A List of Unusual Girls Names and Meanings

Author:: Karla Taylor

Karla Taylor is a writer who has a lot of fun with baby names.

A Beautiful Name For A Beautiful Baby

You want to give your daughter a name that will be almost as memorable as she is. A name with meaning and depth. I've put together a list of some of my favourite unusual names along with their meanings in the hope that somebody, at least one person, will be able to get that magical moment of choosing the name from reading this list.

Unusual Girls' Names Beginning With A

Arizona

Meaning: Desert rose/desert springs.

Astrid

Meaning: The name Astrid is derived from the old Norse name, Ássfriđr - ass: a god | fridr: beautiful, fair - a fair, beautiful god.

Angelica

Meaning: Angelic.

Amethyst

Meaning: The purple quartz is the amethyst which was once believed to have been able to sober the drunk. The meaning is "not intoxicated" there is also another meaning for the name Amethyst which is simply "key".

Unusual Girls' Names Beginning With B

Bluebell

Meaning: after the English flower, the bluebell.

Berrie

Meaning: Berrie is a name related to Greek, German and English names: Beryl, Alberta and Berry. The meaning for the name Berrie is "noble".

Bambie/Bambi

Meaning: Italian name meaning "young girl".

Barbie

Meaning: An old English name, with a Greek Barbaros meaning: "foreign or strange, traveller from a foreign land".

Unusual Girls' Names Beginning With C

Chicago

Coral

City

Colour

Meanings: Not Applicable

Unusual Girls' Names Beginning With D

Delta

Meaning: Greek name meaning "Mouth of River".

Delilah

Meaning: Delicate, weakened.

Dakota

Meaning: Native American name meaning "to be considered a friend". Also the name of a group of tribes known as The Sioux.

Daphne

Meaning: Greek name meaning bay tree or laurel tree after a mythological woman named Daphne who was transformed into a laurel tree for protection against Apollo.