Girl names that start with I

From Ida to Izzy, here’s hundreds of impeccable and interesting baby girl names that start with the letter I.

NamesOriginMeaning
IsabellaIsabella is definitely the new(ish) It Girl of baby names. Isabella’s rise has been fairly recent and metoric (it was #1…
IrisFlower names are super in vogue right now, and Iris is simply blooming. While it’s not nearly as popular as fellow flora…
IvyIvy is one of the hottest flower names to be found right now, thanks to Jay-Z and Béyonce’s baby girl Blue Ivy. To-the-point…
IsabelIsabel is generally considered a medieval Spanish form of Elizabeth and is a royal name in Spain and Portugal. Isabel and…
IsabelleFrench:i
IreneGreek:Peace; Irene was the Greek goddess of peace. Another famous bearer was an eighth-century Byzantine empress, the first woman…
IngridNorse OriginBeautiful; feminine version of the Norse fertility god Ing”s name
IndiaEnglish:From the Sanskrit for river; India is a country in southern Asia. Fictional India Wilkes was Ashleigh”s sister in Margaret…
IslaScottish:From Islay, a name of an island off the Scottish coast
IdaEnglish:Properous
IleanaA modern spelling alternative to the oh-so-popular Elena and Eliana, Ileana is equally as pretty, but a lot more unique….
IlianaGreek:Light; variant of Helena
IrmaGerman:Strength, universal or complete; a short form of many names begining with the element Irm or Erm, probably derived from irm…
InezInez is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Agnes, sometimes spelled Ines. While not super common, but it’s continued to stand…
IsadoraGreek:Gift of Isis; derived from the name of the Egyptian fertility goddess and the Greek doron, meaning gift
IndiraHindi:Mythological wife of Vishnu
IvanaCzech:God has been gracious; feminine form of Ivan
IlsaIlsa is the German variant of Elizabeth, and it making a comeback in Europe. It’s beautiful and distinctly European, most…
IsabelaSpanish Origin
IlseEnglish OriginNoble
ImeldaSpanish:Powerful fighter; the name of a fourteenth-century Spanish saint
IvonneFrench:Variant of Yvonne
IvannaGreek Origin
IsoldaCeltic:The fair
IlyssaEnglish Origin
ImogeniaLatin:Image
IrsiaPersian:Rainbow; variant of Iris
IvoryEnglish:White, pure; a reference to the creamy-white color of ivory or to the hard tusk used for carving fine art and jewelry
ImogenEnglish OriginImage
IrinaRussian Origin
IsoldeCeltic:Fair one; Legendary Isolde of the White Hands (Iseut aux Blanches Mains) fell in love with the knight Tristan after drinking…
IzabellaHebrew:Devoted to God
IncaBesides the oh-so-great meaning of “Ing’s abundance,” Inca also refers to Quechuan people living in the Cuzco valley in…
IonaCeltic:From the king”s island
ImogeneLatin:Image, likeness; There is evidence that Imogen as a name is not derived from the Latin, but was simply a made-up name from…
IliaLatin:Mythical vestal virgin who broke her vow of celibacy and became the mother, by the god Mars, of the twin boys Romulus and…
IolaGreek:Violet, dawn; In Greek mythology, the hero Hercules loved Iola.
IngeGerman OriginOne who is foremost; an independent name and a short form of several Scandinavian and German names having Ing as their first…
IvankaCzech Origin
IlonaFinnish Origin
InisIrish:Island
IsobelScottish Origin
IlmaFinnish:Air
InessaRussian:Chaste. Variant of Agnes.
IlkaHungarian Origin
IdaliaGerman:Elaboration of Ida, diligent
InolaNative American:Black fox (Cherokee)
IonnaUkrainian:God”s gift
IaeraLatin:Dryad nymph, mother of Bitias and Pandarus
IbolyaHungarian:Violet
IcaGreek:Light
IcelynEnglish:Modern blend of a word name with the common feminine suffix -lyn
IdalinaTeutonic:Possibly a variant of Ida or a blend of Ida and Lina
IdeashiaEnglish:Modern blend of Ida and Aisha
IdettaGerman:Hard working; variant of Ida using a feminine French suffix
ImanAfrican OriginFaith
ImaniAfrican:Faith
InariFinnish:Place name for Lake Inari in Finland
IndiHindi Origin
IndianaEnglish:Place name for Indiana, one of the United States fondly known as the Hoosier State