX, or a diminutive of ALEXIS
ALINA (2)   f   German, Italian, Romanian, Polish, Finnish
Short form of ADELINA and names that end in alina.
ALINE   f   French, English, Portuguese
Medieval short form of ADELINE... [more]
AMAKA   f   Western African, Igbo
Short form of CHIAMAKA
ANELIE   f   German
Short form of ANNELIESE
ANNE (2)   m & f   Frisian
Short form of names beginning with the Germanic element arn "eagle".
ASH   m & f   English
Short form of ASHLEY... [more]
ASUN   f   Spanish
Short form of ASUNCIÓN
BARA   f   Croatian
Croatian short form of BARBARA
BARB   f   English
Short form of BARBARA
BEA   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX
BECCA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA
BECKA   f   English
Short form of REBECCA
BECKAH   f   English
Short form of REBECCA
BEE   f   English
Short form of BEATRIX and other names beginning with B.
BELLA   f   English
Short form of ISABELLA and other names ending in bella... [more]
BELLE   f   English
Short form of ISABELLA or names ending in belle... [more]
BET   f   Frisian, Limburgish
Frisian and Limburgish short form of ELISABETH
BETH   f   English
Short form of ELIZABETH, or sometimes BETHANY.
BEV   f   English
Short form of BEVERLY
BICE   f   Italian
Short form of BEATRICE
BINE   f   Danish
Short form of JACOBINE
BRIELLE   f   English (Modern)
Short form of GABRIELLE... [more]
BRIT   f   Norwegian
Norwegian short form of BIRGITTA
BRITA   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Diminutive of BIRGITTA
BRITT   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA
BRITTA   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Scandinavian short form of BIRGITTA
BRON   f   Welsh
Short form of BRONWEN
CÁIT   f   Irish
Short form of CAITRÍONA
CAM (2)   m & f   English
Short form of CAMERON
CANDE   f & m   Spanish
Short form of CANDELARIA or CANDELARIO
CANDELA   f   Spanish
Short form of CANDELARIA
CAROL (1)   f & m   English
Short form of CAROLINE... [more]
CASS   f & m   English
Short form of CASSANDRA, CASSIDY, and other names beginning with Cass.
CATHRIN   f   German
German short form of KATHARINA
CATRIN   f   Welsh, German
Welsh form of KATHERINE, as well as a German short form of KATHARINA.
CELIA   f   English, Spanish, Italian
Feminine form of the Roman family name CAELIUS... [more]
CELINA   f   Polish
Short form of MARCELINA
CÉLINE   f   French
French feminine form of CAELINUS... [more]
CERI (2)   f   Welsh
Short form of CERIDWEN
CHER   f   English
Short form of CHERYL... [more]
CHI (2)   m & f   Mythology, Western African, Igbo
Means "god, spirtual being" in Igbo, referring to the personal spiritual guardian that each person is believed to have... [more]
CHIDI   m & f   Western African, Igbo
Means "God exists" in Igbo... [more]
CHINWE   m & f   Western African, Igbo
Means "God owns" in Igbo... [more]
CHITA   f   Spanish
Short form of CONCHITA
CHRIS   m & f   English, Dutch
Short form of CHRISTOPHER, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTINE, and other names that begin with Chris.
CHRISTA   f   German, Danish, English
Short form of CHRISTINA
CLEO   f   English
Short form of CLEOPATRA
COBA   f   Dutch
Short form of JACOBA
COLETTE   f   French
Short form of NICOLETTE... [more]
COLINE   f   French
Short form of NICOLINE
CORA   f   English, German
Created by James Fenimore Cooper for his novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826)... [more]
DANA (1)   f   Czech, Romanian, German
Feminine form of DANIEL
DANNA   f   English
Feminine form of DANIEL or DAN (1)
DASSAH   f   Hebrew
Short form of HADASSAH
DEB   f   English
Short form of DEBORAH
DELIA (2)   f   English
Short form of ADELIA or BEDELIA
DELLA   f   English
Diminutive of ADELA or ADELAIDE... [more]
DELMA   f   Irish, English
Short form of FIDELMA
DEMI   f   Greek
Short form of DEMETRIA
DI   f   English
Short form of DIANA
DINA (2)   f   Italian
Feminine form of DINO
DÓRA   f   Hungarian
Short form of DOROTTYA, IZIDÓRA or TEODÓRA
DÖRTHE   f   German
Low German short form of DOROTHEA
DREA   f   English
Short form of ANDREA (2)
DREDA   f   English (Archaic)
Short form of ETHELDREDA
DRIKA   f   Dutch
Short form of HENDRIKA
DRINA   f   English (Rare)
Diminutive of ADRIANA
DYE   f   Medieval English
Medieval short form of DIONISIA
EA (2)   f   Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Short form of names ending in ea.
