57 Elegant & Old Southern Girl Names & Meanings

I have selected 57 elegant and old Southern girl names, and their meanings are included.

List Of 57 Unique Southern Girl Names:

Zowie

Zowie comes from the Greek word zoē which means ”life.” Zowie is also a variant of Zoe that ranks in the top 100 names for girls born in the US. Hellenized Jews used Zoe to refer to Eve. David Bowie’s son had it as a childhood nickname.

Mavis

From the Old French word mauvis, Mavis means “songbird.” In the Hotel Transylvania franchise, Mavis Dracula is Dracula’s teenage daughter.

Waylon Mae

Waylon is a variant of Wayland and is meaning “land by the road” while Mae has its origins in the Old Irish Medb (“she who intoxicates”).

Lenora

Lenora is from the Greek Eleanor, which is the name of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the wife of King Louis VII, and queen of England.

Yasmin

Yasmin has Persian origin and comes with a warm meaning, “jasmine flower.” Variants include Yassmin and Yasemin.

Fanny

Fanny is a variant of the French Stéphanie (crown) as well as of the English Frances which means ”free one.” French-American painter Fanny Brennan worked for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harper’s Bazaar.

Everleigh

Everleigh has English origin and is symbolizing ”eternal meadow.”

Whitlee

‘White clearing.’

Georgia

Georgia is from the Greek georgos and is the feminine form of George (“earthworker”). Georgie and Gigi are diminutive that I like.

Scarlett

Scarlett was initially an occupational surname for someone who dyed or traded scarlet fabric. It has origins in the Old French escarlate.

Cordelia

Cordelia means “Jewel of the sea.” It is from the Welsh Creiddylad.

Lorelei June

Lorelei has Germanic roots and it means “murmur rock.” June comes from Juno that was the name of a Roman goddess. Juno was called Regina (“Queen”) and was viewd as the feminine counterpart to Genius.

Waverley

Waverley is of English origin and is symbolizing “meadow of quivering aspens.”

Joliette

Joliette has its origins in the French Jolie and has the meaning of ”pretty,” that every baby girl is. American actress Angelina Jolie is probably the most famous person with this name.

Estelle

Estelle means ”star.” It is also used as a variant of Esther. In the Bible, Esther was the daughter of Abihail (Esther 2:15). Estelle Getty played Sophia on The Golden Girls.

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Wallis

Wallis is an alternate spelling of Wallace which is from the term waleis.

Carolina

Carolina is the Latin female variant of Carolus or Charles, that means free man.

Opal

The word reached English through the Latin opalus from the Sanskrit upala that is meaning ”stone” or ”jewel.” 95 percent of the world’s opals are from Australia.

Callie

With Greek origins, Callie means ”lovely” or ”beautiful.” Callie originated as a diminutive form of Caroline (“free woman”).

Martina

Martina is symbolizing as ”servant of Mars.” Mars is the god of war in Roman myths and fathered Romulus and Remus. His sons founded Rome. Martina Navratilova won59 Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles.

Adelaide

Adelaide has Germanic roots and means “noble-natured.” Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was Queen of the UK of Great Britain and Ireland. There is the village Queen Adelaide in Cambridgeshire.

Blakely

Blakely comes from the Old English Blakeley (“dark”).

Loretta

Loretta has origins in Lauretta and the Latin laurus and is meaning ”the victor’s laurel.” Nicknames include Etta and Retta. Loretta Lynn’s sister is the singer Crystal Gayle.

Dolly

Dolly is a form of Dorothy, the Greek “gift of God”. In 1972 Dolly Parton wrote both “I Will Always Love You” and “Jolene” on the same day.

Noreen

Noreen means ”honor” and is the Anglicized version of the Irish Nóirín.

Twyla

Twyla comes from the English word ”twilight” which has Old English and Proto-Germanic origins.

Ulyssa

Ulyssa is a Latinized version of the Greek Odysseus that means ”man of wrath.” Odysseus is the hero of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey. Robert S. P. Beekes believed that Odysseus had Pre-Greek origins.

Willadeene

Willadeene has Germanic origins and is a form of Wilhelmina, which means “resolute protection.”.

Harper

Harper is from the Norman le Harpur. In 2022, Harper was in the top 5 most popular names for white newborn girls in Virginia,

Paisley

Paisley is commonly used by people in rural American states. Paisley has a meaning that I love, “place of worship.”

Tallulah

Tallulah is of Native American roots and means “jumping waters.”

Truett

Meaning ”true” or ”faithful,” Truett has its origins in the German surname Treuhardt. American businessman Dan Cathy was born in Jonesboro, Georgia. He has a net worth of over $10 billion.

Prudence

Prudence is from the Latin Prudentia that means prudence. American pianist Prudence Neff studied piano with Glenn Dillard Gunn,

Teagan

From the Welsh word tegan, the Southern name Teagan means “beautiful.”

Dottie

Dottie is a diminutive form of Dorothy that has origins in the Greek Dōrothéa (God’s gift). Other variations are Dorothée in French and Dorothee in German. In 1965 Dottie West was the first woman to win a country Grammy.

Evangeline

“Good news.”

Mabel

Mabel comes from the Latin amabilis and is meaning ”lovable.” Mother Maybelle Carter helped to turn the guitar into a lead instrument.

Alma

Alma has origins in the Latin almus (that means ”nourishing” or” kind”) as well as in the Spanish and Italian word for soul. It is pronounced as AL-muh.

Udela

From the Latin word udus, Udela means ”prosperity” or ”wealth.”

Abilene

Abilene has Hebrew origins. It means ”land of meadows.”

Luella

Luella is from the French language and is symbolizing “famous warrior of light.” Luella is pronounced ɫoo-EHⱢUH.

Skylar

Skylar has roots in the Dutch Schuyler (“scholar”).

Magnolia

Magnolia takes its name from French botanist Pierre Magnol who was inpired from the Latin word magnus (“great”).

Savannah

”Open grassland.”

Dixie

Dixie means ”tenth.”

Augusta

Augusta (”majestic” or ”venerable”) was the womanly form of the Latin Augustus which was the title Rome gave its emperors. Short forms that I find interesting are Gussie and Aggie.

Virginia

Virginia is from the Latin virgo and is symbolizing ”maiden.”

Ruby

Ruby has roots in the Latin ruber (”red”).

Pearl

Pearl is from the Latin perla, and was the polished choice for Victorian and Edwardian families.

Bonnie

Bonnie means ”pretty” or ”fine” and has roots in the French bon. In Gone with the Wind, Bonnie Blue Butler wasScarlett and Rhett’s daughter.

Clementine

Clementine is the feminine of the Latin Clement. Short forms include Clemmie and Tine.

Beulah

Beulah is the Hebrew word for married. It is used in the Book of Isaiah as a tender name for the land of Israel.

Etta

Etta was initially a diminutive for Henrietta and Rosetta. The Italian and French “-etta” means “little one.”

Winnie

Winnie is linked to Winifred that is the English variant of the Welsh Gwenfrewi (”blessed peace”).

Camellia

“Kamel’s flower”. Camellia is the state flower of Alabama.

Selma

Selma is a form of Anselma (that means “God’s protection”).

Marietta

Marietta is an affectionate Italian form of Maria which has roots in the Latin Mary.