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.
Anguillette f FolkloreMeans "little eel" in French (a diminutive of French
anguille "eel"). This name is borne by the titular character of the fairy tale "Anguillette" (1697) by Henriette-Julie de Murat. Anguillette is a fairy who takes the form of an eel, and is rescued by a princess while in this form.
Misako f JapaneseFrom Japanese 美
(mi) meaning "beautiful" or 海
(mi) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 佐
(sa) meaning "help, aid", 沙
(sa) meaning "sand" or 咲
(sa) meaning "blossom" and 子
(ko) meaning "child"... [
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Chhun f & m KhmerFrom Chinese 春 (
chūn) meaning "spring" or possibly from 津 (
jīn) meaning "port".... [
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Aisuo f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
爱 (ài) meaning "love" and
索 (suǒ) meaning "rope", "laws, rules" or "search, inquire, demand".
Iona f JapaneseFrom Japanese 一 (i) meaning "one", 零 (o) meaning "zero" combined with 七 (na) meaning "seven". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Matsu f JapaneseThis name can be used as 松 (shou, matsu) meaning "pine tree" or it can be used to combine 末 (batsu, matsu, sue) meaning "close, end, powder, tip," 真 (shin, ma, ma-, makoto) meaning "real, true" or 麻 (ma, maa, asa) meaning "flax, hemp" with 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "harbour, port."... [
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Tianxiang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
天 (tiān) meaning "sky, heaven, celestial" and
香 (xiāng) meaning "fragrant, sweet smelling, incense".
Birghild f SwedishSwedish name with the combination of
Birga or other names that start with
birg and
hildr "battle, fight".
Zhonghua m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 中
(zhōng) meaning "middle" or 仲
(zhòng) meaning "middle, second" combined with 华
(huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese"... [
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Shōshi f Japanese (Archaic)Name that was given during the Hēan Period, to an Empress Consort, "藤原 彰子" FUJIWARANOSHŌSHI or AKIKO FUJIWARA, married to "一条天皇" ICHIJŌ the Japanese Emperor Ichijō . The Kanji Character "彰" meaning "Evident", "Manifest" with the Kanji Character "子" meaning "Child"... [
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Dariima f BuryatMeaning unknown, though it is probably of Tibetan-Sanskrit origin.
Zhovkhar f & m ChechenDerived from Persian گوهر
(gowhar) meaning "jewel, gem, pearl", as well as a variant transcription of the masculine name
Dzhokhar (of the same etymological origin).
Ance f LatvianOriginally a diminutive of
Anna, now used as a given name in its own right.
Bazhata f MordvinDerived from Erzya
бажамс (bazhams) meaning "wish, want, dream".
Ephesia f Greek Mythology, Late Roman, Ancient GreekFeminine form of
Ephesius. Also see the Italian form
Efisia. In Greek mythology this was an epithet of the goddess Artemis meaning "of Ephesus", Ephesus being a city in Asia Minor famous for a temple dedicated to her, which was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Hayuma m & f JapaneseFrom Japanese 覇 (ha) meaning "rule by might rather than right", 夕 (yu) meaning "evening", 隼 (hayu) meaning "falcon" or 映 (hayu) meaning "a reflection; to reflect" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or 磨 (ma) meaning "to polish, to grind, to brush (teeth)"... [
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Chipanya f MordvinMordvin name which is said to mean "sunny" or "sunflower" (compare Erzya чи
(chi) "sun").
Shorintsi f AsháninkaFrom the Ashaninka name for a species of turkey-like bird, species uncertain.
Wichitra f ThaiFrom Thai วิจิตร
(wichit) meaning "exquisite, beautiful, fine".
Ediye f Crimean TatarCrimean Tatar form of
Hadia, though it could also be derived from Arabic هَدِيَّة
(hadiyya) meaning "gift, donation".
Ceindeg f WelshDerived from Welsh
cein, the penult form of
cain, "fair, fine; elegant" and
teg "beautiful, fair, fine".
Tungalagtuyaa f MongolianFrom Mongolian тунгалаг
(tungalag) meaning "serenity, clarity" or "clear, unclouded, transparent" and туяа
(tuyaa) meaning "ray, beam (of light)"
Tian f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 甜
(tián) meaning "sweet", 天
(tiān) meaning "sky, heaven", 恬
(tián) meaning "calm, quiet, tranquil, peaceful" or 添
(tiān) meaning "add, increase", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Songniu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
颂 (sòng) meaning "acclaim; hymn" and
妞 (niū) meaning "girl".
