This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the order is random.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Content m & f English (Puritan)From the English word, meaning "in a state of peaceful happiness", ultimately from Latin
contentus meaning "satisfied".
Xuanyun f ChineseFrom the Chinese
渲 (xuàn) meaning "add repeated washes of colour" and
云 (yún) meaning "clouds".
Kaivalya f & m SanskritKaivalya is the ultimate goal of Raja yoga and means "solitude", "detachment" or "isolation", a vrddhi-derivation from kevala, "alone, isolated". It is the isolation of purusha from prakrti, and subsequent liberation from rebirth.
Dómhildr f Old NorseDerived from Old Norse
dómr "judgement", "legal sentence", "fate", "doom" and
hildr "battle", "fight".
Guanglan f ChineseFrom Chinese
光 (guāng) meaning "light, brilliant, shine" and
兰 (lán) meaning "orchid".
Sichang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
思 (sī) meaning "think, consider, ponder" and
嫦 (cháng), the name of a moon goddess.
Nimbus m & f ObscureMeaning "halo" or "dark cloud." First seen as a label for the halos depicted around the heads of significant figures in religious artwork. Used as an etymological root for the names of clouds, especially storm clouds... [
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Shmi f Popular CultureDerived from
Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth, prosperity, good luck, and beauty. This is the name of Anakin Skywalker's mother from 'Star Wars'.
Adamantine f French, EnglishMeans "of unyielding quality" or "diamond like". From the Latin
adamantinus meaning 'incorruptible, inflexible', itself from the Greek
adamantinos (ἀδαμάντινος) of the same meaning, with the Greek or Latin suffix of -
ine meaning 'like', 'made of', or 'of the nature of'... [
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Movina f Sanskrit (Rare)Movina does not have a specific meaning, although it can mean moving on, coping with grief, and disappointment.
Alexirrhoe f Greek MythologyDerived from the Greek verb ἀλέξω
(alexo) meaning "to defend" as well as "to help" combined with the Greek noun ῥοή
(rhoe) meaning "river, stream". Also compare the Greek noun ῥόος
(rhoos) meaning "stream, flow of water, current" as well as the name
Alexirrhoia, which are both closely related.... [
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Aya f BaouléDerived from Baoulé
ya "Friday", referring to the day of the week on which the child was born and hence to be understood as "born on Friday".
Sereia f Portuguese (Brazilian)The Portuguese word for mermaid. Found in use in Brazil as a given name but also well represented as a nickname.
Ahtziri f Spanish (Mexican)Possibly a variant of the name
Yatziri. May be of Mayan or Aztec origin, with some sources claiming it means "corn flower" or "corn goddess".
Jeongseul f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 貞 "virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal", 正 "right, proper, correct" or 庭 "courtyard" (jeong) and 璱 meaning "blue jewel" or 瑟, referring to the pipa instrument.
Elinor f HebrewA combination of the elements
Eli "My god" אלי and
Nor נור "Light", it is also a Hebrew version of the name
Eleanor .
Amaha f JapaneseFrom Japanese 天 (
ama) meaning "heaven, sky" or 雨 (
ama) meaning "rain" combined with 羽 (
ha) meaning "feather" or 菜 (
ha) meaning "vegetables, greens". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Necahual f NahuatlMeans "left behind, survivor", derived from Nahuatl
cahua, meaning "to leave, to abandon something; to be left, remain, survive".
Lek m & f ThaiMeans "small, little" in Thai. It is also commonly used as a nickname.
Chokyi m & f TibetanFrom Tibetan ཆོས་ཀྱི
(chos-kyi) meaning "religious, pious, virtuous".
Siviä f FinnishModern coinage taken from the word
siviä, a dialectal form of
siveä, meaning "chaste".
Oychiroq f UzbekDerived from
oy meaning "moon" and
chiroq meaning "lamp, light", also an endearing term for children.
Hinaleimoana f & m HawaiianCombination of
Hinalei and
Moana. Hinaleimoana Kwai Kong Wong-Kalu (1972- ) is a Native Hawaiian community leader in the field of Kanaka Maoli language and cultural preservation.
