200 Southern Girl Names (with Meanings and Nicknames) (2024)

Y’all ready for a delightful dose of Southern charm?

Well, grab yourself a glass of sweet tea, kick back in your front porch swing, and get ready to be immersed in a world of Southern girl names that will make your heart skip a beat!

We’re diving headfirst into a delightful river of monikers embodying the South’s grace, sass, and undeniable spirit.

From magnolias to mint juleps, these names pack more personality than a sassy Southern belle at a Kentucky Derby.

Beside each name, you’ll see its current popularity ranking. Unrated names are not among the top 1000 baby names listed on the US SSA website, which makes it a unique and uncommon choice.

Similar to our collection of black girl names, these reflect rich cultural representation.

Well, get ready, darlin’, because we’re about to begin a name hunt filled with captivating meanings, adorable nicknames in brackets, and a whole lotta Southern charm that will have you saying, “Howdy, y’all!” to every lil’ lady you meet!

Sweet Southern Belle Names

• Abigail – #24

Hebrew The father’s joy (Abby, Gail, Abi)

• Adeline – #92

German Noble, nobility (Addy, Adele, Deli)

• Addison – #54

Old English Son of Adam (Addy)

• Adora

Latin Beloved one (Dora, Dory, Addy)

• Annabel

Old French Lovable (Anna, Annie, Belle)

• Annalise – #417

Latin Graced with God’s bounty (Anna, Annie, Ann, Lisa)

• Bailey – #182

English Berry clearing, bailiff (Bay, Bail, Ley, Lili)

• Barbara – #976

Greek Foreign, strange (Barb, Barbie, Barbs)

• Becky

English To tie firmly, to bind (Beck, Bex, Becca)

• Belle – #977

French Beautiful, fair, lovely one (Bell, Belly, Bells)

• Betty

Hebrew Oath of God (Bets, Bet)

• Blythe

Old English Cheerful, happy (Bly, Ly)

• Bonnie – #529

Scottish Pretty, beautiful (Bon, Bonbon)

• Brenda

Norse Blade of the sword (Bren, Brens, Brandy)

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• Celia – #866

Latin Heavenly (Cece, Celie)

• Charlene

Old German Free (Char, Charli, Lene)

• Charlotte – #3

French Free man (Charl, Lottie, Char)

• Cheryl

French Beloved (Cher, Chery)

• Cheyenne – #684

Native American People of a different language (Chey, Shy)

• Claire – #66

French Clear, light (Clarie)

• Clara – #110

Latin Bright, famous (Clarie, Claire)

• Clarabelle

Latin Bright, beautiful (Clara, Clare, Bell, Belly)

• Colette – #448

French People of victory (Lettie, Coco)

• Delilah – #58

Hebrew Delicate (Deli, Del, Lilah)

• Della – #657

English Noble (Dell, Delly)

• Dorothy – #487

Greek God’s gift (Dora, Dory)

• Elizabeth – #15

Hebrew My God is bountiful (Liz, Eliza, Lizzy, Beth)

• Eloise – #86

French Healthy, wide (El, Ellie, Louise)

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• Elsie – #188

Hebrew God is my oath (Ellie, Els)

• Evangeline – #268

Greek Good news (Eva, Evie, Evan)

• Everleigh – #99

English Boar meadow (Eve, Ever, Leigh, Evie)

• Flannery

Irish Russet hair (Flan, Flanny)

• Hannah – #47

Hebrew Grace of God (Han, Hanny)

• June – #172

Latin Young (Junie, Ju)

• Leona – #534

Greek Lion (Leo, Leon, Leonie)

• Lorelai – #480

German Alluring enchantress (Laurie, Lore)

• Louisa – #825

French Famous warrior (Lou, Louise)

• Lucy – #48

Latin As of light (Lu, Luce)

• Maggie – #295

English Pearl (Mags)

• Marcella

Latin Warlike, martial, strong (Marce, Marcie)

• Margot – #193

French Pearl (Mar, Margie, Marge)

