Girl Baby Names Starting with a Vowel

Names starting with a vowel have an open, warm, immediately accessible quality — they begin with your breath.

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Vowel-starting names — Olivia, Emma, Ava, Ethan, Elijah, Aurora, Iris, Ivan — top the popularity charts consistently. Linguistically, vowel-initial names blend smoothly with most surnames and feel naturally warm and open. They also tend to work well with most middle names.

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defender of the people

Air, melody; a long song in an opera.

Originally a surname meaning 'ruler of the elves'.

אֲבִיגָיִל

My God has answered

Ελίας - 'Yahweh is my God'

light or bright

God strengthens

God is salvation

Messenger of God

Work ruler; from the Old German name 'Emmerich'

The season between summer and winter; fall

Goddess of wisdom and warfare

delight, paradise

God is my salvation

Exalted, noble, high-ranking

Brave as a wild boar

ruler of the home

From the east town

A beloved name with deep roots

Man; human; to be red, referring to the red earth.

Majestic, venerable

Consecrated to God

Joyful, happy; a cheerful spirit.

Ash tree clearing

bowman, one who uses a bow and arrow

a modern variant of Adeline, meaning 'noble'.

the Lord is gracious

variants of Emerson, meaning 'brave' or 'powerful'

God is gracious

from the oak meadow

ash tree town; ash town

From the Oak Tree

the glowing fragment of coal or wood in a dying fire

God is with us.

noble, nobility

Derived from the Hebrew name Eliyahu, meaning 'my God is Yahweh'.

derived from 'Antonius', meaning 'priceless' or 'of inestimable worth'

my dream, my light

defender of mankind

defender of mankind

wealthy guardian

Quaking tree; aspen tree

Bright, shining light

To ascend or rise

breath or vapor

אָנָה - 'grace' or 'favor'

Meaning 'yielding to prayer' or 'beautiful altar'

Scandinavian countries

ישׂראל - Yisra'el, meaning 'God contends'

Heavenly or of the heavens.

flourishing, long-lived

Variant of Elena, meaning 'bright, shining light'.

Wealth, fortune

priceless, of inestimable worth

אֵלִיאֲנָה - which means 'God has answered'.

Meaning 'elf ruler' (from the name Aubrey)

A gemstone; a type of quartz

derived from André, meaning 'manly' or 'brave'

Fair, beautiful

esteemed, beloved

Gracious, merciful

Brave; powerful

bright, shining light

Exalted, noble, or highborn

From the family name Armani, meaning 'warrior'

A modern creation, possibly derived from the name Everly, meaning 'from the boar

Scandinavian countries

defender of mankind

The highest point