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.
Luxi f ChineseFrom the Chinese
露 (lù) meaning "dew" and
曦 (xī) meaning "sunshine, sunlight, early dawn"
Aduna f BasqueFrom the name of a town in the Basque Country. The origin is unclear, although it may com from Old Basque
adun ("new wheat").
Meghmala f NepaliDerived from the Nepal-based Newar word
megh meaning "cloud" and
mala meaning "thunder".
Grell m & f Popular CultureMeaning unknown. Manga author Yana Toboso used this name for a character in her popular manga serie 'Kuroshitsuji'. The name was also used in the 'Dungeons & Dragons' fantasy role-playing game, where it belong to a race of tentacled creatures.
Hippodike f Greek MythologyDerived from Greek ‘ιππος
(hippos) "horse" combined with Greek δικη
(dike) meaning "justice, judgement" as well as "custom, usage".
Aita f RomanshRomansh variant of
Agata, traditionally found in the Engadine valley.
Mifti f LiteratureThe alter ego of the author in Helene Hegelmann's novel
Axolotl Roadkill.
Zorigma f BuryatFrom the Buryat
зориг (zorig) meaning "courage, willpower" and the Mongolian feminine suffix
-маа (-maa). Vaira f LatvianOf debated origin and meaning. While the derivation from Latvian
vairot "to add; to increase; to enhance" is commonly accepted, a derivation from Latvian
vairīties "to avoid, to shirk" has been suggested.
Machanda m & f NyoroMachanda is the Bunyoro month where sesame seeds are planted and sown.
Shuren f ChineseFrom the Chinese
淑 (shū) meaning "kind and gentle" and
仁 (rén) meaning "humaneness, benevolence, kindness".
Lillah f ArabicMeans "to Allah" or "belonging to Allah" in Arabic.
Nihaka f Sanskrit, Hindi, Indian, Hinduism, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Punjabi, Nepali"whirlwind"; coming down, storm, Gangetic alligator
Oluwatoniloba f YorubaMeans "God is good to have a king" in Yoruba. This is the full given name of the winner of "Germany's Next Top Model" 2018, Oluwatoniloba Dreher-Adnuga.
Mariya f JapaneseFrom Japanese 舞 (
ma) meaning "dance", 万 (
ma) meaning "ten thousand", or 茉 (
ma) meaning "jasmine" combined with 吏 (
ri) meaning "officer, an official" or 璃 (
ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli" and 矢 (
ya) meaning "dart, arrow", 夜 (
ya) meaning "night", or 弥 (
ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly"... [
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Celtina f LiteratureCeltina is the heroine of a series of books written by Corinne De Vailly.
Churan f ChineseFrom Chinese 楚 (
chǔ) meaning "clear, bright" and 然 (
rán) meaning "right, correct".
Tserenbal m & f MongolianDerived from Tibetan ཚེ་རིང
(tshe ring) meaning "long life, longevity" combined with бал
(bal) meaning "honey".
Hnubkaj f HmongMeans "sunshine" in Hmong, from
hnub meaning "sun" and
kaj meaning "clear (sky)".
Yanxia f ChineseFrom Chinese 艳
(yàn) meaning "beautiful, gorgeous" or 雁
(yàn) meaning "wild goose" combined 霞
(xiá) meaning "rosy clouds, mist"... [
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Vehuhi f ArmenianFrom the Armenian
վեհ (veh) meaning "majestic, sublime" and the feminine suffix
ուհի (uhi). Rarity f & m English (Rare), Popular CultureFrom the English word,
rarity, "a thing that is rare, especially one having particular value as a result". A
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic character bears this name.
Odmaa f MongolianMeans "star woman" in Mongolian, from од
(od) meaning "star" and the feminine suffix маа
(maa).
Mingjin m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 明
(míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" combined with 金
(jīn) meaning "gold, metal, money"... [
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Sodonbayar m & f MongolianMeans "extraordinary celebration" in Mongolian, from содон
(sodon) meaning "extraordinary, unusual" and баяр
(bayar) meaning "joy, celebration".
Utami f IndonesianDerived from Indonesian
utama meaning "best, main, principal", ultimately from Sanskrit उत्तम
(uttama).
Aallotar f FinnishMeans "water nymph", from Finnish
aalto, meaning "wave", combined with feminine suffix
-tar.
