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Ada
Ada is most often traced to German with the meaning “noble,” and can also be a short form of Adelaide. Other traditions give Ada the Hebrew meaning “adornment,” an African meaning “first daughter,” and an English meaning “joyous.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Aisha
Aisha is an Arabic name, also used in Africa, meaning “life,” “alive and well,” or “woman,” with spellings like Ayesha and Aishah. Aisha was the best-loved wife of the prophet Muhammad, and the name is extremely popular across the Arab world and increasingly used by American Muslim and African American families.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Ayla
Ayla is a Hebrew name meaning “oak tree.” Rising fast in popularity, Ayla also means “aura” in Turkish, and the similar Ayala means “doe.”
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Aylin
Aylin, pronounced EY-lin, is a popular Turkish girls’ name meaning “moonlight” or the halo around the moon.
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson)
Cari
Cari is a Turkish name meaning “flowing like water.”
Eda
Eda means “wealthy and joyful,” with German or English roots given. Eda is also glossed simply as “happy.”
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book
Ela
Ela is a Hindi name meaning “intelligent woman,” with Elina as a variant. Ela also has a Polish meaning, “noble.”
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With
Fairuza
Fairuza means “turquoise,” traced to Turkish or Arabic.
Fatima
Fatima is an Arabic name honoring the prophet Muhammad’s favorite daughter, the only one of his children to continue his line. Its meaning is given as “to abstain” or “to wean,” and also as “chaste,” “the perfect woman,” or “nurse.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Hale
Hale is an English name meaning “healthy” or “hearty.” Other books give Hale the Old English meaning “hero.”
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 10,000 Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names
Harika
Harika is a Turkish name meaning “superior one” or “miracle.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy
Kari
Kari is a short form of Karen, meaning “pure.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names
Kismet
Kismet means “fate” or “destiny,” from Arabic.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book
Lala
Lala is a Slavic (and Persian) name meaning “tulip.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Lara
Lara is linked to Latin for “famous” or “shining.” Lara is also tied to Larissa and given the meanings “cheerful” or “fun-loving, happy.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Nadia
Nadia comes from Russian and means “hope.” Nadia is the French form of Nadya, which spread in France after the Ballets Russes; in Arabic-speaking countries it means “tender.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Nasrin
Nasrin is a Persian name meaning “wild rose.” Nasrin is also given as Arabic for “rose,” with the variant Nasreen.
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book
Nevin
Nevin is an Irish name meaning “holy,” sometimes “worshiper of the saints.”
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Oya
Oya is African, meaning “wind warrior goddess,” and has Native American meanings such as “white duck.” Oya is a Miwok name meaning “to give a name to something.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With
Safa
Safa is an Arabic name meaning “purity” or “innocent.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy
Selma
Selma is German for “God’s helmet” or Norse for “divinely protected,” and also a version of the Arabic Selima. Actress Selma Blair is a notable bearer.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names
Yasmin
Yasmin is a Persian and Arabic name meaning “jasmine flower,” also spelled Yasmeen or Yazmin.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Numerology for Baby Names
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These lists are only intended to give you name ideas. Make sure to further research each name, as some may have negative connotations.