ELEA   f   English
Short form of ELEANOR... [more]
ELI (3)   f   Norwegian, Danish
Norwegian and Danish short form of ELIZABETH or ELIN
ELIISA   f   Finnish
Finnish short form of ELISABET
ÉLISE   f   French
French short form of ÉLISABETH
ELIZA   f   English, Polish
Short form of ELIZABETH... [more]
ELLEN (2)   f   Dutch
Short form of ELEONORA
ELMA   f   Dutch, German
Short form of WILHELMINE or names ending in elma, such as ANSELMA.
ELMIRA   f   English
Shortened form of EDELMIRA... [more]
ELS   f   Dutch
Short form of ELISABETH
ELZĖ   f   Lithuanian
Short form of ELŽBIETA
EM   f   English
Short form of EMILY or EMMA
ENA (2)   f   Croatian
Short form of IRENA
ENCARNA   f   Spanish
Short form of ENCARNACIÓN
ETEL   f   Hungarian
Feminine form of ETELE
ETTA   f   English
Short form of HENRIETTA and other names that end with etta... [more]
EULA   f   English
Short form of EULALIA
EULIA   f   ?
Short form of EULALIA
FAY   f   English
Derived from Middle English faie meaning "fairy"... [more]
FINA   f   Italian
Short form of SERAFINA... [more]
FLO   f   English
Short form of FLORENCE or FLORA
FRAN   m & f   Spanish, English, Croatian, Slovene
Short form of FRANCIS, FRANCES or related names.
FRANCE   f   French
From the name of the country, sometimes considered a feminine form of FRANK (1) or short form of FRANÇOISE, both of which are ultimately related to the name of the country.
FRANCKA   f   Slovene
Short form of FRANČIŠKA
FRANZI   f   German
Short form of FRANZISKA
FREDA   f   English
Short form of names ending in freda or fred, such as WINIFRED or ALFREDA.
FRIEDA   f   German, English
Variant of FRIDA
FRIEDE   f   German
Short form of names containing the element fried, derived from the Germanic element frid meaning "peace".
GAIL   f   English
Short form of ABIGAIL
GALA   f   Russian
Short form of GALINA
GIANNA   f   Italian
Short form of GIOVANNA
GILDA   f   Italian, Portuguese
Originally an Italian short form of names containing the Germanic element gild meaning "sacrifice, value".
GILL   f   English
Short form of GILLIAN
GINA   f   Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Short form of GEORGINA, REGINA, LUIGINA, and other names ending in gina... [more]
GISA   f   German
German short form of GISELLE
GITTA   f   German
German short form of BRIGITTA
GITTE   f   German
German short form of BRIGITTE
GREET   f   Dutch, Limburgish
Dutch and Limburgish short form of MARGARET
GRETA   f   Swedish, German, English
Short form of MARGARETA... [more]
GRETE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of MARGARET
GRETHE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Short form of MARGRETHE
GRIET   f   Dutch
Short form of MARGRIET
GULLA   f   Ancient Scandinavian
Old Norse form of GULL
GUSTA   f   Dutch
Short form of AUGUSTA
GWEN   f   Welsh, English
From Welsh gwen, the feminine form of gwyn meaning "white, fair, blessed"... [more]
HAJNAL   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of HAJNA
HANNE (1)   f & m   Danish, Norwegian, German, Dutch
Danish and Norwegian short form of JOHANNE, or a German and Dutch short form of JOHANNA... [more]
HAZE   f   English (Rare)
Short form of HAZEL
HELMA   f   German, Dutch
Short form of WILHELMINA
HELMINE   f   German
Short form of WILHELMINE
HENNA   f   Finnish
Finnish feminine form of HENRY
INA   f   English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Limburgish, Croatian
Short form of names ending with ina.
IRA (2)   f   Russian
Short form of IRINA
ISA (2)   f   German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
Short form of ISABELLA
JAANA   f   Finnish
Short form of MARJAANA and other names ending in jaana.
JACQUI   f   English (British)
Short form of JACQUELINE
JAGA   f   Croatian, Macedonian
Croatian and Macedonian diminutive of AGATHA or JAGODA
JAN (2)   f   English
Short form of JANET, JANICE, and other names beginning with Jan.
