Female "I" Names

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1. IANTHA: Variant of Greek Ianthe, name meaning "violet flower."
2. IANTHE: Greek myth name of an ocean nymph, meaning "violet flower."
3. IANTHINA: Elaborated form of Greek Ianthe, meaning "violet flower."
4. IBBIE: Pet form of Spanish Isabel, meaning "God is my oath."
5. IBOLYA: Hungarian equivalent of English Violet, meaning "violet color" and "violet flower."
6. IBTIHAJ: Arabic name meaning "joy."
7. IBTISAM: Arabic name meaning "smiling."
8. IDA: Continental name, originally a Norman name of Germanic origin, derived from the element id, meaning "work."
9. IDE (Íde): Irish name derived from the element ítu, meaning "thirst."
10. IDELLE: English pet form of Ida, meaning "work."
11. IDESTA: Probably Teutonic, from Germanic id, meaning "work."
12. IDETTA: English pet form of Ida, meaning "work."
13. IDETTE: English pet form of Ida, meaning "work."
14. IDONEA: Latin form of English Idony, meaning "again to love."
15. IDONY: English form of Old Norse Idunnr, meaning "again to love."
16. IDOWU: African Yoruba unisex name meaning "born after twins."
17. IDOYA: Spanish name derived from the place name Idoia, itself a Basque name meaning "pond."
18. IDRIL: Tolkien character name, meaning "sparkling brilliance." 
19. IDUNN: German form of Old Norse Idunnr, meaning "again to love."
20. IDUNNR (Iðunnr): Old Norse myth name of a goddess of spring, composed of the elements ið "again" and unna "to love."
21. IEASHA: Variant of Arabic Aisha, meaning "alive."
22. IEKIKA: Hawaiian form of English Jessica, meaning "God sees."
23. IESHA: English form of Arabic Aisha, meaning "alive." 
24. IFE: African Yoruba name meaning "love."
25. IGE: African Yoruba name meaning "born feet first."
26. IGERNA: Latin form of Igraine. Meaning unknown.
27. IGERNE: French form of Igraine. Meaning unknown.
28. IGONE: Feminine form of Basque Igon, meaning "ascension."
29. IGRAINE: Arthurian legend name of the wife of Uther Pendragon and mother of King Arthur. Meaning unknown.
30. IHAB: Arabic unisex name meaning "gift."
31. IHINTZA: Basque name meaning "dew."
32. IHSAN: Arabic unisex name meaning "compassion."
33. IIDA: Finnish form of Ida, meaning "work."
34. IINES: Finnish form of English Agnes, meaning "chaste; holy."
35. IKRAAM: Variant of Arabic unisex Ikram, meaning "honor."
36. IKRAM: Arabic unisex name meaning "honor."
37. ILA: Hindi name meaning "earth."
38. ILANA: Feminine form of Hebrew Ilan, meaning "tree."
39. ILANIT: Variant of Hebrew Ilana, meaning "tree."
40. ILARIA: Feminine form of Italian Ilario, meaning "joyful; happy." 
41. ILDI: Pet form of Hungarian Ildiko, meaning "battle."
42. ILDIKO (Ildikó): Hungarian form of German Hilda, meaning "battle."
43. ILDO (Ildó): Pet form of Hungarian Ildiko, meaning "battle."
44. ILEAN: Variant of English Eileen, meaning both "bird" and "rival."
45. ILEANA: Romanian form of Helen, meaning "torch" or "moon" or more likely "to elope."
46. ILEEN: Variant of English Eileen, meaning both "bird" and "rival."
47. ILENE: Variant of English Eileen, meaning both "bird" and "rival."
48. ILI: Hungarian pet form of Ilona, meaning "torch" or "moon" or more likely "to elope."
49. ILINCA: Feminine form of Romanian Ilie, meaning "the Lord is my God."
50. ILITHYIA: Latin form of Greek Eileithyia, meaning "the ready-comer."
51. ILKA: Hungarian pet form of Ilona, meaning "torch" or "moon" or more likely "to elope."
52. ILMA: Pet form of German Wilhelmina, meaning "will-helmet."
53. ILMATAR: Finnish myth name of an androgynous virgin goddess of the air, derived from the element ilma, meaning "air."
54. ILONA: Finnish, Hungarian and Latvian form of Helen, meaning "torch" or "moon" or more likely "to elope."
55. ILONKA: Hungarian pet form of Ilona, meaning "torch" or "moon" or more likely "to elope."
56. ILSA: Variant of German Ilse, meaning "God is my oath."
57. ILSE: German nickname for Elisabeth, meaning "God is my oath." 
58. ILTA: Finnish name meaning "night."
59. IMA: Variant of German Imma, meaning "entire, whole; universal."
60. IMACULADA: Portuguese form of Spanish Inmaculada, meaning "immaculate."
61. IMANI: African Swahili name meaning "faith."
62. IMELDA: "Whole battle." Italian and Spanish name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements irmen/ermen "entire, whole" and hild "battle."
