Beautiful Female Names
7 min readJan 2, 2020
List of the most beautiful names for girls and their meanings
- Augusta / Augustine (old) — summer
- Avdotya (people from Evdokia) — famous
- Aurelius (new) — golden
- Aurora (nov.) — Goddess of the morning dawn
- Agapia (old) — from the Greek. Agapao — I love it.
- Agatha (new) / Agafya / Agafia (old) — from Greek agatos — good, honest, kind.
- Aglaida (old) — sparkling / daughter of beauty, charms
- Aglaya (new) — brilliant
- Agnes / Agnes (old) — chaste
- Agnia (old) — immaculate or fiery
- Agrippina / Agrefena (old) — from the Roman generic name Agrippus (Agrippa)
- Ada (old) — decoration
- Adele / Adelia / Adelaide (dr.-germ.) — from adal — noble and heid — state, estate.
- Aza (old) — first
- Azalea (new) — flowering bush
- Aida (nov.) — Giving a harvest
- Akilina / Akulina (old) — eagle
- Aksinya (nar.ot Ksenia) — hospitable or vice versa alien (“xenos”)
- Alevtina (old) — foreign to the evil
- Alexandra (old) — protector of people
- Alena (adv. From Elena) — sunny
- Alina (new) — a stranger
- Alice (new) — charming
- Alla (old) — selfish
- Albina (old, cf. new. Alvina) — “white”
- Anastasia (old) — resurrected
- Anatolia (new) — eastern
- Angelina (old) — angel
- Angela (new) — angelic
- Animaisa (old) — sincere
- Anisia / Anisya (old) — smelling sweet
- Anita (new) — obstinate
- Anna (old) — “grace”
- Antonina / Antonida (old) — kind
- Antonia (old) — entering the battle
- Anfisa / Anfusa (old) — blooming
- Anfiya (old) — …
- Apollinaris (old) — the goddess of the sun
- Ariadne (old) — sleeping
- Arina (Nar from Irina) — calm
- Arcadia (new) — shepherdess
- Arsenia (new) — courageous
- Artemia (old) — unscathed
- Astra (new) — “flower”
- Astrid (Scand.) — passionate
- Athanasius (old) — immortal
- Aphrodite (old) — arising from seafoam
- Aelita (nov.) — from Greek. aero — air and lithos — stone
- Aella (nov.) — from Greek. airlo — a whirlwind, hurricane
- Bazhena (dr.) — holy
- Beata (nov.) — the blessing
- Beatrice (old) — the blessing
- Bela (glor.) — beautiful
- Bella (new) — beautiful
- Berta (new) — great
- Bogdan (glor.) — given by God
- Boleslaw (glor.) — more glorious
- Borislav (fame) — fighting for fame
- Bronislava (glor.) — glorious protector
- Valentina (old) — healthy
- Valeria (old) — strong
- Wanda (fame) — hospitable
- Barbara (old) — wild
- Vasilina (new) — royal
- Vasilisa (old) — regal
- Vassa (old) — Queen
- Wenceslas (glor.) — more glorious
- Venus (old) — “love”
- Faith (old) — “faith”
- Veronica (old) — the biblical name
- Veselina (glor.) — cheerful
- Vesta (old) — the patroness of home. hearth
- Vidana (glor.) — prominent
- Quiz (old) — winner
- Victoria (old) — “victory”
- Vilena (new) — by V.I. LENIN
- Viola / Violet / Violanta (new) — “violet”
- Virinea (old) — green, fresh
- Vitaly / Vitalina (new) — vital
- Vlada (fame) — owning
- Vladilena (new) — abbreviation from “Vladimir Ilyich Lenin”
- Vladimir (nov.) — owning the world
- Vladislav (glor.) — owning fame
- Vladlena (new) — similar to Vladilena
- Vlasta (glor.) — sovereign
- Will (new) — freestyle
- Vseslav (glor.) — everywhere glorious
- Gaia (nov.) — wife
- Gali (old) — bright
- Galina (old) — calm
- Gayana / Gayaniya (old) — from the Greek. ge — earth
- Gelena (new Polish from Elena) — bright
- Helium (new) — solar (Helios)
- Gella (old) — falling into the water
- Gertrude (new) — patroness of women
- Glafira (old) — refined
- Glyceria (old) — sweet
- Gloria (old) — “glory”
- Golub (other Russian) — tender
- Gorislava (glor.) — inciting glory
- Dyne (nov.) — another reading of Diana
- Dana (new) — moon goddess
- Daria / Daria (old) — winner
- Darina (new) — giving
- Daryana (new) — winner
- Dekabrina (new) — winter
- Deya / Diya (nov.) — divine
- Juliet (old) — analog of Julia
- Diana (nov.) — Divine
- Dina / Dinah (from the old. Signa) — “faith”
- Diodorus (old) — given by God
- Dionysia (old) — patroness of winemaking
- Dobrava (other Russian) — kind
- Domna / Domina (old) — mistress, mistress of the house.