• Marie – #599

French Star of the sea (Mare, Mari)

• Marielle

Latin Star of the sea (Mari, Elle, Ellie)

• Mirabelle

Latin Of wondrous beauty (Mira, Belle, Bella)

• Penelope – #21

Greek Weaver (Pen, Penny)

• Rosetta

Italian Little rose (Rosie, Rosa, Rose)

• Sadie – #68

Hebrew Princess (Sades, Sade)

• Savannah – #76

Spanish Treeless plain (Sav, Anna)

• Scarlett – #14

French Red, scarlet (Scar)

• Shania

Native American I’m on my way (Shan, Shanny)

• Suzanne

French Graceful lily (Anne)

• Tammy

English Date palm tree (Tam)

• Vivienne – #306

French Alive (Vivi, Viv)

• Wendy

English Friend (Wen)

• Willa – #396

German Will, desire (Will)

• Zella

African Lacking nothing, one who knows the way (Zelle)

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Southern Double Names

• Amy-Beth

French Beloved, Oath of God (Amy, Ames, Beth, Bethy)

• Anna-Mae

Hebrew God has favored me (Ann, Annie, Mae)

• Anne-Marie

Hebrew God has favored me (Anna, Annie, Mar, Mari)

• Betty-Lou

English God is perfection (Bets, Bet, Lulu)

• Billie-Jo

English Determination, God is gracious (Bill, Billie, Lili, Jojo)

• Cora-Lee

Greek Maiden, Clearing (Cor, Cory, Core, Coral)

• Dolly-Mae

English Gift of God, May (Doll, Mae)

• Ellie-Mae

English God is my light (Elle, Ella, El, Mae)

• Emma-June

English Universal, Young (Em, Emmy, Ems, Junie)

• Emma-Lou

German Entire, universal (Em, Emmy, Ems, Lulu)

• Emmy-Lou

German Universal, famous warrior (Em, Emma, Lulu)

• Laurie-Beth

Latin Symbol of victory, Oath of God (Laur, Laura, Bethy, Beth)

• Lou-Ann

English Famous warrior, grace (Louey, Lulu, Ann, Anna, Annie)

• Mary-Anne

English Drop of the sea, beloved (Mary, Anne, Annie, Anna, Mar)

• Mary-Beth

Latin Star of the sea (Mary, Mar, Beth, Bethy)

• Mary-Lee

Latin Lighthearted, joyful, star of the sea (Mar, Mary, Lee, Lili)

• Peggy-Sue

Greek Pearl, Lily (Peg, Pegs, Sue)

• Penny-Jo

Greek Weaver, God is gracious (Pen, Nini, Jojo)

• Sarah-Beth

Hebrew Princess, Oath of God (Sar, Beth, Bethy)

• Sue-Ellen

English Lily, shining light (Sue, Ellen, Len, Ellie, Elle)

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Unique Southern Female Names

• Ada – #181

German Noble, nobility (Add, Addy)

• Benita

Mexican Blessed (Beni, Ben, Nita)

• Cassidy – #479

Irish The clever one (Cass, Cassie)

• Chastity

Latin Pure, innocent (Chas)

• Collins – #247

Irish Holly (Coll, Collie)

• Dakota – #258

Sioux Friend (Kota, Koty)

• Deana

Old English Someone living in a valley area (Dea, Deedee)

• Delta

Greek Fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Del, Deli)

• Dixie

French Ten (Didi)

• Dolly

English Gift of God (Doll)

• Dottie

Greek Gift of God (Dot, Dots)

• Flossie

Latin Flower (Floss)

• Gentry

English Nobility (Gen, Jennie, Gent)

• Harley – #331

Old English Hare’s meadow (Harl)

• Hattie – #411

Old French Home ruler (Hats)

• Iona

Greek Dove (Ona)

• Josie – #119

Hebrew God will add (Jo, Jojo)

• Jossie

Hebrew God will give (Jo, Jojo)

• Kacie

English Alert, vigorous (Kace)