Ássuma m & f BandialMeans "the nice one" or "the unselfish one" in Bandial.
Nüba f Chinese Mythology, Far Eastern MythologyFrom a combination of the characters 女 (nü, meaning “female, woman”) and 魃 (ba, meaning “drought spirit”). This is the name of a mythological figure mentioned in the Shanhaijing (山海经), or Classic of Mountains and Seas... [
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Ajda f KurdishDerived from Kurdish
ajda meaning "sprout, shoot".
Mariko f GeorgianGeorgian variant of
Marika, which is a diminutive of feminine given names that start with
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Ikuha f JapaneseFrom Japanese 郁 (iku) meaning "fragrance, perfume" combined with 羽 (ha) meaning "feathers". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Zhuldyzay f KazakhFrom Kazakh жұлдыз
(zhuldyz) meaning "star" and ай
(ay) meaning "moon".
Somlak f & m ThaiFrom Thai สม
(som) meaning "worthy" and ลักษณ์
(lak) meaning "characteristic, quality".
Tümenbayar m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian түмэн
(tümen) meaning "ten thousand, multitude, myriad" or "people, nation" and баяр
(bayar) meaning "celebration, joy".
Sisomphone m & f LaoFrom Lao ສີສົມ
(sisom) meaning "orange (the colour)" and ພອນ
(phone) meaning "blessing".
Guishu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
贵 (guì) meaning "expensive, valuable" and
淑 (shū) meaning "kind and gentle".
Min f JapaneseFrom Japanese 敏 (min) meaning "agile, quick, alert; sensitivity", 民 (min) meaning "people, nation, subjects", 明 (min) meaning "bright, light", or 眠 (min) meaning "sleep, die, sleepy". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Momomi f JapaneseFrom Japanese 李 (
momo) meaning "plum,
Prunus salicina" combined with 海 (
mi) meaning "sea, ocean", 心 (
mi) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 光 (
mi) meaning "light, radiation"... [
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Hitomiko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 瞳 (
hitomi) or 眸 (
hitomi) both meaning "pupil of the eye" combined with 子 (
ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ywerit f & m Old Celtic, Welsh MythologyPossibly means either "Ireland" or "the Atlantic Ocean" (which lies in the direction of Ireland from Wales), both meanings derived from Proto-Celtic
*ɸīweriyū meaning "earth, soil". This was the name of a parent of
Brân in Welsh mythology, either being a variant name of
Llŷr (which means "the sea") or the name of his wife.
To'rabibi f UzbekDerived from
to'ra meaning "nobleman" (and perhaps by extension "noble") and
bibi meaning "learned woman".
Minetta f English (Rare)Latinate form of
Minette. This is also the name of an underground stream in New York City, which is claimed to derive from
Manette meaning "devil's water" in a Native American language; a street and a lane in Greenwich Village are named for the buried Minetta Brook, which flows beneath them.
Achiropita f Italian (Rare)Taken from the title of the Virgin Mary
Maria Santissima Achiropita, this name is typically and predominantly found in the province of Cosenza, in the Calabria region in Southern Italy.
Saparinah f JavaneseOf uncertain etymology, name borne by a prominent Indonesian psychologist.
Isley f & m English (Modern)Transferred use of the surname
Isley. This name is pronounced identically to
Eisele, which was used by American country singer Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum for her daughter born 2013.
Dysis f Greek MythologyMeans "sunset" in Greek. She was the eleventh of the twelve Horae, goddesses of the hours, who presided over the hour of sunset.
Leishan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
蕾 (lěi) meaning "unopened flower, bud" and
珊 (shān) meaning "coral" or
善 (shàn) meaning "good, virtuous, kind".
Komaldeep f & m Indian (Sikh)From Sanskrit कोमल
(komala) meaning "tender, delicate, charming, sweet" and दीप
(dīpa) meaning "lamp, light".
Mesedu f AvarDerived from Avar месед
(mesed) meaning "gold".
Ísafold f Icelandic (Rare)From a poetic name for Iceland, which is derived from Old Norse
íss meaning "ice" and
fold meaning "earth, land; field".
