Choosing your baby girl’s name can feel exciting, especially when a particular first letter keeps catching your attention. F offers familiar favorites such as Faith and Fiona, along with names you may not hear as often.

Each name includes its meaning or origin, giving you more context as you compare your favorites. You’ll also find surnames, word names, and names traditionally used for boys that some families may consider as gender-neutral choices.

Girl Names That Start With F

The names are grouped by style and listed alphabetically within each section, making it easy to go straight to the categories that interest you most.

10 Popular Girl Names That Start With F

In 2025, Freya ranked No. 176 among U.S. girl names, making it the highest-ranking F name in this article.¹ The names below are listed alphabetically.

1. Faith/Fayth — An English name meaning “trust” or “devotion.”

2. Fatima — An Arabic name meaning “one who abstains” or “one who weans.”

3. Felicity — English for “happiness.”

4. Fernanda — This Portuguese and Spanish name means “bold voyager.”

5. Finley/Finnley — A Scottish name meaning “fair warrior.”

6. Fiona — Gaelic for “fair” or “white.”

7. Flora — This name means “flower” in Latin.

8. Frances — This name means “free one” or “from France” in Latin.

9. Francesca — Italian for “free.”

10. Freya — An Old Norse name meaning “lady.”

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1. Fabienne — French for “bean.”

2. Fable — This name is derived from the Latin word and means “a story.”

3. Fae — An English name meaning “fairy.”

4. Faerie — This Old French name means “realm of fairies.”

5. Fairlight — English for “beautiful light.”

6. Fairy — An English name for the mythical creature.

7. Faithlyn — English for “trust” and “lake.”

8. Fancy — This F girl name means “like, love, inclination” or “ornamental” in English.

9. Fareeda — Arabic for “unique, precious pearl.”

10. Fareena — A Latin name meaning “flour” or “one who brings good news.”

11. Faren/Faron — English for “handsome servant.”

12. Fari — An Old Norse name meaning “to go” or “to travel.”

13. Farine — The French word for “flour.”

14. Fayra — The meaning of this name is “gift of God” in Arabic.

15. Feba — This name means “bright” or “pure” in Russian.

16. Fee — This name means “fairy” in Dutch and German.

17. Felice — This Italian name means “lucky” or “successful.”

18. Feline — Latin for “cat-like.”

19. Femi  — A Yoruba name meaning “God loves me.”

20. Feodora — Russian for “gift of God.”

21. Ferelith — A Scottish name meaning “true sovereignty.”

22. Fernlee — Old English for “fern meadow.”

23. Feven — An Ethiopian name meaning “bright” or “radiant.”

24. Filo — This girl’s name that starts with F means “to be loved” in Portuguese.

25. Finian — This name means “white” or “blessed” in Irish.

26. Finn/Fynn — Shortened versions of the name Finian.

27. Fiorella — An Italian name meaning “flower.”

28. Fjolla — Albanian for “snowflake.”

29. Flame — English for “blaze” or “fire.”

30. Flava — This name means “yellow” in Latin.

31. Fleur — This French name means “flower.”

32. Flo — This short form of “Florence” is English for “flourishing” or “prosperous.”

33. Florene — English and French for “flower.”

34. Flower — This is derived from the English word for a blossoming plant.

35. Flykra — This name means “snowflake” in Faroese.

36. Forest — An English name for someone who lived near a forest.

37. Fortuna — This name means “luck” in Latin.

38. Franice — English for “Frenchman.”

39. Frannie/Franny — This is another English name for “Frenchman.”

40. Franya — French for “free.”

41. Freda — An English name meaning “friend of peace.”

42. Freddie — This name means “elf counsel” in English.

43. Fuchsia — This is an English name for a flowering plant named after botanist Leonhart Fuchs. His last name means “fox” in German.

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1. Fallon/Falon — An Irish Gaelic name meaning “leader.”