JELA   f   Croatian
Short form of JELENA... [more]
JEN   f   English
Short form of JENNIFER
JENN   f   English
Short form of JENNIFER
JESS   m & f   English
Short form of JESSE or JESSICA
JETTA   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of HENRIETTA
JETTE   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of HENRIETTE
JILL   f   English
Short form of GILLIAN
JO   f & m   English, German, Dutch
Short form of JOAN (1), JOANNA, JOSEPHINE, or other names that begin with Jo... [more]
JOLA   f   Hungarian
Short form of JOLÁN
JOLÁN   f   Hungarian
Short form of JOLÁNKA
JONNA   f   Danish, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of JOHANNA
JORIE   f   English
Short form of MARJORIE
JOSS   f & m   English
Short form of JOCELYN
JULI   f   Hungarian
Hungarian short form of JULIA
KAREN (1)   f   Danish, Norwegian, German, English
Danish short form of KATHERINE... [more]
KARI (1)   f   Norwegian
Norwegian short form of KATARINA
KARIN   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Swedish short form of KATHERINE
KATA   f   Hungarian, Finnish, Croatian
Hungarian short form of KATALIN, Finnish short form of KATARIINA and Croatian short form of KATARINA.
KATERINA   f   Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman
Macedonian form of KATHERINE, a Russian short form of YEKATERINA, a Bulgarian short form of EKATERINA, and a Greek variant of AIKATERINE.
KATHRIN   f   German
German short form of KATHARINA
KAY (1)   f   English
Short form of KATHERINE and other names beginning with K.
KENZIE   m & f   English
Short form of MACKENZIE
KIM (1)   f & m   English
At the present it is usually considered a short form of KIMBERLY, but it in fact predates it as a given name... [more]
KIRSI   f   Finnish
Finnish form of CHRISTINA, or a short form of KIRSIKKA... [more]
KRIS   m & f   English, Danish
Short form of KRISTIAN, KRISTOFFER, and other names beginning with Kris.
KRISTA   f   German, English, Finnish
Short form of KRISTINA
KRISTIN   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, English
Scandinavian and German form of CHRISTINA
KYLLI   f   Finnish
Short form of KYLLIKKI
LALIA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of EULALIA
LANA   f   English, Russian, Croatian
Short form of ALANA (English) or SVETLANA (Russian)... [more]
LEANORA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of ELEANORA
LECIA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of ALICIA, FELICIA or LETITIA.
LEENA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian short form of HELENA or MATLEENA
LENA   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Polish, Russian, English, Italian, Portuguese
Scandinavian, German and Polish short form of HELENA or MAGDALENA, and a Russian short form of YELENA.
LENE   f   German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian short form of HELENE or MAGDALENE
LENORA   f   English
Short form of ELENORA
LENORE   f   English
Short form of ELEANOR... [more]
LEONORA   f   Italian
Italian short form of ELEANOR
LEONORE   f   German
German short form of ELEANOR
LESIA   f   English
Short form of ALESIA
LESŁAWA   f   Polish
Short form of LECHOSŁAWA
LETHA   f   English
Possibly a short form of ALETHA
LEXA   f   English
Short form of ALEXANDRA or ALEXA
LEXIA   f   English
Short form of ALEXIA
LEXUS   f   English
Short form of ALEXUS... [more]
LIA (2)   f   Italian
Short form of ROSALIA
LIANA   f   Italian, Portuguese, English
Short form of ELIANA (1), JULIANA, LILIANA, and other names that end in liana... [more]
LIANE   f   German
Short form of JULIANE
LIEN   f   Dutch
Short form of CAROLIEN and other names ending in lien.
LIEVE   f   Dutch
Short form of GODELIEVE
LIINA   f   Finnish
Short form of KAROLIINA
LIISA   f   Finnish, Estonian
Finnish and Estonian short form of ELISABET or ELIISABET
LILLIA   f   English
Short form of LILLIAN or an elaborated form of LILY.
LINA (2)   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Croatian
Short form of names ending in lina.
LINE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Short form of names ending in line.
LINN   f   Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA
LIS   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Short form of ELISABET
LISBET   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Scandinavian short form of ELISABET
LISBETH   f   German
German short form of ELISABETH
LISHA   f   English
Short form of ALICIA, FELICIA, and other names ending with the same sound.
LISSA   f   English
Short form of MELISSA
LIV (2)   f   English
Short form of OLIVIA
LIVIA (2)   f   English
Short form of OLIVIA
LIZ   f   English
Short form of ELIZABETH... [more]
LIZA   f   English, Russian, Hungarian
Short form of ELIZABETH or YELIZAVETA
LIZAVETA   f   Russian
Short form of YELIZAVETA
LIZBETH   f   English
Short form of ELIZABETH
LJUBA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Short form of LJUBICA
LONE   f   Danish
Short form of ABELONE or MAGDALONE
LOREN   m & f   English
Either a short form of LAURENCE (1) (masculine) or a variant of LAUREN (feminine).