Guanglian f ChineseFrom the Chinese
光 (guāng) meaning "light, bright" and
莲 (lián) meaning "lotus, water lily".
Sahara f EnglishFrom the name of the world's largest hot desert, which is derived from Arabic صَحَارَى
(ṣaḥārā) meaning "deserts" (see
Sahara).
Bibian f JapaneseFrom Japanese 美 (bi) meaning "beauty; beautiful", 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji combined with 亜 (an) meaning "second, Asia". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [
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Thuv m & f HmongMeans "pine tree" in Hmong Daw.
Rouma f JapaneseFrom Japanese 朗 (
rou) meaning "bright, clear" combined with 茉 (
ma) meaning "white jasmine". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Feixiao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
菲 (fēi) meaning "fragrant, luxuriant" and
晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak".
Bessille f Arthurian CycleIn the Prose Tristan, a Cornish woman who loved Tristan. When Tristan rejected her, she became the paramour of Andred, Tristan’s enemy, and conspired to reveal his affair with Isolde to King Mark.
Ünige f HungarianCoined by Sándor Makkai, a Reformed bishop from Transylvania, for a character in his novel 'Sárga vihar' (1934) and subsequently used among the Hungarians of Transylvania and the Unitarian Church... [
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Nazmiyeh f ArabicIt means "poem" in Arabic. This is the name of a protagonist in Susan Abulhawa's novel
The Blue Between Sky and Water (2015).
Xenocharis m & f Ancient GreekDerived from Greek ξένος
(xenos) meaning "foreign, strange" as well as "foreigner, guest" combined with the Greek noun χάρις
(charis) meaning "grace, kindness".
Xinzhu f ChineseFrom the Chinese
馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant, aromatic, distant fragrance" and
竹 (zhú) meaning "bamboo, flute".
Ino f JapaneseDerived from the Japanese kanji 偉 (
i) meaning "admirable, great, excellent" combined with 野 or 埜 (
no) both meaning "field, area". In the
Naruto franchise there is a female character called Ino written with Japanese Hiragana いの (
Ino)... [
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Övgü m & f TurkishMeans "praise, commendation, compliment, tribute" in Turkish.
Haiming m & f ChineseFrom Chinese 海
(hǎi) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 明
(míng) meaning "bright, light, clear" or 铭
(míng) meaning "inscribe, engrave"... [
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Shuyan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
淑 (shū) meaning "kind and gentle",
舒 (shū) meaning "open up, unfold" or "comfortable, easy" or
书 (shū) meaning "book, letter" and
嫣 (yān) meaning "charming, fascinating",
雁 (yàn) meaning "wild goose",
琰 (yǎn) meaning "jewel, gem, glitter of gems" or
燕 (yàn) meaning "swallow (bird)".
Hongsu f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
泓 (hóng) mean "deep, clear pool of water" and
愫 (sù) meaning "guileless, sincere, honest".
Zeituni f Eastern AfricanThis name coincides with Swahili
zeituni meaning "olive", a derivative of Arabic زَيْتُون
(zaytūn). This was borne by Zeituni Onyango (1952-2014), a Kenyan-born half-aunt of former American president Barack Obama.
Wenzhao f ChineseFrom the Chinese
雯 (wén) meaning "cloud patterns" and
昭 (zhāo) meaning "bright, luminous".
Yuanmin f ChineseFrom the Chinese
媛 (yuàn) meaning "beauty, beautiful woman" and
敏 (mǐn) meaning "agile, nimble, quick, clever".
Alpharetta f English (American, Archaic)Derived from the name of a suburb in the American city of Atlanta, which itself is derived from
Alfarata, the name of a fictional Native American girl in the popular 19th-century parlor song "The Blue Juniata"... [
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Shinekhüü m & f MongolianFrom Mongolian шинэ
(shine) meaning "new" and хүү
(khüü) meaning "son, boy; child".
Verse f EnglishRecently coined word name, used in 2024 by Kailyn Lowry. Verse has a twin named Valley.
Loni f American (Rare)Derived from the second element of the Hawaiian name
Leilani,
lani, "heaven, sky, royal, majesty". The American actress Loni Kaye Anderson (1946-) was given this name as a shortened form of Leiloni, a variant spelling of Leilani.
