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.
Parichehr f PersianFrom پری (
pari) meaning "fairy" combined with چهره (
chehre) meaning "face, appearance"
Wijntje f Dutch, FlemishDutch diminutive of names that contain the element
wijn or
win, both of which ultimately come from Old High German
wini "friend".
Sorano f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 空 (
sora) meaning "sky" or 天 (
sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 乃 (
no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Savsan f UzbekUzbek feminine name refering to a kind of Iris flower.
Minxiang f ChineseFrom the Chinese
旻 (mín) meaning "heaven" and
香 (xiāng) meaning "fragrant, sweet smelling, incense".
Mamurhan f Karachay-BalkarFrom the Karachay-Balkar
мамыр (mamır) meaning "peaceful" and the Turkic title
khan meaning "king, ruler".
So-Yul f KoreanFrom Sino-Korean 素
(so) meaning "plain, simple" combined with 律
(yul) meaning "law, statute, rule, regulation". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.
Acai m & f English (Modern, Rare)From the name of the Açaí palm; derived from Old Tupi
asa'y or
ybasa'y, meaning "fruit that expels water".
Nauri f TahitianMeans "the two young coconut shoots", referring to the southern archipelagos south of French Polynesia.
Yuyuki m & f Japanese (Rare)From Japanese 優 (
yu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior" or 遊 (
yu) meaning "to play" with 喜 (
ki) meaning "joy", 紀 (
ki) meaning "chronicle" or 貴 (
ki) meaning "valuable" and then combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji... [
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Kesini f ThaiMeans "woman with beautiful hair" in Thai, ultimately from Sanskrit केशिनी
(keshini).
Ptelea f Greek MythologyDerived from Ancient Greek
πτελέα (
ptelea) meaning "wych elm", another name for the European elm tree. This was the name of one of the eight hamadryad daughters of
Oxylos and
Hamadryas, associated with the elm tree.
Fedra f Greek, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian (Rare), Galician, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Sicilian, Slovene, Spanish, Ukrainian, TheatreModern Greek form of
Phaidra (see
Phaedra) as well as the standard form in various other languages.... [
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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".
Jihong m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 继
(jì) meaning "continue, maintain, succeed" or 积
(jī) meaning "store up, amass, accumulate" combined with 红
(hóng) meaning "red, vermillion, blush", 宏
(hóng) meaning "wide, spacious, great, vast" or 弘
(hóng) meaning "enlarge, expand, great"... [
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Nefertkau f Ancient EgyptianAncient Egyptian feminine name meaning "the beautiful one of kas" (the plural of ka, meaning "soul").
Ctesylla f Greek Mythology (Latinized)Latinized form of Greek Κτήσυλλα
(Ktesylla), derived from Greek κτῆσις
(ktesis) meaning "acquisition, possession, property", which is ultimately derived from Greek κτάομαι
(ktaomai) meaning "to acquire, to procure for oneself" as well as "to possess"... [
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Manel f ArabicEither derived from Arabic منحة (menhh) "gift" or else an alternate transcription of Arabic
منال (See
Manal).
Falatrude f Medieval FrenchDerived from Old High German
falco meaning "falcon" and Proto-Germanic
*þrūþ meaning "strength" or Proto-Germanic
*trut meaning "maiden".
Sabre f English (Rare)Form of
Sabrina used by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his 12th-century
Historia Regum Britanniae. Alternatively, the name could be taken from the English word for a type of sword with a curved blade, which probably is ultimately from Hungarian
szabla (14th century, later
szablya) meaning literally "tool to cut with", from
szabni "to cut"... [
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Zenzile f & m Xhosa, SwaziFrom Xhosa
uzenzile meaning "you brought this on yourself". This was the first name of the South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba (1932-2008), full name Zenzile Miriam Makeba... [
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Abyzou f Near Eastern MythologyAppears to be a corrupted form of the Greek
ἄβυσσος ábyssos "abyss", the Greek itself was borrowed from Akkadian
Apsu or Sumerian
Abzu.
Lingcao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
灵 (líng) meaning "spirit, soul" and
草 (cǎo) meaning "grass".
Gyurme m & f Tibetan, BhutaneseFrom Tibetan གྱུར་མེད
(gyur-med) meaning "stable, unchanging", from གྱུར
(gyur) meaning "to change, to transform" and མེད
(med) meaning "not, without".
Qiling f ChineseFrom the Chinese
祺 (qí) meaning "good luck, good fortune" and
玲 (líng) meaning "tinkling of jade".
Arai f & m Basque, Medieval BasqueName originally found on a Roman tombstone in Araba, Basque Country. Although the original namebearer was male, the name was revived as a unisex name at the end of the 20th century.
Foniya f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
foniy meaning "transitory, passing".
Fulei f ChineseFrom the Chinese
芙 (fú) meaning "hibiscus" and
蕾 (lěi) meaning "bud, unopened flower".
Wardiyyah f ArabicFrom the Arabic #وَرْد (ward) meaning “rose”, this also coincides with the Arabic word for "rosary".
Junmi f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 純 (jun) meaning "innocent" (mostly feminine) or 詢 (jun) meaning "consult" (mostly masculine) combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" (mostly feminine) or 真 (mi) meaning "true reality"... [
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Taloushem f CopticMeans "little maiden", derived from ⲁⲗⲟⲩ
(alou) "youth, maiden" combined with ϣⲏⲙ
(šem) "small, little".
Amiri f JapaneseFrom Japanese 亜 (
a) meaning "second, Asia", 美 (
mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 莉 (
ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 理 (
ri) meaning "reason, logic". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Kakula f AinuMeaning "Lie Down like a Sea Cucumber" in Ainu.