LOTTA   f   Swedish, Finnish
Short form of CHARLOTTA
LOTTE   f   German, Dutch, Danish
Short form of LISELOTTE or CHARLOTTE
LOU   f & m   English, French
Short form of LOUISE or LOUIS
LUPE   f   Spanish
Short form of GUADALUPE
LYNN   f & m   English
From an English surname which was derived from Welsh llyn "lake"... [more]
LYSSA   f   English
Short form of ALYSSA
MABEL   f   English
Medieval feminine form of AMABILIS... [more]
MAJDA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Short form of MAGDALENA
MALENA   f   Swedish, Spanish, Czech
Swedish and Spanish short form of MAGDALENA, and Czech short form of MAHULENA.
MALENE   f   Danish, Norwegian
Danish short form of MAGDALENE
MALIN   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Swedish and Norwegian short form of MAGDALENE
MANUELA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, German, Italian
Feminine form of MANUEL
MARED   f   Welsh
Welsh form of MARGARET
MARGE   f   English
Diminutive of MARGARET
MARGOT   f   French
French short form of MARGARET
MARJE   f   English
Diminutive of MARJORIE
MARNA   f   Danish
Danish short form of MARINA
MÄRTA   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of MARGARETA
MEL   m & f   English
Short form of MELVIN, MELANIE, MELISSA, and other names beginning with Mel.
MERETE   f   Danish
Danish form of MARGARET
MICA   f   Hebrew
Short form of MICHAL (2)
MIEN   f   Dutch, Limburgish
Dutch and Limburgish short form of WILHELMINA
MIINA   f   Finnish
Short form of VILHELMIINA
MILLA   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Short form of CAMILLA and other names that end in milla.
MINA (1)   f   English, Dutch, Limburgish
Short form of WILHELMINA and other names ending in mina... [more]
MINNA   f   German, Finnish
German short form of WILHELMINA and a Finnish short form of VILHELMIINA.
MINTA   f   English (Rare)
Short form of ARAMINTA
MIRA (2)   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Croatian, Polish, Medieval Slavic
Short form of names containing the Slavic element mir meaning "peace" or "world".
MO   f & m   English
Short form of MAUREEN, MAURICE, MORRIS, and other names beginning with a similar sound.
MONA (2)   f   Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Scandinavian short form of MONIKA
MONTSE   f   Catalan
Short form of MONTSERRAT
MYF   f   Welsh
Short form of MYFANWY
NAN   f   English
Diminutive of ANNE (1) and a short form of NANCY.
NASTASYA   f   Russian
Short form of ANASTASIYA
NAT   m & f   English
Short form of NATHAN, NATHANIEL, NATALIE, or other names beginning with Nat.
NATA   f   Russian
Short form of NATALYA
NEA   f   Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA
NEDA   f   Croatian, Serbian
Short form of NEDELJKA
NELA   f   Croatian, Slovak, Portuguese
Short form of names ending in nela, such as ANTONELA.
NES   f   Dutch, Limburgish
Dutch and Limburgish short form of AGNES
NESS (2)   f   English
Short form of VANESSA
NESSA (1)   f   English
Short form of VANESSA and other names ending in nessa.
NEVA   f   English
Short form of GENEVA
NIINA   f   Finnish
Short form of ANNIINA
NIKA (1)   f & m   Russian
Short form of VERONIKA and other names ending in nika... [more]
NILDA   f   Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of BRUNILDA
NINA (1)   f   Russian, Italian, English, German, French, Polish, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Short form of names that end in nina, such as ANTONINA or GIANNINA... [more]
NINE   f   Frisian
Frisian short form of KATHERINE
NITA (1)   f   English
Short form of ANITA and other names ending in nita.
NKECHI   f   Western African, Igbo
Short form of NKECHINYERE
NKIRU   f   Western African, Igbo
Short form of NKIRUKA
NOOR (2)   f   Dutch
Dutch short form of ELEONORA
NOORA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of NORA
NÓRA   f   Irish
Irish Gaelic form of NORA
NUALA   f   Irish
Short form of FIONNUALA
NUNZIA   f   Italian
Short form of ANNUNZIATA
OANA   f   Romanian
Romanian short form of IOANA
OLA (2)   f   Polish
Polish short form of ALEKSANDRA
ONYEKA   f   Western African, Igbo
Short form of ONYEKACHI
PAM   f   English
Short form of PAMELA
PAT   m & f   English
Short form of PATRICK or PATRICIA... [more]
PEN   f   English
Short form of PENELOPE
PENE   f   English (Rare)
Short form of PENELOPE
PINA   f   Italian
Short form of names ending in pina.
POLA   f   Polish
Short form of APOLONIA
POLINA   f   Russian, Bulgarian
Either a Russian and Bulgarian form of PAULINA or a short form of APOLLINARIYA.
POLONA   f   Slovene
Short form of APOLONIJA
PRIITA   f   Finnish
Finnish form of BRITA
PRIS   f   English
Short form of PRISCILLA
PRU   f   English
Short form of PRUDENCE
PRUE   f   English
Short form of PRUDENCE


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