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Aeta f English (British)
This name derives from the a palm tree called the Aeta Palma (Mauritia Flexuosa), discovered in British Guiana and named by a the botanist William Davis Lamb who then used the name for his daughter.

Aimi f English, English (British)
Variant of Amy.... [more]

Alexanderina f English (British, Rare), Scottish (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Alexander.

Alexandretta f English (British, Rare, Archaic), Scottish (Rare, Archaic)
Combination of Alexandra with the suffix -etta.

Alianora f Dutch (Rare), English (British, Rare), Medieval English, Cornish (Rare)
Variant of Eleonora.

Alkelda f English (British, Rare, Archaic), Anglo-Saxon Mythology, History (Ecclesiastical)
Younger form of Old English Hǣlcelde. Saint Alkelda (died on 28 March c. 800) was ostensibly an Anglo-Saxon princess who was strangled by pagan Viking women during Danish raids in about 800 at Middleham in Yorkshire, England... [more]

Anammeriah f English (Puritan), English (British, Archaic)
Variant of Anna Maria recorded in 1715 in the parish register of Finchley Church, England, referring to Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and her elder sister, Queen Mary II of England.

Ankarette f English (British, Archaic), Medieval English
Medieval English form of Welsh Angharad (compare Anchoretta).

Anstice f English (British, Rare), Medieval English
Transferred use of the surname Anstice, which was derived from the medieval given name Anastase or Anastayse (from Latin Anastasius), or from its feminine equivalent Anastasie (from Latin Anastasia).

Arabel f Literature, Medieval English, English (British), Scottish
Variant of Arabella.... [more]

Arlandria f African American (Rare), English (British, Modern, Rare)
Either from the place name Arlandria or a combination of names beginning with Arl- and Andrea 2.... [more]

Arthurina f English (British, Archaic), Scottish (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Feminine form of Arthur.

Athole m & f English (British), English (Canadian)
Variant of Athol... [more]

Barley m & f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Transferred use of the surname Barley.

Cloda f English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Anglicized form of Clodagh.

Clowance f Literature, English (British, Modern, Rare)
A character in the 'Poldark' series of historic novels by Winston Graham. The name is probably transferred from the name of an estate in Crowan , Cornwall.

Dolena f English (British, Rare), English (Canadian, Rare)
Variant of Dolina.

Duodecima f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Femine form of Duodecimus.

Eleora f Hebrew, English (American), English (British)
Anglicized variant of Eliora.

Elkie f English (British, Modern, Rare)
English form of Elke 1. A famous bearer of this name is singer Elkie Brooks (real name: Elaine Bookbinder).

Elouisa f English (Rare), English (British, Rare)
Variant of Elouise.

Everelda f English (British, Archaic)
Variant of Everilda.

Fearne f English (British, Modern)
Variant of Fern. This name is borne by British radio presenter Fearne Cotton.

Ferelith f Scottish (Rare), English (British, Rare)
Anglicized form of Forbflaith.

Fuchsia f English (British, Rare), Literature
From Fuchsia, a genus of flowering plants, itself named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566), whose surname means "fox" in German.... [more]

Gwendolyne f English (British, Rare)
Variant of Gwendolyn.

Gwenifer f Welsh, English (British, Rare)
Anglicized form of Gwenhwyfar (see Guinevere), particularly found in Wales and the Marches.

Hannorah f Irish (Archaic), English (British, Rare)
Variant of Honora influenced by Hannah.

Immy f English (British)
Diminutive of Imogen.

Ismay f English (British), Dutch, Anglo-Norman, Medieval Irish
Variant of Isemay, an Anglo-Norman name of uncertain origin and meaning. It was also recorded in medieval Ireland on women born into Anglo-Norman families.

Jestina f English (British, Rare)
Feminine form of Jestin.

Kina f English (British, Rare), Scottish (Rare)
Short form of Alickina occasionally encountered in the Scottish Highlands.

Kirstey f English (British)
Variant of Kirstie.

Kirstina f Norwegian, English (British)
Norwegian dialectal form (found in the county Sogn og Fjordane) as well as an English variant of Christina or Kirstin (in the case of the English name, it might be an Anglicized form of Cairistìona).