Száva f Hungarian, LiteratureProbably derived from the Hungarian name for a river in central Europe, known as the Sava in English. This was used as a feminine name by French author Jules Verne in his novel
Mathias Sandorf (1885).
Feilin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
翡 (fěi) meaning "kingfisher, emerald" and
霖 (lín) meaning "continuous heavy rain".
Ecija f Croatian, SloveneCroatian and Slovene female form of
Ezio. Notable bearer is Croatian actress Ecija Ojdanić (born 1974).
Vivonne f English (Modern, Rare)French place name used as a personal name; Vivonne is a town in western France whose name is derived from the nearby River Vonne.
Qiongsheng f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
琼 (qióng) meaning "jade, rare, precious, elegant" and
盛 (shèng) meaning "abundant, flourishing".
Suyun f ChineseFrom the Chinese
夙 (sù) meaning "early morning, dawn" and
云 (yún) meaning "clouds".
Aon f JapaneseFrom Japanese 亜 (
a) meaning "second, Asia", 空 (
a) meaning "sky", 蒼 (
a) meaning "blue, green" or 碧 (
a) meaning "jade, green, blue" combined with 音 (
on) meaning "sound"... [
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Amarië f LiteratureUsed by J.R.R. Tolkien this is a
Quenya name of unknown meaning. It possibly comes from
mára meaning "good" or
mar meaning "home".
Urantuyaa f MongolianFrom Mongolian уран
(uran) meaning "adept, skillful, dexterous" and туяа
(tuyaa) meaning "ray, beam (of light)".
Omonbonu f UzbekDerived from
omon meaning "safe, healthy" and
bonu meaning "lady (title)".
Vaia f GreekFrom the Egyptian word referring to the palm branch.... [
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Diotallevia f ItalianMedieval name given to foundlings or infants with precarious health, probably at the basis of the Italian surname Diotallevi, in turn given to foundlings.
Shurenchimeg f MongolianMeans "coral ornament" in Mongolian, from шүрэн
(shüren) meaning "coral" and чимэг
(chimeg) meaning "adornment, ornament, embellishment".
Geqiao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
歌 (gē) meaning "song" and
乔 (qiáo) meaning "tall, lofty, proud".
Ïrïθbikä f BashkirFrom the Bashkir
ырыҫлы (ïrïθlï) meaning "happiness" feminine name element
бикә (bikä). Ainose f & m EsanMeans "no one is greater than God" in Esan.
Jeong-ja f KoreanFrom Korean hangul
정, hanja
貞 (
jeong) "chastity, virtue" or "chaste, virtuous" and
자, hanja
子 (
ja) "child, offspring", making it a cognate of - or even a direct borrowing from - the popular Japanese name
Sadako.... [
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Otgondavaa m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian отгон
(otgon) meaning "youngest" and даваа
(davaa) meaning "Monday" or "threshold, passage, mountain pass".
Ziqi m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 子
(zǐ) meaning "child", 梓
(zǐ) meaning "catalpa (a type of plant)" or 自
(zì, zí) meaning "self, oneself" combined with 柒
(qī) meaning "seven", 竒
(qí) meaning "odd, unusual, strange", 齐
(qí) meaning "even, level, uniform", 期
(qī, qí) meaning "time period, stage", 琪
(qí) meaning "fine jade" or 淇
(qí), the name of a river in Henan province... [
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Navro'zgul f UzbekDerived from nav'roz refering to a New Year's celebration widely celebrated in Central Asia, also meaning "springtime" or the name of a kind of apricot, and
gul meaning "rose, flower".
Hailun f & m ChineseFrom Chinese 海
(hǎi) meaning "sea, ocean" and 倫 or 仑
(lún) meaning "logic, reason, ethics, order". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Lohizune f BasqueDerived from
Donibane Lohizune, the Basque name of a town in Southwestern France. The name itself is derived from Basque
lohi "mud", the suffix
-z "manner, according to; with, made of" and the suffix
une "place of".
Shima f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition" combined with 麻 (ma) meaning "flax", 馬 (ma) meaning "horse", 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine", 万 (ma) meaning "very many" or 茉 (ma) meaning "white jasmine"... [
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Wenan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
雯 (wén) meaning "cloud patterns" and
安 (ān) meaning "quiet, calm, peaceful".
Xinxi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant, aromatic, distant fragrance" or
欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted" and
曦 (xī) meaning "sunlight, sunshine, early dawn" or
夕 (xī) meaning "evening, night".