2. Fay/Faye — Middle English for “fairy.”

3. Felicia — This Latin name means “lucky.”

4. Filipa — A Portuguese name meaning “friend of horses.”

5. Florance/Florence — This name means “prosperous” or “flourishing” in Latin.

6. Francisca — Spanish and Portuguese for “Frenchman.”

7. Frankie/Franky — An English name meaning “Frenchman.”

8. Freja/Freyja — This name is of Icelandic and Old Norse origin. It means “lady.”

9. Frida — German for “peace.”

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1. Falco — An Italian name meaning “hawk.”

2. Famous — This is an English word meaning “well-known.”

3. Fanning — Irish Gaelic for “fair.”

4. Fantasia — This girl’s name starts with “F” and means “imagination” in Italian.

5. Faraday — This Irish name means “man of the wood.”

6. Farrell — This name means “descendant of Fearghal” in Irish.

7. Fathi — An Arabic name meaning “conqueror.”

8. Faven — A Tigrinya name meaning “light.”

9. Fawn — This name means “young deer” in English.

10. Feather — A modern English name inspired by the word.

11. Fedor — Russian for “gift of God.”

12. Fenella — A Scottish name meaning “white shoulder.”

13. Fenn — This modern name means “wetland” or “marsh” in English.

14. Fennel — An English name for the vegetable and herb.

15. Fenris — This Norse name means “fen-dweller.” A “fen” is also known as a marsh or wetland.

16. Fenyx — Greek for “dark red.”

17. Fergie — An Irish and Scottish name meaning “man of force.”

18. Ffion — This name means “foxglove” in Welsh.

19. Fiametta — This name means “little flame” in Italian.

20. Fifer — This is a Scottish occupational name for a piper.

21. Fig — This English name refers to the fruit.

22. Fiji — This is the English name for the archipelago in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.

23. Finbarr — This name means “fair-haired” in Irish.

24. Finch — An English nature name inspired by the songbird.

25. Finesse — This name is of French and English origin and means “flair.”

26. Finnick — A literary name used by Suzanne Collins in The Hunger Games series.

27. Fiorentina/Fiorenza — A Latin name meaning “flourishing” or “prosperous.”

28. Fire — This is an English word name.

29. Fitz — A Scottish name meaning “son of.”

30. Flair — English for “style.”

31. Flannery — This name means “descendant of Flannghal” in Irish.

32. Fletcher — This is an English occupational name for an arrow maker.

33. Floriana — Latin for “flourishing” or “prosperous.”

34. Flourish — This name means “thrive” or “flair” in Latin.

35. Ford — An English name meaning “dweller at the ford.”

36. Forever — This name is inspired by the English meaning “for all future time.”

37. Fortezza — This name means “fortitude” in Latin.

38. Fortune — A Latin name meaning “luck, fate, and wealth.”

39. Foster — This is an English occupational name meaning “forester.”

40. Four — An English word name for the number four.

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41. Fox — This name is for the animal and is of English origin.

42. Foxy — An English word for the animal and for someone “sly” or “cunning.”

43. France — The country of France inspires this name.

44. Frangipani — Italian for “plumeria.”

45. Franklyn — An English name meaning “free landholder.”

46. Free — This name is inspired by the English word “free.”

47. Freesia — German flower name that translates to “Freese’s flower.”

48. French — This is an English word for someone from France.

49. Fringilla — This Latin name is the name of a fictional sorceress. It is derived from a genus of singing finches.

50. Frost — An English name meaning “freezing.”

51. Furaha — This name means “joy” and “happiness” in Swahili.

52. Furiosa — Latin for “furious” or “full of rage.”

53. Fury — An English F name for girls inspired by the word “fury,” which means “wild or violent anger.”

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1. Faatina — An Arabic name meaning “captivating.”