Yaseni f & m ArabicThe name comes from a chapter of the Holy Qur'an called Ya Sin.... [
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Dung f & m VietnameseFrom Sino-Vietnamese 容
(dung) meaning "appearance, form" or 庸
(dung) meaning "use, employ".
Resumi f JapaneseThis name has no meaning since it is written only in hiragana.
Saem m & f Korean (Modern)From native Korean 샘
(saem) meaning "spring, fountain," also used to transliterate the name
Sam 1.
Hurbibish f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
hur meaning "houri (virgin of paradise)" or "alluring girl" and
bibish meaning "lady".
Arizona f English (American)From the name of the state in the Southwestern region of the United States. Its etymology is uncertain; it may be derived from O'odham
alĭ ṣonak meaning "small spring", via the Spanish intermediary form
Arizonac... [
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Eldey f IcelandicCombination of the Old Norse name elements
eldr "fire" and
ey "island; flat land along a coast" (which is also often related to the Old Norse name element
auja "(gift of) luck; fortune").
Xiaoying f ChineseFrom Chinese 晓
(xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand", 小
(xiǎo) meaning "small" or 孝
(xiào) meaning "filial piety, obedience" combined with 英
(yīng) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero", 颖
(yǐng) meaning "clever, skillful, ear of grain, tip" or 瑛
(yīng) meaning "jade"... [
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Mahrang f BalochiDerived from
māh meaning "moon" and
rang meaning "colour".
Salamasina f SamoanName of a queen of Samoa. The name is held with respect there and is only meant for the royal family. It means "forever".
Herihira m & f MalagasyFrom the Malagasy
hery meaning "power, force" and
hira meaning "song, music".
Inza f Popular CultureThe name of a DC Comics' character. She is the wife of Kent Nelson, who is also Doctor Fate.
Emechebe m & f IgboMeans "when it’s done then it’s thought about" in Igbo.
Þjóðhildr f Old NorseDerived from the Germanic name elements
þjóð "folk, people" and
hildr "battle, fight".
Sahoji f JapaneseFrom Japanese 佐 (
sa) meaning "aid, help", 保 (
ho) meaning "guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty" combined with 路 (
ji) meaning "a road, a street". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nezha f Arabic (Maghrebi)From Arabic نزاهة
(nazaha) meaning "integrity, honesty, virtuousness" (chiefly Moroccan).
Rizumu f & m Japanese (Modern, Rare)This name has, technically, no meaning since it is written in hiragana or katakana. However, Rizumu, as a word, is a loan word of English origin meaning "rhythm."
Shumirai f ShonaMeaning “praise” or “express admiration, adoration or reverence.”
Ayao f & m JapaneseFrom Japanese 彩 (
aya) meaning "colouring" or 文 (
aya) meaning "sentence" combined with 緒 (
o) meaning "cord" or 桜 (
o) meaning "cherry blossom" (both feminine) or 夫 (
o) meaning "husband, man, manly" (masculine)... [
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Kaiwen m & f ChineseFrom 凱 (
kǎi) meaning "triumph, victory"and 文 (
wén) meaning "mark, pattern, design".
Kisora f JapaneseFrom 希 (
ki) meaning "beg, request, rare, hope" and 空 or 昊 (
sora) meaning "sky, heaven". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yiqu f & m ChineseFrom the Chinese
艺 (yì) meaning "art, talent, ability" and
趣 (qù) meaning "that which attracts one's attention".
Amaranth f EnglishFrom the name of the amaranth flower, which is derived from Greek αμαραντος (
amarantos) meaning "unfading".
Khangaimaa f MongolianFrom Mongolian хангай
(khangai) meaning "mountainous pastures" and the feminine suffix маа
(maa).
Wipharat f ThaiFrom Thai วิภา
(wipha) meaning "ray, light, splendour" and รัตน์
(rat) meaning "gem, jewel, precious stone".
Hunydd f Medieval WelshOld Welsh name of uncertain derivation, possibly from Welsh
hun "sleep" or
huan "sun". It was the name of a sweetheart of the 12th-century poet and soldier Hywel ap Owain.
Phalla f & m KhmerDerived from Khmer ផល
(phal) meaning "fruit" or "benefit, profit, result".