Chufei f ChineseFrom the Chinese
楚 (chǔ) meaning "clear" and
霏 (fēi) meaning "falling of snow and rain".
Đoàn m & f VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 摶
(đoàn) meaning "knead, model, spiral, circle".
Natsuho f JapaneseFrom 夏 (
natsu) meaning "summer" and 歩 (
ho) meaning "walk". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Anthim m & f Indian (Rare)Meaning uncertain. It could perhaps come from the Greek name
Anthimos, but I don't know how likely it generally is for Greek names to be used in India.
Longyu f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
隆 (lóng) meaning "prosperous, plentiful, abundant" and
雨 (yǔ) meaning "rain".
Plataia f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek πλατύς
(platys) meaning "broad, wide, flat". This was the name of a daughter of the river god
Asopus and nymph
Metope, after whom an eponymous city-state in Boeotia was supposedly named.
Immalee f LiteraturePossibly a variant of
Emily used by Charles Robert Maturin for the female protagonist in his novel 'Melmoth the Wanderer' (1820).
Mengyi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
梦 (mèng) meaning "dream" and
艺 (yì) meaning "art, talent, ability" or
懿 (yì) meaning "virtuous, admirable, esteemed".
Xianjing f ChineseFrom the Chinese
娴 (xián) meaning "elegant, refined" and
净 (jìng) meaning "clean, pure, cleanse".
Bethléem f French (Archaic)French form of
Bethlehem, which is the name of the birthplace of Jesus Christ. It appears that the given name Bethléem has always been very rare. I came across it in the Belgian civil registry (when I was doing genealogical research), where Bethléem was the name of an 18th-century French-speaking Belgian woman who was married, had 8 children between 1729-1748 and ultimately died in 1779.
Longying f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
珑 (lóng) meaning "gem cut like a dragon" and
莺 (yīng) meaning "oriole, green finch" or
萤 (yíng) meaning "glow-worm".
Inji f Arabic (Egyptian)Egyptian borrowing of Turkish
İnci. Inji Hanim (died 5 September 1890) was the first wife of Sa'id Pasha, Wāli of Egypt and Sudan from 1854 until 1863. She was known among the Europeans as Princess Sa'id.
Dindora f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
dindor meaning "pious".
Elaphiaia f Greek MythologyAlteration of
Alpheiaia, influenced by Greek ἔλαφος
(elaphos) "deer". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Artemis, under which she was worshipped in Elis.
Dubheasa f Medieval IrishMeaning "dark waterfall" from the Gaelic word
dubh meaning dark or black and
eas meaning waterfall.
Huinan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
慧 (huì) meaning "bright, intelligent" and
南 (nán) meaning "south".
Changqian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
嫦 (cháng), the name of a moon goddess, and
芊 (qiān) meaning "exuberant and vigorous foliage".
Tatia f GeorgianMeaning uncertain. Georgian sources state that the name is of Kartvelian origin but neglect to provide its meaning, whilst one Russian source essentially states that the name is a georgianization of
Tatya, the Russian short form of
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Shippo m & f Japanesejapanese for the phrase "seven jewels" used for an interjetc fox demon kit in the anime/manga inuyasha
Ioko f JapaneseFrom Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "great, excellent, magnificent", 緒 (o) meaning "cord" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Päiviö m & f FinnishFinnish form of
Peivas as well as a direct derivation from Finnish
päivä "day". While this name is exclusively masculine today, up until the 1940s it was also occasionally used as a feminine name.
Malenthe f Dutch (Rare)Meaning unknown. It might possibly be a completely invented name, or a combination of any name starting with
Ma- with
Lenthe.... [
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Shuanglu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
爽 (shuǎng) meaning "bright, clear, happy, cheerful, refreshing" and
露 (lù) meaning "dew".
Weitong f ChineseFrom the Chinese
微 (wēi) meaning "small" and
彤 (tóng) meaning "red, vermilion".
Yeqiong f ChineseFrom the Chinese
晔 (yè) meaning "bright, radiant, thriving" and
琼 (qióng) meaning "jade, rare, precious, elegant".
Kolap f & m KhmerMeans "rose" in Khmer, of Persian origin.
Chunlin m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 春
(chūn) meaning "spring (season)" or 椿
(chūn) meaning "camellia (flower)" combined with 林
(lín) meaning "forest" or 霖
(lín) meaning "long spell of rain, continuous rain"... [
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Dua f AlbanianDerived from Albanian
dua "I want; I love".