- Dominica / Dominica (old) — belongs To God
- Dorothea / Dorothea (old) — from the Greek. Doron — gift, gift, and Theos — God.
- Eve (old) — the giver of life
- Eugene (old) — noble
- Evdokia (old) — well-known
- Eupraxia (old) — doing good deeds, virtue
- Catherine (old) — Immaculate
- Elena (old) — the chosen one
- Elizabeth (old) — worshiping God
- Euphemia / Euphemia (old) — pious
- Euphrosyne / Euphrosyne (old) — from the Greek. eufrosine — joy, fun.
- Jeanne (nov.) — “the gift of God.”
- Zhdana (other Russian) — waiting
- Zarina / Zorina (new) — light
- Zvenislava (glor.) — Carrying Glory
- Zinaida (old) — born of Zeus
- Zinovia (old) — “Zeus Force.”
- Zlata (fame) — gold
- Zoya (old) — “life”
- Ivanna (from John) — “God’s gift”
- Ida (new) — mountain, “descendant”
- Hilaria (old) — funny
- Inga (new) — from Dr. Scand. ingvio is the name of the God of plenty.
- Inessa (new) — serene
- Inna (old) — name of Rome / stormy stream
- John (old) — “God’s gift”
- Jonah (old) — “dove”
- Hypatia (new) — related to horses, equine (hippos)
- Hippolyta (nov.) — from “(g) Ippo” — horse and “lithos” — stone, plate
- Iraida (old) — the goddess of the rainbow
- Iroid (old) — heroic, daughter of a hero
- Irina (old) — “world”
- Isidora (old) — the patroness of fertility
- Spark (new) — bright
- Iphigenia (old) — immortal
- Oia (old) — from the Greek. Eeyore — Violet
- Capitolina (old) — home
- Carolina (New) — Bold
- Katerina (People: from Catherine) — Immaculate
- Kira (old) — “mistress”
- Cyril (old) — mistress
- Claudia (old) — lame or of the claudian clan
- Clara (new) — clear
- Clarice / Clarissa (new) — light
- Cleopatra (old) — beauty
- Concordia (old) — consonant, agreeing
- Constance (old) — persistent
- Christina (new) — baptized
- Ksenia (old) — a stranger
- Lada (dr.) — dear
- Larisa (old) — “the seagull”
- Leniana (new) — from Lenin
- Lenin (new) — from Lenin
- Leonida (old) — “a descendant of a lion”
- Leonila (old) — lioness
- Leonty (new) — the lion
- Lesya (new) — courageous
- Libya (old) — originally from Libya
- Lydia (old) — first
- Liliana (new) — blooming
- Lily (new) — “flower”
- Lina (nov.) — an independent name or a diminutive of Elina
- Leah / Leah (old) — …
- Lyubava (dr. Russian) — beauty
- Love (old) — “love”
- Lyubomir (glor.) — the darling of the world
- Lyudmila (old, glory) — sweet to people
- Mavra (old) — dark-skinned, dark-skinned
- Magda (new) — see Magdalene
- Magdalene (old) — sounding / originally from Magdala, in Palestine
- Madeleine (new) — see Magdalene
- Maya / Maya (new) — the goddess of spring
- Malvina (dr.-germ.) — From mal — justice and wine — friend.
- Margarita (old) — “pearl”
- Marina (old) — sea
- Mary / Marya (old) — bitter
- Marie (new) — a variant of Mary
- Martha (new) — mistress
- Martha (old) — Mentor
- Matilda (dr.-germ.) — from the mast — strength and hild — battle.
- Matryona / Matrona (old) — mistress, mother of the family, mother
- Melania / Melania (old) — dark, dark
- Milada (glor.) — good
- Milan / Milena / (fame) — dear
- Militsa (old, glor.) — cute on the face
- Miloslava (glor.) — glory sweetheart
- Peace (glor.) — peaceful
- Mirra (glor.) — fragrant, fragrant
- Miroslava (fame) — winner
- Mirador (gr.) — a gift from the mother.
