Baby girl names beginning with V– with origins and meanings
Looking for baby name ideas for a girl that start with the 22nd letter of the alphabet? We’ve got some vibrant suggestions, along with their origin and meaning
Are you looking for baby girl name ideas beginning with V? Look through our list with their origins and meanings to find out whether your baby girl could be a Valerie, Vita or Volante
1. Valentine
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: strong and healthy
- Also: Valentina, Val
2. Valerie
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: the name of a Roman family used as a first name
- Also: Val
3. Vanda
- Origin: German
- Meaning: family, wanderer
- Also: Wanda
4. Vanessa
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: butterfly
- Also: Ness, Nessie
5. Vanna
- Origin: Hebrew, Russian/Czech
- Meaning: in Hebrew, God's gift: in Russian and Czech, God is gracious
6. Vardis
- Origin: Indian
- Meaning: rose
7. Vashti
- Origin: Persian
- Meaning: beautiful
8. Veda
- Origin: Indian
- Meaning: knowledge, wisdom
9. Vedya
- Origin: Indian
- Meaning: celebrated
10. Velinda
- Origin: African American
- Meaning: pretty
11. Velma
- Origin: German
- Meaning: determined protector
12. Velvet
- Origin: English
- Menaing: the name of the soft cloth
13. Venetia
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: the name of the Italian city
14. Venus
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: love, loveliness, beloved, or sexual love
15. Vera
- Origin: Russian
- Meaning: faith
16. Verena
- Latin origin
- Meaning: true
17. Verity
- Origin: Old English
- Meaning: truth
18. Veronica
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: a true image
- Also: Verona, Veronique (French form)
19. Vesta
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: the name of the Roman goddess of fire; Vesta is one of the three virgin goddesses of antiquity, known to the Greeks as Hestia
20. Vevila
- Origin: Celtic
- Meaning: harmonious
21. Vi
- Origin: American
- Meaning: purple
- Also: Viola (below), Violet (below)
22. Victoria
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: victory
- Also:Vicky, Vickie, Tory, Tori, Vita, Viti, Queenie
23. Vida
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: life
- Also: Davida
24. Vijaya
- Origin: Sanskrit
- Meaning: victory
25. Violet
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: the name of the flower
26. Viola
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Latin name for Violet
- Also: Violetta
27. Virginia
- Origin: Latin
- Menaing: the name of a Roman family used as a first name
- Also: Ginny, Ginnie, Gini, Jinny
28. Vishala
- Origin: Hindi
- Meaning: wide-eyed
- Also: Vishalakshi
29. Vita
- Origin: Italian
- Meaning: life
- Also: Victoria
30. Vivien
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: full of life
- Also: Vivyan, Vyvyan, Vivienne (French form), Viv
31. Volante
- Origin: Italian, Latin
- Meaning: to fly
About our author Catherine Ball
Catherine Ball is a freelance journalist who specialises in writing about parenting and health. She has been a journalist for 20 years, writing for a wide range of regional and national publications. She is also mum to 4 children between the ages 3 and 12, so has drawn up many, many lists of baby names over the past few years.
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