Along with Nova, other badass girl names in the US Top 1000 include Elsa, Harley, Jolene, Milan, and Ramona. Unique badass girl names such as Billie, Hollis, and Jupiter are on the rise.
Some strong sassy girl names include Harley, Harlow, Alexa, Blair and Diana. One-syllable and two-syllable names make particularly good sassy names for girls as they're punchy and roll off the tongue easily.
The name Luxury is both a boy's name and a girl's name meaning "extravagance, opulence".
Fancy names are those elegant, sophisticated choices that have a posh, upscale feel. Fancy baby names are those that go beyond the merely long and elaborate. These names are rare, precious, almost too dressed-up for everyday use.
Along with Ada and Iris, other retro names for girls in the US Top 200 include Alice, Arabella, Clara, Daisy, Esther, Josephine, Lydia, and Sadie. Unique vintage girl names on the rise include Cordelia, Imogen, Posey, and Susannah.
Layla: Meaning “dark” or “night” in Arabic. Lela: Meaning “dark” or “night” in Arabic. Maureen: Meaning “dark-skinned” in Arabic. Melaina: Meaning “dark” or “black” in Greek.
Irene: Another name with Greek roots, this name means “peace.” Lana: The Hawaiian meaning of this name is “calm as still waters.” Lulu: Of Swahili origins, this name means “calm, peaceful.” Olivia: Another name that stems from the olive tree, which is a traditional peace symbol.
Along with Athena and Luna, other mythological girl names in the US Top 1000 include Aurora, Daphne, Iris, Lilith, Maeve, Maia, Penelope, and Phoebe. Norse and Hindu mythology names are less common among American parents, but offer such beautiful choices as Indira, Priya, and Signy.
Along with Jett and Raven, other dark baby names in the US Top 1000 include Blake, Colton, Delaney, Kiera, Layla, Melanie, Phoenix, and Sullivan. Many word names conjure images of darkness, such as Ebony, Mahogany, Sable, and Midnight itself.
The name Royalty is both a boy's name and a girl's name . Royalty was the hottest name of 2016, moving furthest up the ladder to enter the Top 1000, and is also arguably the trendiest name of the past decade, used a whopping 71 times as often in 2017 as it was ten years earlier.
Girl names that mean ruler or royal in the US Top 1000 include Aubrey, Mira, and Zara. Girl names that mean princess and names that mean queen include Sadie, Juno, Orla, and Queen itself.