34 Elegant & Old Southern Girl Names & Meanings

I have selected 34 elegant and old Southern girl names, and their meanings are included.

Zowie

Zowie comes from the Greek word zoē which means ”life.” Zowie is also a variant of the name Zoe that ranks in the top 100 names for girls born in the US. Hellenized Jews used Zoe to refer to Eve.

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 meaning “land by the road” while Mae has its origins in the Old Irish Medb (“she who intoxicates”).

Lenora

Lenora is from the Greek name 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 name Stéphanie (crown) as well as of the English name 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

Whitleee means ‘white clearing.’

Cordelia

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

Lorelei June

Lorelei has Germanic roots and it means “murmur rock.” June comes from Juno, 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 symbolizes “meadow of quivering aspens.”

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Joliette

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

Estelle

Estelle means ”star.” This name is also used as a variant of Esther. In the Bible, Esther was the daughter of Abihail (Esther 2:15).

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Wallis

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

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.

Adelaide

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

Blakely

Blakely comes from Blakeley, a name with Old English roots and meaning “dark.”

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 name 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.

How to choose a good Southern name for your baby girl

There are lots of things you may want to do before you give your baby girl a good Southern name.

Choose safe names but not too popular ones.

Do look to things that matter to you for inspiration.

Try picking the synonyms of an old school name to make it modern.

Do look to your family for inspiration.

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 a name 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 the name Dorothy that has origins in the Greek Dōrothéa (God’s gift). Other variations are Dorothée in French and Dorothee in German.

Evangeline

Evangeline is meaning “good news.”

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”).