Valid girls' names

Everything must start somewhere, and this seems as good as anywhere.

I've prepared this list, no doubt incomplete, of girls' names which are also valid words (i.e. uncapitalised and suitable for use in Countdown or your word game of choice.) I've split the list into two halves: those you might be surprised to find, such as Charlotte; and those you won't, such as Fanny.

Opinions on what counts as a "name" might vary, and it's likely most of the dictionary has been used as a name by someone at some time. So I've tried to take a central position, somewhat permissive but not too permissive, thus ensuring that no one is happy. Opinion might also vary on what counts as surprising; words like felicity and myrtle aren't that unusual, but it's possible that they may be unfamiliar or you may be slightly nervous about offering them; that's the standard I've tried to apply. Again my intuition may disagree with yours, but no correspondence will be entered into.

Most of these are nouns, of course, with plurals formed in the obvious way unless otherwise noted.

Finally, if you think of any omissions, please do let us know. I will update the list and give credit accordingly.

The interesting ones:-

• CHARLOTTE
• GEORGETTE
• MADELEINE


• ANGELICA
• CLEMENCY
• FELICITY
• ROSALINE [adj. only; no plural]
• VERONICA
• VICTORIA


• ABIGAIL
• ALANNAH
• CELESTE
• CHARLIE
• COLLEEN
• PANDORA
• QUEENIE
• TIFFANY [no plural]


• ALIYAH [no plural]
• ALEXIA [no plural]
• ALANNA
• BONNIE [no plural]
• BRYONY
• CARMEN [plural of CARMAN]
• CASSIA
• CRISTA [plural is CRISTAE only]
• DAPHNE
• DEXTER
• JENNET [?]
• JESSIE
• JOANNA
• MAGGIE
• MOLLIE
• MYRTLE
• PHOEBE
• SHEILA
• SHELLY [adj. only, no inflections]
• SIENNA [no plural]
• SIERRA
• VERITY [has plural VERITIES, surprisingly]


• ARIEL
• BELLE
• BOBBY
• DEBBY [no plural]
• DIANA
• DONNA
• ERICA
• ETHYL [mass noun, no plural]
• FLORA
• GABBY [adj. only; GABBIER and GABBIEST but no plural]
• GEMMA [plural is GEMMAE only]
• JENNY
• JULIA
• KYLIE
• LEONE
• MAVIS
• MOLLY
• NELLY
• POLLY
• SALLY [verb and noun; SALLIES, SALLIED, SALLYING]
• TERRY
• VENUS


• ALBA
• ANNA
• CATE
• GENA [plural is GENAE only]
• JANE
• JESS [verb and noun; JESSES, JESSED, JESSING]
• JILL
• KALA
• KARA
• LULU
• NESS
• RUTH [mass noun; no plural]


• JO [plural is JOES only]
  

The obvious ones:-

• LAVENDER
• MARIGOLD
• PATIENCE [no plural]
• PRIMROSE
• PRUDENCE
• ROSEMARY


• CHARITY
• CRYSTAL
• HEATHER
• HONESTY [no plural]
• JASMINE


• BRANDY
• MARINA
• MELODY
• SUMMER
• VIOLET


• ABBEY
• AMBER
• BERYL
• CANDY
• CAROL
• CHINA
• CISSY
• DAISY
• DOLLY
• FAITH
• FANNY
• GRACE
• HAZEL
• HOLLY
• HONEY
• KITTY
• LOLLY
• MISTY
• NANCY
• OLIVE
• PATTY
• PEARL
• PENNY
• POPPY
• ROBIN
• SANDY [adj. only; SANDIER and SANDIEST. Also SANDYISH.]


• CAT
• COCO
• DAWN
• ELSE [no plural]
• FERN
• HOPE
• IRIS [verb and noun; IRISES, IRISED, IRISING]
• JADE
• JEAN
• LILY
• ROSE
• RUBY


• DOT
• EVE
• FAY
• GAY
• IVY
• JOY
• MAY
• PAT
• PEG
• SUE