50 uncommon baby girl names and their meanings
Looking for the perfect name for your baby girl?
Here are 50 cute names that are NOT on the top 50 most popular list according to the US social security administration.
All of these are bit unique but still pretty enough to be worthy of your baby!
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Name meanings
I decided to go ahead and include baby girl names and meanings on this list. Beware though, learning the meaning of a name can totally kill an otherwise cute name!
I used at least 3 sites to check the meanings for each name and often they disagreed or couldn’t list an origin and meaning!
Meanings can change over time and also vary by the culture so I personally wouldn’t put much stock in them, but they’re here if that’s important to you.
A few examples, Cecilia, an otherwise beautiful name, means blind. Not sure I’d want to give that name knowing the meaning.
There are names like Juliana which are a feminized version of a name so the meaning is downy bearded or youthful.
More modern names like Presley have an unknown origin and meaning other than being associated with a celebrity.
Just keep these things in mind when deciding on a name. Without further ado here are the names in alphabetical order!
50 Unique girl names and their meanings
1 – Adeline
Origin: French/English Meaning: Noble
2 – Alexandra
Origin: Greek Meaning: Helper and defender of mankind
3 – Anastasia
Origin: Greek Meaning: resurrection
4 – Annabelle
Origin: English/French Meaning: beautiful “Anna”
5 – Arabella
Origin: English/Scottish Meaning: obliging, invokable, yielding to prayer
6 – Ariana
Origin: Greek Meaning: very holy one
7 – Brielle
Origin: Hebrew/French Meaning: heroine of God, God is my strength
8 – Callie
Origin: Greek/English Meaning: most beautiful or a form of Caroline
9 – Camille
Origin: Latin Meaning: Virginal
10 – Catalina
Origin: Spanish Meaning: Pure
11 – Cecilia
Origin: Latin Meaning: Blind
12 – Charlie
Origin: English Meaning: Free
13 – Daniela
Origin: Hebrew Meaning: Judged by God
14 – Destiny
Origin: Latin/English Meaning: Fate
15 – Elliana
Origin: Latin/French Meaning: Sun, light, moon
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16 – Finley
Origin: Latin/French Meaning: fair-haired warrior
17 – Gemma
Origin: Latin Meaning: Jewel
18 – Genevieve
Origin: unknown Meaning: unknown
19 – Hadley
Origin: English Meaning: heather field
20 – Isla
Origin: Scottish Meaning: Island
21 – Joanna
Origin: Hebrew Meaning: God is gracious
22 – Josie
Origin: English/Hebrew Meaning: short form of Josephine, God will increase
23 – Juliana
Origin: Latin Meaning: downy-bearded, youthful
24 – Kayla
Origin: Irish/Greek Meaning: slender/pure
25 – Kaylee
Origin: unknown Meaning: a combination of Kay & Lee
26 – Kennedy
Origin: Gaelic Meaning: helmeted chief
27 – Kinsley
Origin: unknown Meaning: unknown
28 – Kylie
Origin: Australia/unknown Meaning: boomerang, feminine form of Kyle meaning handsome
29 – Madeline
Origin: French Meaning: English form of Magdalena
30 – Mariah
Origin: Hebrew/Greek Meaning: teacher, beloved
31 – Melody
Origin: Greek Meaning: songlike, to sing
32 – Maya
Origin: Indian/Greek Meaning: name of a goddess
33 – Morgan
Origin: Welsh Meaning: sea born
34 – Noelle
Origin: French Meaning: Christmas
35 – Paige
Origin: French Meaning: assistant, attendant
36 – Piper
Origin: English Meaning: a pipe player
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37 – Presley
Origin: English Meaning: someone who lives near the Priest’s dwelling, priests meadow
38 – Quinn
Origin: Celtic Meaning: wise
39 – Raelynn
Origin: American Meaning: unknown, modern invented name
40 – Rebecca
Origin: Hebrew Meaning: tied
41 – Sadie
Origin: English Meaning: a form of Sarah, meaning princess
42 – Sienna
Origin: Latin/English Meaning: reddish brown
43 – Sophie
Origin: Greek Meaning: wisdom
44 – Sydney
Origin: French/English Meaning: wide meadow, a city in Australia
45 – Teagan
Origin: Welsh Meaning: beautiful, creative
46 – Tessa
Origin: English Meaning: a form of Theresa
47 – Valentina
Origin: Latin Meaning: strong
48 – Vera
Origin: Latin Meaning: true
49 – Vivienne
Origin: Latin Meaning: alive
50 – Willow
Origin: English Meaning: tree
I hope you love these cute & unique names that are different without being crazy. Any one is a beautiful choice for your baby that five other kids in their kindergarten class won’t have!
Enjoy finding the perfect name for your bundle of joy.
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Those are all such beautiful names! I really enjoyed your post about baby names, and the history behind them.