Short form of Isabella and other names ending in bella. It is also associated with the Italian word bella meaning "beautiful". It was used by the American author Stephenie Meyer for the main character in her popular Twilight series of novels, first released 2005, later adapted into a series of movies beginning 2008.
Bianca
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Italian, Romanian
Pronounced:BYANG-ka
Italian cognate of Blanche. Shakespeare had characters named Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew (1593) and Othello (1603).
Calypso
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Other Scripts:Καλυψώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced:kə-LIP-so(English)
From Greek Καλυψώ (Kalypso), which probably meant "she that conceals", derived from καλύπτω (kalypto) meaning "to cover, to conceal". In Greek myth this was the name of the nymph who fell in love with Odysseus after he was shipwrecked on her island of Ogygia. When he refused to stay with her she detained him for seven years until Zeus ordered her to release him.
Daja
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Literature, English (Modern)
Name of one of the main characters in Tamora Pierce's Circle of Magic series.
Hazel
Gender:Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced:HAY-zəl
From the English word hazel for the tree or the light brown colour, derived ultimately from Old English hæsel. It was coined as a given name in the 19th century and quickly became popular, reaching the 18th place for girls in the United States by 1897. It fell out of fashion in the second half of the 20th century, but has since recovered.
Hylla
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Popular Culture
Name of a character in the Heroes of Olympus. Hylla Ramírez-Arellano is the daughter of the goddess Bellona and the Queen of the Amazons.
Naomi 1
Gender:Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical
Other Scripts:נָעֳמִי(Hebrew)
Pronounced:nay-O-mee(English)nie-O-mee(English)
From the Hebrew name נָעֳמִי (Na'omi) meaning "pleasantness". In the Old Testament this is the name of the mother-in-law of Ruth. After the death of her husband and sons, she returned to Bethlehem with Ruth. There she declared that her name should be Mara because of her misfortune (see Ruth 1:20).
Though long common as a Jewish name, Naomi was not typically used as an English Christian name until after the Protestant Reformation. A notable bearer is the British model Naomi Campbell (1970-).
Nymphadora
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Literature
Pronounced:nimf-ə-DAWR-ə
Variant of Nymphodora used by J. K. Rowling in her 'Harry Potter' series of books, where it belongs to a minor character, a Metamorphmagus who despises her name.
Piper
Gender:Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Pronounced:PIE-pər
From an English surname that was originally given to a person who played on a pipe (a flute). It was popularized as a given name by a character from the television series Charmed, which debuted in 1998 [1].
Raidne
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts:Ραίδνη(Ancient Greek)
Raidne is one of the Sirens and the meaning of the name is unknown.