Rare Girl Names

6239 rare girl names with meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.

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Somewhere in the middle of the search, most parents hit the same wall: everything on the popular lists already belongs to three girls at the neighborhood park. That is the moment Rare girl names start to feel less like a risk and more like a relief. The discovery here is genuine — nobody is going to hear Elowen, Marceline, Adhara or Ainhoa and assume they already know a dozen. These are names with texture and travel in them, names that make a person lean in and ask you to say it again, which is exactly the small pleasure you are looking for when you have read the top hundred one too many times.

If uncommon-but-wearable is the goal, this list has that too. Elodie and Esme are lyrical and instantly likable without being everywhere; Davina and Arlette have a vintage polish that feels rediscovered rather than invented. Amaris and Neriah carry a warm, almost musical ending, and for the shortest option on the shelf, Ila is two soft syllables that somehow still turn heads on a class roster. Rare does not have to mean hard — it just means yours.

Every name below opens to its full page — a sourced meaning, its U.S. popularity, and a clear audio pronunciation so you can hear it before you fall for it.

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Sherise#20114 in the U.S.Sherise is a spelling of Cherise, from French chérie, 'dear one, beloved', with a play on the c▶Shevon#20115 in the U.S.Shevon is an English phonetic respelling of the Irish Siobhan, itself the Irish form of Jeanne/▶Yudany#20122 in the U.S.Yudany is a modern Latina coinage of opaque origin, part of a cluster of creative Yu-/Yud- name▶Yury#20129 in the U.S.Yury is best known as a Slavic form of George, from the Greek georgos, 'farmer' or 'earth-worke▶Sierria#20135 in the U.S.Sierria is an elaborated respelling of Sierra, the Spanish word for a mountain range, from Lati▶Sindia#20138 in the U.S.Sindia is best read as a variant of Cynthia or its short form Cindy, from the Greek Kynthia, an▶Tenise#20210 in the U.S.Tenise is a variant of Denise, the French feminine of Denis. Those names trace to Dionysius, ho▶Theone#20226 in the U.S.Theone is a Greek name from theos, god, meaning godly or of God; it appears in Greek tradition ▶Tajia#20237 in the U.S.Tajia is a modern American coinage most plausibly built on Taj, from a Persian and Arabic word ▶Tonna#20251 in the U.S.Tonna sits between Tonya - a short form of Antonia, the feminine of the Roman family name Anton▶Trenia#20266 in the U.S.Trenia is an opaque American name with no single documented root. Its clearest neighbor is Trin▶Tarina#20267 in the U.S.Tarina is a coined American girl's name, most plausibly Tara (Irish, 'hill' — the royal seat of▶Tarissa#20268 in the U.S.Tarissa is a late-twentieth-century coinage that reads as a blend, joining a Ta- or Tara openin▶Tyja#20282 in the U.S.Tyja is a coined name joining the popular Ty- opening with a soft -ja ending, in the loose fami▶Tyresha#20293 in the U.S.Tyresha is a later-twentieth-century American coinage joining a Ty- opening to a -resha/-esha e▶Tejah#20298 in the U.S.Tejah is generally connected to the Sanskrit teja, meaning 'radiance, brilliance, splendor', a ▶Vanecia#20307 in the U.S.Vanecia is a modern American respelling that crosses Venetia, a Latinate name drawn from Venice▶Tiasha#20323 in the U.S.Tiasha blends a bright Ti- opening, as in Tia and Tiara, with the -asha ending heard in Aisha a▶Whitni#20332 in the U.S.Whitni is a trimmed -i spelling of Whitney, an English surname and place-name from Old English ▶Yakima#20355 in the U.S.Yakima comes from the Yakama Nation of the Columbia Plateau in what is now Washington State, an▶Trixy#20356 in the U.S.Trixy is a playful spelling of Trixie, the pet form of Beatrix and Beatrice. The Latin root is ▶Tyia#20368 in the U.S.Tyia is a Y-spelled form of Tia, which comes from the Spanish tia, 'aunt,' and also serves as a▶Virgen#20412 in the U.S.Virgen is the Spanish word for 'Virgin,' given as a devotional name in honor of the Virgin Mary▶Zondra#20567 in the U.S.Zondra is a Z-spelling of Sondra, itself a variant of Sandra. Sandra shortens Alessandra and Al▶HussainaA feminine form of Husayn (a diminutive of Hasan), 'good; handsome; beautiful.' Husayn, grandso▶MifrahFrom an Arabic root carrying the sense of joy and gladness, giving a name read as 'joyful, glad▶MuwahibFrom Arabic mawahib, the plural of mawhiba — 'gifts, talents, God-given abilities'. The name ca▶MuyaoA Chinese given name (Mandarin Muyao) whose meaning depends on the characters chosen when writt▶ReasynReasyn is a stylized respelling of the English word 'reason' — sense, good judgment — used as a▶ShatakshiFrom the Sanskrit Shatakshi, 'hundred-eyed' (shata, 'hundred,' + akshi, 'eye') — an epithet of ▶SimeahA Hebrew name found in Chronicles (a descendant of Benjamin), linked to shama, 'to hear,' and r▶VallettaA place name: Valletta is the capital of Malta, named for Jean Parisot de Valette. Carried as a▶WhimsyThe English word whimsy — 'playful or fanciful humour; a light, quirky charm' — used as a moder▶WoodlynnA modern compound joining Wood (as in woodland; a forest) with the popular suffix -lynn. A natu▶WreignA respelling of Reign — 'royal rule; sovereignty' — with a silent W. The regal word-name meanin▶WynterrA respelling of Winter — the cold, crisp season — with a stylised double 'r.' The seasonal mean▶XolanaFrom the Nguni languages (Zulu, Xhosa), built on xolani, 'be at peace; forgive.' In these langu▶YaraceliA form of Araceli, from the Latin ara caeli, 'altar of heaven' — a Marian title. The devotional▶YemimaFrom the Hebrew Yemima (Jemimah), 'dove.' In the Bible she is the eldest daughter of Job, noted▶

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Frequently Asked

What are rare girl names?

Names given to very few babies each year in the United States — far outside the top charts. Picks like Adhara, Xyla and Eliette are all in that band.

Will a rare name be hard for my daughter?

Not if it is easy to say once she hears it. Names such as Esme and Ila are uncommon but instantly readable, which is the sweet spot most parents want.

How do I know a name is actually rare?

Check its U.S. popularity data rather than trusting a blog list. Each name page here shows real ranking history, so you can see whether a name like Elowyn is climbing or genuinely uncommon.