175+ Southern Girl Names for Your Sweet Little Belle

Have you fallen in love with southern girl names?

You’re going to absolutely love this list of 175+ southern belle names for your little girl!

Why are these baby names considered southern?

They are all popular choices throughout the deep south southern states, which are Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Why do we love these cute southern names? If you’ve traveled to any of these states, you’ve experienced the charming spirit of the south!

Fun Fact: According to the Social Security Administration, the top 5 baby names for Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virigina are Ava, Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, and Amelia.

In Kentucky, only one out of the top 5 most popular baby names is different – Harper.

Finally, Mississippi has one unique name in the top 5 and that’s Kinsley!

In this list, you’ll find cute southern girl names, pretty southern belle names, popular southern names for a baby girl, classic southern baby girl names, and unique southern baby names for a girl.

Now, let’s get started…

Cute Southern Girl Names

Looking for a cute southern girl name? These modern names are short and sweet!

Adalee
Annalee
Annamae
Bea
Belle
Bessie
Clarabelle
Clementine
Colee
Daisy
Dixie
Dottie
Edie
Effie
Faye
Fretta
Gillie
Hallie
Hattie
Lemon
Lessie
Lettie
Love
Mazie
Minnie
Nessie
Polly
Quinnie
Rae
Rossie
Roxie
Sylvie
Tennie
Tilly
Zadie

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Pretty Southern Belle Names

Searching for the perfect name with southern roots?

We think these pretty southern belle names have a great way of stealing your heart.

Love country music star Loretta Lynn? You’ll find her first name on this list!

Addison
Adeline
Anise
Arabella
Clarise
Collins
Delilah
Ellie
Emmeline
Henrietta
Jessa
Jolene
Layla
Leona
Lola
Loretta
Lulu
Maisie
Maribelle
Marigold
Nellie
Nora
Opal
Palmer
Presley
Primrose
Renetta
Selina
Serena
Sutton
Vida
Viola
Vira
Weslynn
Willow
Winona
Zerah

Popular Southern Names for a Baby Girl

Looking for a southern place name? Consider Georgia or Virginia!

Love names with a Latin origin? Look at Amelia or Olivia.

How romantic would a name with French origin be? We love Scarlet!

You’ll recognize many of these popular southern names for a baby girl.

Amelia
Annabelle
Ava
Brandy
Callie
Daphne
Deana
Dorothy
Eleanor
Ella
Ellen
Florence
Gemma
Georgia
Harper
Hayley
Jessie
Josephine
Josie
June
Kayla
Madeline
Maggie
Melanie
Olivia
Rhea
Rosalie
Ruby
Ruthie
Sadie
Sawyer
Scarlet
Taylor
Virginia

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Classic Southern Baby Girl Names

These classic southern baby girl names have stood the test of time!

Recognize a few names? That’s right! Some of these classic southern names belong to famous people like Dolly Parton and actress Emma Stone.

Hoping for some country names? Take a look at Caroline or Sally.

Whatever you choose, your child’s name will be a shining light in modern times.

Alice
Betsy
Bonnie
Caroline
Charlene
Charlotte
Dolly
Eloise
Emma
Fannie
Francine
Grace
Hannah
Harriette
Ida
Isabelle
Jean
Kay
Lorraine
Louise
Mabel
Mae
Margaret
Marsha
Mary
Millie
Myrtle
Nonnie
Patrice
Prudence
Rita
Sally
Savannah
Shirley
Susannah
Tammy
Tanya

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Unique Southern Baby Names for a Girl

Some parents don’t want a popular name at all!

Sometimes it’s nice to name your child with a name that’s perfectly unique.

I can almost guarantee you haven’t heard of some of these unique southern baby names for a girl!

Since you may not be familiar with them, I’m going to share the name meaning and/or origin for each name below.

Adelaide – an English name that means “noble kind or type”
Aletta – a Greek name that means “footloose”
Audine – a name of Old English origin that means “old friend”
Birdie – an English name that means “little bird”
Dorrie – a name of Greek origin that means “gift”
Elodie – a name of Spanish origin that means “riches or wealth”
Floretta – a Latin name meaning “goddess of flowers”
Florie – from the Latin word meaning “flower”
Heddie – a name of German origin that means “contention and strife”
Hollis – name of Old English origin that means “holly tree”
Ima – a name of Japanese origin meaning “now” or “the present”
Ivory – this name means “white or pure”
Jettie – this name means “jet black gem”
Joetta – a name of Hebrew origin that means “Jehovah is God”
Kitty – a name of Irish origin that means “young cat”
Latrice – this name means “noble woman”
Lottie – a name of French origin that means “little and womanly”
Marietta – a French name meaning “star of the sea”
Mellie – a beautiful name with many meanings such as “”black, bee, honey or brave strength”
Mertie – a name popular in the Christian religion that means “from a sea town”
Monnie – this name means “the one who shows the right path to others”
Neely – a name of Irish origin that means “horn”
Odessa – a name of Greek origin that means “long journey”
Odette – this name has one simple meaning “wealth”
Onita – a cute name that means “priceless”
Ora – a name of Spanish origin meaning “prayer”
Posey – this adorable name means “a bunch of flowers”
Rhetta – a Latin name meaning “speaker”
Tandy – a strong name meaning “warrior“”
Thellie – this name is so unique we couldn’t find the true meaning!
Thyra – this name derives from multiple European countries and means “thunder warrior”
Trennie – this rare baby name doesn’t have a published origin or meaning.
Undine – a name of Latin origin meaning “wave”
Yonnie – another name of Latin origin meaning “just”

More Southern Female Names (A-L)

Haven’t seen the perfect Southern female name just yet?!

Don’t worry, we’ve got a few more for you!

Each one of them are darling options that your little girl will love for a lifetime.

Here are our final few Southern female names from A-L…

Abigail
Annie
Blossom
Carlin
Cassidy
Cordelia
Collins
Delaney
Della
Elizabeth
Emery
Faith
Genevieve
Georgette
Hadley
June
Juniper
Kasey
Kinsey
Lacey

More Southern Women’s Names (M-Z)

You start by choosing a name for your little bundle of joy, but her name will follow her an entire lifetime.

Consider how her name will be received as a grown woman, amongst different professional settings.

There’s no right or wrong answer… only YOU will know which name is absolutely perfect for her.

Let’s look at the rest of these Southern women’s names from M-Z…

Mabel
Magnolia
Paisley
Piper
Presley
Regina
Shania
Willadeene
Tabby
Trinity
Undine
Zoe

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Double Names: Are They Southern?

You may or may not have heard of “double names”.

The tradition of double names actually started in England hundreds of years ago when the rich began giving their kids long names in order to prove their upper class status.

Since then, Southerners have carried on the tradition by giving two names such as Ella Mae, Mary Jane, Harper Lee, Anna Belle, etc.

Typically when you hear a double name, you immediately think of cute Southern accents and sweet tea!

Here’s a great list of double names shared by Southern Living if you’re thinking about joining the trend and need some ideas.

Do I Have to Use a Family Name for My Baby?

In recent years, some parents to be feel pressure to use a long standing name that runs in their family.

Often times, these names can be beautiful names!

Other times, they are not quite what we envisioned for our baby.

We think the perfect balance for this is to use family names as middle names instead.

This way, your family feels honored by your choice to continue the long-established tradition.

Need More Inspiration for Baby Girl Names?

We hope you loved this list of southern girl names!

Choosing a name for your baby is not easy, but any one of these southern names will be a great choice.

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