- Mlada (fame) — young
- Mstislava (fame) — conqueror
- Muse (old) — goddess of art / inspirer
- Hope (old, glor.) — “hope.”
- Nadia (nar., From Hope) — “hope”
- Nana (old) — nymph
- Nastasya (Nar., From Anastasia) — resurrected
- Natalya / Natalia (old) — native
- Nelly (new) — young
- Neonila (old) — principled
- Nika (old) — “victory”
- Nina (old) — ruler
- Ninel (new) — “Lenin” on the contrary
- Short story (old) — new
- Nora (new) — cold
- Oksana (Ukrainian folk., From Ksenia) — hospitable
- Octavia (old) — eighth
- Oktyabrina (new) — autumn
- Olesya (Ukrainian, from Alexander) — courageous
- Olympiad (old) — keeping calm
- Olympia (new) — named after Zeus
- Olga (old, other Russian) — saint
- Paul (old) — small
- Pavlina (old) — beauty
- Platonida (old) — a descendant of Plato
- Polyxena (old) — Trojan princess
- Polina (nov.) — forecaster
- Pravdina (new) — honest
- Praskovya (Nar., From the old. Paraskeva) — “Friday”
- Rada (old, glor.) — bringing joy
- Radmila (glor.) — joyful
- Raisa (old) — submissive
- Revmira (new) — REVOLUTIONARY WORLD
- Regina (old) — Queen
- Renata (new) — newly born
- Rimma (old) — Roman
- Rogneda (glor.) — admitted to the equal council / council of men
- Rose (new) — “flower”
- Rosalia (new) — blooming
- Rosana (new) — flower
- Rostislav (fame) — growing for fame
- Ruslana (new) — lioness
- Rufina / Ruth (old) — red, red
- Sabina / Savina (old) — from the Sabine clan, Sabine
- Svetlana (dr.Rus.) — bright
- Svetozara (glor.) — light dawn
- Svetoslav (new) — the glory of light
- Freedom (New) — “Freedom”
- Svyatoslav (glory) — holy glory
- Severina (new) — northern
- Selena / Selina (new) — the moon
- Seraphim (old) — fiery
- Glory (glory) — “glory”
- Slav (Slav.) — Slav
- Snezhana (new) — cold
- Sophia / Sophia (old) — “wisdom”
- Stanislava (glor.) — become glorious
- Stella (old) — star
- Stepanida / Stefanida (old) — “wreath”
- Stefania (old) — “wreath”
- Susanna / Sosanna (old) — stubborn / from Hebrew — “shushanakh” — “white lily”
- Suzanne (new) — stubborn
- Tahira (new) — persistent
- Taisiah (old) — “God-pleasing” and “lover of children.”
- Tamara (old) — “fig tree”
- Tamila / Tomila (dr.Rus.) — languishing
- Tatyana (old) — founder
- Ulyana (nar., From the old. Juliana, cf. Juliana)
- Ulada (new) — sweet-voiced
- Ustinya (nar., From the old. Justin, cf. Justin)
- Faina (old) — radiant
- Felixana (new) — successful
- Felicita / Felicitata (old) — happy
- Felicia (old) — “happiness”
- Fedora / Theodora (old) — “God’s gift”
- Theodosius / Theodosia (old) — landowner
- Philadelphia (nov.) — Loving Delphi
- Flavia (old) — from the Flavian clan
- Flora / Floria (new) — the goddess of flowers
- Florentina (new) — blooming
- Florence (new) — blooming
- Floriana (new) — young or blooming
- Fotina (old) — according to the Saints Svetlana
- Harita (old) — the goddess of beauty
- Haritina (old) — beauty
- Chionia (old) — nymph
- Christina (old, cf. new. Christina) — Christ
- Cheslava (glory.) — honest glory
- Eurydice (new) — bitten by a snake
- Eleanor (nov.) — difficult
- Elvira (nov.) — balanced
- Elmira (new) — calm
- Elsa (new) — courageous
- Emma (nov.) — self-critical
- Erica (new) — the creator of the temple
- Juliana (old., From Juliana) — curly
- Julia (old, from Julia) — fluffy
- Humanita (nov.) — human, human
- Juno (old) — patroness of marriage
- Jadwiga (new) — a wealthy warrior
- Yana (nov.) — “The Goddess of the Sun.”
- Ioannina (new) — light
- Jaromira (glor.) — “the solar world”
- Yaroslav (glor.) — “burning glory” or similar to the male name Yaroslav