2. Fabiana — Italian and Spanish for “bean.”

3. Fabiola — This name also means “bean” in Italian and Spanish.

4. Fabrizia — An Italian name meaning “craftsman.”

5. Faeema — Arabic for “she who reached fame.”

6. Faelynn — This English name means “fairy” and “lake.”

7. Fahada — Arabic for “leopard.”

8. Fahima — This name means “intelligent” or “scholar” in Arabic.

9. Faidra — A Greek name meaning “bright.”

10. Faimina — This name means “lady” in Arabic.

11. Fajr — Arabic for “dawn” or “beginning.”

12. Fakhra — An Arabic name meaning “pride,” “honor,” or “glory.”

13. Falaq — This name means “daybreak” or “dawn” in Arabic.

14. Falda — An Italian name meaning “strength in battle.”

15. Fania — Italian for “crown” or “wreath.”

16. Fantina — An Italian name meaning “fair child.”

17. Faraza — This name means “success” or “height” in Arabic.

18. Fariha — This name means “happy” in Arabic.

19. Fariza — This name means “duty” or “obligation” in Arabic.

20. Farran/Farryn — This English name means “iron gray.”

21. Faru — Old English for “journey.”

22. Faryal — This name means “angel” in Arabic.

23. Farzin — A Persian name meaning “learned.”

24. Fate — An English word name referring to a person’s destiny.

25. Fayette — A French surname and place name.

26. Fearne — This is the Scottish name for a fern.

27. February — This is the second month in the Roman calendar. The word “February” comes from the Latin word for “purification.”

28. Felisha — English for “lucky” or “successful.”

29. Femke — This name means “peace” in Dutch.

30. Fenix — This is an English name and a variant spelling of phoenix, an immortal bird in Egyptian and Greek mythology.

31. Fenne — Dutch for “peace.”

32. Feodosia — This Slavic name means “gift of God.”

33. Fevronia — A Greek name meaning “purification.”

34. Fia — An Irish name related to Fiadh, meaning “wild.”

35. Fidelity — An English name meaning “to trust.”

36. Finola — This Irish name means “white shoulders.”

37. Finlee — This name means “white warrior” in English.

38. Finnegan — This Irish name means “white” or “blessed.”

39. Flicka — The Swedish word for “girl.”

40. Floral — This name is an English word related to flowers.

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41. Flore — This name means “flower” in Latin.

42. Florencia — This name means “prosperous” or “flourishing” in Spanish.

43. Florida — An English name meaning “blooming.”

44. Flynn/Flinn — Irish for “descendant of the red-haired one.”

45. Foteini — The meaning of this F girl’s name is “light” in Greek.

46. Franca — A Latin name meaning “free.”

47. Francelle — This name means “Frenchman” in Afrikaans.

48. Franziska — Latin for “free man” or “from France.”

49. Friday — This is one of the days of the week, and its name is derived from an Old English word meaning “Frig’s day.”

50. Frieza — This is a fictional name in the Japanese series “Dragon Ball Z.” It is a pun on the English word “freezer.”

51. Fuentes — Spanish for “springs” or “fountains.”

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1. Faatin — An Arabic F name for girls, meaning “clever.”