Lamduan f & m ThaiMeans "white cheesewood" (a type of tree) in Thai.
Hokule'a f & m Hawaiian, AstronomyHōkūleʻa is Hawaiian for “Star of Gladness” or “Clear Star”. The western name of this star is Arcturus. Hōkūleʻa is the brightest in the northern hemisphere and it is Hawaii’s zenith star... [
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Qianyue m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 千 (qiān) meaning "thousand", 茜 (qiān) meaning "rubia plant, madder plant", or 骞 (qiān) meaning "soar, fly, rise" combined with 月 (yuè) meaning "moon", 跃 (yuè) meaning "jump, leap", 越 (yuè) referring to the Yue people who inhabited southern China and northern Vietnam or 岳 (yuè) meaning "tall mountain"... [
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Lanqiong f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
岚 (lán) meaning "mountain mist" and
琼 (qióng) meaning "jade, rare, precious, elegant".
So-mi f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 昭 "bright, luminous; illustrious" and 美 "beautiful, pretty; pleasing".
Yurong f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 余
(yú) meaning "surplus", 郁
(yù) meaning "lush, luxuriant" or 育
(yù) meaning "raise, bring up, rear" combined with 荣
(róng) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper" or 蓉
(róng) meaning "lotus"... [
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Seilatsatsi f SothoMeaning unknown. Seilatsatsi is a character in some Sotho tales.
Ixlosbonu f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
ixlos meaning "devotion" and
bonu meaning "lady (title)".
Zhenghua m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 正
(zhèng) meaning "right, proper, correct" or 政
(zhèng) meaning "government" combined with 华
(huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese"... [
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Freedom m & f English (Puritan), English (African)From Old English
frēodōm, used in reference to the Biblical verse 2 Corinthians 3:17, "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." The name found a resurgence in usage during the American centennial of 1876 and bicentennial of 1976... [
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Wuchen f ChineseFrom the Chinese
妩 (wǔ) meaning "charming, enchanting" and
辰 (chén) meaning "early morning, celestial bodies".
Liliosa f History (Ecclesiastical), Spanish (Philippines)Feminine diminutive of Latin
lilium "lily". This name belonged to an Iberian Christian woman martyred in Córdoba, Andalusia c.852 under Emir Abd ar-Rahman II, along with her husband Felix, his cousin Aurelius and Aurelius' wife Natalia.
Mingxian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
明 (míng) meaning "bright, light, brilliant, clear" and
娴 (xián) meaning "elegant, refined".
Pirrmangka f Indigenous Australian, PintupiOf Australian Aboriginal origin (Pintupi, to be precise), the meaning of this name is not yet known to me at the moment. A known bearer of this name was Pirrmangka Napanangka (c. 1945-2001), an Australian Aboriginal painter who also happened to be the sister of fellow painter Walangkura Napanangka (b... [
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Behati f AfrikaansPossibly an Afrikaans variant of
Beata. It is the name of Namibian fashion model Behati Prinsloo (b. 1989).
Koinu f Japanese (Rare)Taken from 子犬 (koinu) meaning "puppy". Could also use the Kanji combinations 小犬 (koinu) meaning "little dog" or 心犬 (koinu) meaning "heart dog".
Xiaojing f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 小
(xiǎo) meaning "small" or 晓
(xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand" combined with 静
(jìng) meaning "quiet, still, gentle", 菁
(jīng) meaning "lush, luxuriant, garlic chives, leek" or 晶
(jīng) meaning "clear, crystal"... [
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Wisal f ArabicWisal is an Arabic name which is extracted from the word "صلة" (sila) which means realation or linkage... [
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Amalgund f GermanicDerived from the Germanic element
amal "work" combined with Old High German
gund "war."
Harika f TurkishDirectly taken from Turkish
harika "miracle; wonderful; lovely".
Phra Mae Thorani f Far Eastern MythologyThai chthonic earth goddess. Her name is derived from
พระ (phra), an honorific title,
แม่ (mae) meaning "mother" and the Pali word
dhāraṇī meaning "ground, earth".