• Leota

German Of the people (Leo)

• Lianna

French To twine around (Lia)

• Liliana – #97

Latin Pure, innocent (Lily, Liana)

• Lola

Spanish, sorrows (Lo)

• Luella – #996

Latin Famous elf (Lou, Ella)

• Mavis – #680

French Songbird (Maeve)

• Millie – #127

Latin Gentle strength, strong in work (Mills)

• Nelda

English Champion (Nell, Nellie)

• Peggy

Greek Pearl (Peg, Pegs)

• Rae

Hebrew Ewe, female sheep

• Rita

Spanish Pearl (Riri)

• Tallulah

Native American Leaping water (Tall, Tally)

• Tara

Irish Hill, star (Tare)

• Tatum – #274

English cheerful, full of spirit (Tate, Tatey)

• Tennessee

Native American Gathering place (Ten, Tenny, Nessie)

• Tilly

German Mighty in battle (Tills)

• Twyla

English Twilight (Twyl, Twylie)

• Wanda

Polish From the Vandal tribe (Wan)

• Wilda

Old English Untamed (Will, Wills)

• Willadean

English God’s gift (Willa, Deanie, Dean)

• Zettie

Hebrew Olive (Zet, Zeta, Zetta)

• Zora – #846

Slavic Light, dawn (Zor, Zorie, Zo, Zozo)

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Nature-Inspired Southern Female Names

• Azalea – #404

Greek Dry flower (Azzy, Zalea)

• Birdie – #803

Old English Bright, bird

• Camellia

Latin Helper to the priest (Cam, Cammy, Lia)

• Clementine – #558

French Merciful (Clem, Clemmy)

• Dahlia – #280

Scandinavian Valley flower (Dahl, Dally, Lia)

• Daisy – #125

Old English Day’s eye (Day, Zeezee)

• Dawn

Old English The first appearance of light (Dawnie, Dawns)

• Fawn

French Young deer (Fawny, Deer)

• Faye – #564

Middle English Fairy (Fay, Fays)

• Hazel – #27

English The hazelnut tree (Haze, Haz, Hazey)

• Ivy – #42

English Vine (Ives, Ivers, Vivi)

• Laney – #705

France Bright light (Lanes, Lanny)

• Lemon

English Beloved man (Lem, Lemmy)

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• Lily – #30

Latin Pure (Lil)

• Magnolia – #151

French Of great excellence (Maggie, Mags)

• Marigold – #833

English Golden flower (Mari, Goldie)

• Mayberry

Old English Fortified place (May, Berry, Mabe)

• Opal – #525

Sanskrit Precious stone (Ope)

• Paisley – #53

Scottish A patterned fabric (Pais, Lili)

• Primrose

English First Rose (Prim, Rose, Rosie)

• Rosaline

Old French Beautiful rose (Rosa, Rosie, Rose)

• Rose – #120

Latin Rose flower (Rosie)

• Ruby – #62

Latin Precious red stone (Rube, Rubes)

• Sandy

Greek Man’s defender (San, Sanny)

• Willow – #37

English Freedom

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Old Southern Girl Names

• Ardenia

Latin Valley of the eagle (Arden, Denia, Nini)

• Beatrice – #555

Latin One who brings joy (Betty, Trice, Trissy)

• Bess

Hebrew God is my oath (Bessy)

• Betsy

Hebrew Daughter, worshipper of God (Bets, Betty)

• Blanche

French White (Blan, Blanny)

• Calista

Greek Most beautiful (Cal, Cali, Lista)

• Caroline – #77

German Free woman (Carol, Carrie)

• Cora – #75

Greek Maiden (Cor, Cory)

• Cordelia

Latin Daughter of the sea (Cord, Cordy, Cody, Delia)

• Daphne – #278

Greek Laurel (Daph, Daffy)

• Deborah

Hebrew Bee (Deb, Debby, Debs)

• Edna

Hebrew Rejuvenation, rebirth (Ed, Dina)