Lamorna f Cornish, English (British, Rare)
From a Cornish place name of uncertain meaning, perhaps from lann "area around a church" combined with a contracted form of morlanow "high tide". It appears in the title of the folk song 'Way Down to Lamorna', as well as W. H. Davies' poem 'Lamorna Cove' (1929).

Leanda f English (British, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Leandra or a blend of Leanna and Linda. In the case of Welsh triathlete Leanda Cave (1978-) perhaps it was formed using the Welsh suffix da "good" (compare Glenda)... [more]

Lewisia f English (British, Rare), Italian (Rare)
Derived from the name of a genus of flowering plants used as garden plants. The genus itself is named after the explorer Meriwether Lewis 1.

Lillibet f English (British, Rare)
Variant of Lilibet.

Loveday f & m English (African), English (British, Rare), Cornish (Rare), Medieval English, Literature
Medieval form of the Old English name Leofdæg, literally "beloved day". According to medieval English custom, a love day or dies amoris was a day for disputants to come together to try to resolve their differences amicably... [more]

Lusia f Breton, Faroese, Finnish, English (British, Rare)
Breton, Finnish and Faroese form and English variant of Lucia.

Manette f Luxembourgish, Louisiana Creole, Haitian Creole, French (African, Rare), Dutch (Rare), English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Diminutive of Marie. In Louisiana, this name was also considered a rhyming variant of Nanette.

Maricourt f & m English (British, Rare)
From the place name Maricourt, located in the Somme department in northern France, first used during the First World War and last used before the Second World War.

Mellieha f English (British, Modern, Rare)
Transferred use of the place name Mellieħa.

Nieve f English (British), Scottish
Anglicized form of Niamh.

Oriella f Italian, English (British)
Diminutive of Oria.

Ornela f Albanian, Croatian (Rare), English (British), Romanian (Rare), Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Variant of Ornella.

Phillippa f English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Feminine form of Phillip.

Pixie f English (British)
From the English word pixie referring to a playful sprite or elf-/fairy-like creature, originating from Devon and Cornwall in southwest England.

Poppie f English (British)
Variant of Poppy.

Rhoswyn f English (British, Rare)
Variant of Rhoswen.

Richemena f English (British, Rare)
Possibly a feminine form of Richard influenced by names ending with the sound mena, such as Wilhelmina or Philomena... [more]

Rosanagh f English (British, Rare)
Variant of Rosanna. It has been borne by multiple members of the British nobility: Lady Rosanagh Crichton (1932-2019), daughter of the 5th Earl Erne; Lady Rosanagh Taylour (1961-), daughter of the 6th Marquess of Headfort; and Lady Rosanagh Innes-Ker (1979-), daughter of the 10th Duke of Roxburghe.

Roswyn f English (British, Rare), English (Australian, Rare)
Variant of Rhoswyn.

Stroma f English (British), Scottish, Literature
From the name of a Scottish island off Caithness, uninhabited since 1961, which derives from the Norse Straumey meaning "island in the stream" or "current". This was the name of a character in the British children's novel Broken Soup (2008) by Jenny Valentine.

Suella f English (British)
Contraction of Sue-Ellen 1... [more]

Tamasin f English (British), English (Australian)
Variant of Thomasin.

Tamisin f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Tamsin.

Tamzin f English (British), English (Australian)
Variant of Tamsin.

Thamisin f English (British, Archaic)
Variant of Tamisin.

Tridecima f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Latin tridecimus "thirteenth".

Undecima f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Undecimus.

Urith f English (British, Archaic)
Of uncertain origin, borne by an obscure early saint and martyr who was venerated in Chittlehampton, Devon, England.

Vanora f Scottish (Archaic), English (British, Archaic)
Variant of Wannour or Wannore, an old Scottish form of Guenore (see Guinevere)... [more]

Vics f English (British, Rare)
Short form of Victoria.

Vogue f English (British)
From late 16th century (in the vogue, denoting the foremost place in popular estimation) from French, from Italian voga ‘rowing, fashion’, from vogare ‘row, go well’.

Vonny f English (British, Modern, Rare)
Hypochoristic form of names like Vaughn or Yvonne, rarely used as an official given name.

Ysolda f English (British, Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Isolde.