Marjan f Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi, Hinduism, Punjabi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Kannada, Malayalam, MarathiMEANING - "purification", "cleaning", "cleansing", "wiping off" ,"a brush or broom"... [
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Koba f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 木 (ko) meaning "tree" or 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" combined with 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Phetmany f LaoFrom Lao ເພັດ
(phet) meaning "diamond" and ມະນີ
(many) meaning "gem, jewel".
U m & f KoreanAlternative transcription of the Korean Hangul 우 (see
Woo).
Renovata f English (Puritan)Derived from Latin
renovata meaning "renewed, restored, revived". Its use as a given name during the Reformation was possibly inspired by the renovation of the Church.
Tazaguisa f GuancheFrom Guanche
*tazagzaw, meaning "immature" (literally "green"). This was the name of a woman who was baptized in Seville around 1427.
Mengtian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
梦 (mèng) meaning "dream" and
湉 (tián) meaning "calmness of water".
Ūla f LithuanianDerived from
Ūla, which is the name of a river in Dzūkija National Park (located near the villages of Marcinkonys and Merkinė) in southern Lithuania. In turn, the river derives its name from the Baltic root
aul-, which comes from Proto-Indo-European
*aulo-s or
*h₂eulos meaning "tube, pipe"... [
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Shaughnessy f & m English (Rare)Transferred use of the surname
Shaughnessy. The name Shaughnessy was given to 5 girls born in the United States in 2000, according to the U.S. Social Security Administration.
Apeksha f Indian, MarathiDerived from Sanskrit अपेक्षा
(apekśa) meaning "hope, expectation, prospect".
Xiangwen f Chinese, TaiwaneseDerived from the Chinese character 香 (
xiāng) meaning "fragrant, sweet smelling, incense" or 翔 (
xiáng) meaning "to fly, to soar" combined with 雯 (
wén) meaning "cloud patterns" or 文 (
wén) meaning "mark, pattern, writting, literature".... [
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Yingmin f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
萤 (yíng) meaning "glow-worm" and
敏 (mǐn) meaning "agile, nimble, quick, fast, clever".
Eḫli-nikkal f Ancient Near Eastern, Hurrian, HittiteMeans "let Nikkal keep safe", deriving from the name of the goddess Nikkal, and the Hurrian element
eġl=i ("to keep safe"). This name was borne by a Hittite princess, who was likely the daughter of Tudhaliya IV.
Ardúlín f Icelandic (Archaic, ?)Recorded in Iceland in 1910 (according to Guðrún Kvaran (1943-), professor of lexicography at the University of Iceland). It has been suggested that it was an Icelandic form of Welsh
Aurddolen.
Sehener f Ancient EgyptianOf uncertain meaning. Sehener was an Ancient Egyptian princess that lived during the Second Dynasty, although the specific reign under which she lived is unknown.
Dyani f American (Modern)Many baby name books and sites claim this name means "deer" in 'Native American', with some claiming it's Cherokee. No evidence can be found supporting this claim however and it's more likely the name is a variant of
Diane or is an invented name.
Elwydd f WelshMeaning uncertain, possibly related to a place name. Other suggested origins include
elwydd/
eilwydd, meaning "love tryst, meeting", or "beatic presence" from an invented word comprised of
el "much" and
gwydd "presence".
Cilda f LatvianDerived from Latvian
cildens "sublime, grand, resplendant, exalted".
Armaghan f & m Persian, UrduMeans "gift" in Persian. It is used as a feminine name in Iran while it is masculine in Pakistan.
Bonugul f UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
bonu meaning "lady" and
gul meaning "flower, rose".
Arukubu f & m IjawMeans "a child born in a canoe" in Ijaw.
Zulay f ChechenEither a diminutive of
Zulaykha or
Zuleykhan or a combination of Arabic ذُو
(ḏū) meaning "possessor, owner of" and Turkic ай
(ay) meaning "moon".
Tianmei f ChineseFrom the Chinese
天 (tiān) meaning "sky, heaven, celestial" and
玫 (méi) meaning "rose",
湄 (méi) meaning "shore, bank",
美 (měi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" or
枚 (méi) meaning "stalk, trunk".
Gulrang f & m PashtoFrom Persian گل
(gol) meaning "flower, rose" and رنگ
(rang) meaning "colour".
Kekela f & m Georgian (Rare)Derived from an old Georgian word that means "beautiful". The name was once common for both men and women, but it became nearly extinct after the word of origin became a pejorative in Georgian, with the meaning of "show-off, clown".... [
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Yampák f AguarunaFrom the Awajun word for a kind of wild tree found near rivers.
Symacho f Ancient AramaicOf uncertain etymology. Symacho was a Characene princess (fl. 1st century CE) who converted to Judaism.
Yuxiu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
钰 (yù) meaning "rare treasure" and
秀 (xiù) meaning "beautiful, elegant, excellent, luxuriant, refined".
Qianlan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
谦 (qiān) meaning "humble, modest" or
芊 (qiān) meaning "exuberant and vigorous foliage" and
兰 (lán) meaning "orchid".
Saparinah f JavaneseOf uncertain etymology, name borne by a prominent Indonesian psychologist.
Naiki m & f GilberteseMeans 'peace' or 'calm' and can be used for either gender
Kinshasa f African AmericanFrom the name of the capital city of the African country, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city was named after a village (which is also named Kinshasa) that once existed there, which now has become a commune... [
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Safwat m & f ArabicMeans "best, finest" in Arabic, from the word صَفَا
(safa) meaning "pure, clear".