• Ernestina

German Serious (Ern, Ernie, Tina)

• Eugenie

Greek Well-born, noble (Euge, Genie, Gina)

• Francine

French From France (Fran, Frannie, France)

• Georgia – #162

Greek Agriculture (Georgie, Gia, Gigi)

• Glenda

Welsh Pure, clean (Glen, Glenny, Lenny)

• Josephine – #70

Hebrew Jehovah shall grow (Jo, Jojo, Joey)

• Judith – #873

Hebrew She will be praised (Judy, Jud)

• Linda – #807

Spanish Pretty (Lin, Linny, Lind)

• Lisette

French Pledged to God (Lis, Lizzy, Ette)

• Loretta – #816

Italian Victory (Lorie, Retta, Lo)

• Lorraine

German Famous army (Lorie, Rain, Rainie)

• Madeline – #102

Hebrew Woman from Magdala (Maddie, Mads, Mad)

• Maisie – #347

Scottish Pearl (May, Mays)

• Maribell

Latin Beautiful Marie (Mari, Bella, Belly)

• Marjorie

Old French Pearl (Margie, Marge)

• Marlene

German From Magdala (Marl, Marley, Lene)

• Polly

English Star of the sea (Poll, Polls)

• Reba

Hebrew To tie firmly, connection (Reb, Reby)

• Rowena

Old German Fame and happiness (Row, Rowie)

• Ruth – #179

Hebrew Friendship (Ruthie, Roo)

• Selma

German Peaceful (Sel, Selly, Selmy, Selm)

• Sharon

Hebrew A fertile plain (Shar, Share, Ron, Ronnie)

• Shirley

English Bright meadow (Shir, Shirl, Lili, Ley)

• Susannah

English Lily (Susan, Anna, Sue, Suzy)

• Tabitha

Aramaic Gazelle (Tab, Tabs, Tabby)

• Thelma

Greek Will, volition (Thelly, Thell, Thelm)

• Virginia – #540

Latin Maid, virgin (Ginny, Ginia, Gina)

• Wilma

German Resolute protector (Will, Willa)

• Wynona

Native American First-born daughter (Wyn, Wynnie, Nona)

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Black Southern Names

• Bernice

Greek Bringer of victory (Bernie, Bern, Neece)

• Bianca – #426

Italian White (Bia, Bea, Bibi, Anca)

• Brianna – #171

Irish High, noble (Bri, Anna, Ann)

• Brielle – #116

Hebrew Heroine of God (Bri, Elle, Ella, Ellie)

• Ebony

Latin Deep black wood (Eb, Ebby)

• Grace – #35

Latin Goodness, generosity (Gracie)

• Henrietta

French Home-ruler (Henri, Hattie, Hen, Retta, Etta)

• Ida

German Industrious (Id, Ids)

• Laverne

French Of spring (Lav, Lavie, Verne, Verna, Vera)

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• Lettie

English Joy, gladness (Let, Lets)

• Loucilla

Spanish Light (Lou, Cilla, Cece, Louie)

• Monique

French Advisor, one (Mo, Monie, Nique, Nicki)

• Myrtle

Latin Evergreen shrub (Myrtie, Myrt)

• Pearl – #756

English Pearl (Pearlie, Pearla, Pea)

• Simone – #960

Hebrew He has heard (Sim, Simmy)

• Vera – #224

Slavic Truth (Ver, Verie)

• Viola

Latin Violet, purple (Vi, Vivi, Vio)

Wrapping Up Southern Girl Names

Whether you’re fixin’ to name your little Southern belle or simply fascinated by the colorful tapestry of Southern culture, I hope you’ve found this list as delightful as a glass of sweet tea on a porch swing.

Remember, a Southern girl’s name is more than just letters strung together—it’s a story waiting to be told, a legacy to be carried on.

So don’t hold back and find a name that makes your heart pitter-patter and your spirit want to do a happy dance.

Thank you all kindly for joining me on this wild ride of Southern girl names.

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