2. Fadheela — Arabic for “virtue.”

3. Fahmida — This name means “intelligent” or “scholar” in Arabic.

4. Faiga/Faige/Faigel — A Yiddish name and variations meaning “bird.”

5. Fairly — An English name meaning “the clearing where the ferns grow.”

6. Faizah — Arabic for “victorious.”

7. Faizan — This name means “grace” or “favor” in Arabic.

8. Fairooza — This name means “turquoise” in Arabic.

9. Fakhira — Arabic for “glorious” or “magnificent.”

10. Fallyn — An Irish name meaning “leader.”

11. Fanan — Urdu for “tree branch” or “twig.”

12. Fanchon — This name means “Frenchman” in French.

13. Fanta — An Arabic name meaning “captivating” or “a woman who abstains.”

14. Farahnaz — Arabic and Persian for “happiness” and “comfort.”

15. Faraja — This name means “consolation” or “comfort” in Swahili.

16. Fargo — A Hungarian name meaning “cobbler.”

17. Fariba — Persian for “enticing” or “charming.”

18. Farica — This name means “peaceful ruler” in German.

19. Farishta — A Persian name meaning “angel,” also used in Urdu and Hindi.

20. Farjana — This name means “wise” or “intelligent” in Bengali.

21. Farquhar — Scottish for “beloved.”

22. Farvardin — This Persian name means “protector of the good.”

23. Farwah — This name means “wealth” in Arabic.

24. Farzana — A rare Persian name meaning “wise” or “intelligent.”

25. Fatema — This Arabic name means “to abstain.”

26. Fatoumata — This is the Western African equivalent to “Fatimah,” which means “to abstain” in Arabic.

27. Faustina — Italian and Spanish for “lucky.”

28. Favour — An English word name meaning “approval,” “kindness,” or “goodwill.”

29. Fayre — English for “fair.”

30. Felix — Latin for “fortunate.”

31. Felixa — In Spanish, this rare name means “lucky” or “successful.”

32. Fenet — This name means “wished for” in Amharic.

33. Fenna — A Dutch name meaning “peace.”

34. Fenton — Old English for “marsh town.”

35. Fiadh — This Irish F girl name means “wild.”

36. Fianna/Fyanna — This name means “band of warriors” in Irish.

37. Fidelia — This name means “faithful” in Spanish.

38. Finlay — An Irish and Scottish name for “fair-haired hero.”

39. Fionnuala — Irish Gaelic for “white shoulders.”

40. Fiza — This name means “breeze or open” in Arabic.

41. Flor — This Spanish name means “flower.”

42. Fong — A Chinese surname or given name whose meaning depends on the character used.

43. Fradel — Yiddish for “joy.”

44. Frady/Fraidy — This is another Yiddish name that means “joy.”

45. Fraida — This Yiddish name means “joy.”

46. Francheska — Russian and Bulgarian for “Frenchman.”

47. Francique — Haitian Creole for “free man” or “from France.”

48. Frank — A Latin name meaning “free man.”

49. Freedom — This English word name means “the quality or state of being free.”

50. Freideriki — Greek for “peaceful ruler.”

51. Fumiko — A Japanese name whose meaning varies depending on the kanji used.

52. Funoon — This name means “diversity” in Urdu.

53. Fynnley — In English, this name means “white warrior.”

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1. Fannie/Fanny — English for “crown” or “wreath.”

2. Fantine — A literary name used by Victor Hugo in Les Misérables, possibly related to the French word enfant, meaning “child.”

3. Farrah — An Arabic name meaning “joy” and “happiness.”

4. Fauna — The name of a Roman goddess associated with fertility and nature.

5. Fern — This is an English name inspired by the plant.

6. Fifi — A French diminutive used for names such as Joséphine.

7. Filomena — An Italian and Portuguese form of the Greek name Philomena, often interpreted as “friend of strength” or “beloved.”

8. Flavia — Italian and Spanish for “golden” or “yellow-haired.”

9. Florentine — French for “prosperous” or “flourishing.”

10. Florian — A traditionally masculine name of Latin origin associated with “flowering” or “blooming.”

11. Florinda — Spanish and Portuguese for “flower.”

12. Florrie — An English name meaning “flower.”

13. Flossie — This English name means “prosperous” or “flourishing.”

14. Forsythia — This is an English name for a spring shrub that produces yellow flowers.

15. Fran — This name means “Frenchman” in English and Spanish.

16. Francine — A French name meaning “Frenchman.”

17. Franka — German for “free man.”

18. Frederica — This name means “peaceful ruler” in Portuguese and English.

Names can feel different once you hear them in full. Try each favorite with your last name, consider the nicknames that may come naturally, and see which choices still stand out after a few days.

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