63. IMKE: Pet form of German Imma, meaning "entire, whole; universal."
64. IMMA: Low German form of Irma, meaning "entire, whole; universal."
65. IMMACOLATA: Italian form of Spanish Inmaculada, meaning "immaculate."
66. IMMACULATA: Latin form of Spanish Inmaculada, meaning "immaculate."
67. IMOGEN: This name comes from a misspelling of the Shakespeare character name Innogen, possibly meaning "girl, maiden." 
68. IMOGENE: Variant of English Imogen, possibly meaning "girl, maiden." 
69. IMPI: Finnish name meaning "virgin."
70. INA: English and Scottish nickname for longer names ending with -ina, such as Christina and Dolina. 
71. IN'AM: Arabic name meaning "bestowal."
72. INANA: Variant of Sumerian Inanna, meaning "lady of Heaven."
73. INANNA: "Lady of Heaven." Sumerian goddess of the sky, earth, love, fertility and war. Equated with Assyrian Ishtar, Greek Astarte and Aphrodite, and Roman Venus.
74. INAS: Arabic name meaning "friendly."
75. INBAL: Hebrew name meaning "tongue of a bell."
76. INDERJIT: Variant of Hindi unisex Indrajit, meaning "conqueror of Indra."
77. INDIA: English name derived from the country name, itself meaning "land of the Indus (river)." 
78. INDIANA: English unisex name derived from the state name, itself meaning "land of the Indians."
79. INDIGO: English unisex name, derived from vocabulary word, itself ultimately from Greek indikon, meaning "blue dye from India." 
80. INDIRA: Hindi myth name borne by Lakshmi, wife of Vishnu, meaning "beauty."
81. INDRAJIT: "Conqueror of Indra." Hindi unisex myth name of the son of Ravana, a demon king of Ceylon, composed of the name of the king of gods, Indra, and the element jit "conqueror."
82. INDRANI: Ancient feminine form of Hindi Indra, meaning "possesses a drop (of rain)."
83. INDU: Hindi name derived from the word for the moon, meaning "bright drop."
84. INDY: Pet form of English unisex Indiana, meaning "land of the Indians."
85. IÑES: Spanish form of English Agnes, meaning "chaste; holy."
86. INÊS: Portuguese form of English Agnes, meaning "chaste; holy."
87. INÈS: French form of English Agnes, meaning "chaste; holy."
88. INES: Italian form of English Agnes, meaning "chaste; holy."
89. INÉZ: Spanish form of English Agnes, meaning "chaste; holy."
90. INGA: Russian and Swedish feminine form of unisex Inge, meaning "foremost one."
91. INGE: Dutch, German and Scandinavian unisex nickname for longer names beginning with Ing-, meaning "foremost one."
92. INGEBJORG (Ingebjørg): Danish and Norwegian form of Ingeborg, meaning "Ing's help/protection."
93. INGEBORG: German and Scandinavian form of Old Norse Ingibjörg, meaning "Ing's help/protection."
94. INGEGARD (Ingegärd): Swedish form of Scandinavian Ingegerd, meaning "Ing's enclosure."
95. INGEGERD: Scandinavian form of Old Norse Ingigerdr, meaning "Ing's enclosure."
96. INGER: Swedish variant of both Ingrid "Ing-beautiful" and Ingegerd "Ing's enclosure."
97. INGIBJORG (Ingibjörg): "Ing's help/protection." Old Norse name composed of the name of the god fertility god Ing and the element björg "help, protection."
98. INGIGERDR (Ingigerðr): "Ing's enclosure." Old Norse name composed of the name of the fertility god Ing and the element garðr "enclosure."
99. INGIGERTHR: Variant of Norse Ingigerdr, meaning "Ing's enclosure."
100. INGRID: Scandinavian form of Old Norse Ingridr, meaning "Ing-beautiful."
101. INGRIDR (Ingriðr): "Ing-beautiful." Old Norse name composed of the name of the fertility god Ing and the element friðr "beautiful."
102. INGVILD: Norwegian form of Old Norse Ingvildr, meaning "Ing's power."
103. INGVILDR: "Ing's power." Old Norse name composed of the name of the fertility god Ing and the element vald "might, power."
104. INKA: Finnish and Frisian feminine form of unisex Inge, meaning "foremost one."
105. INKERI: Finnish form of Scandinavian Ingrid, meaning "Ing-beautiful."
106. INMACULADA: Spanish name meaning "immaculate."
107. INNA: Russian unisex name meaning "strong water." The name was originally a male name, but became somewhat popular as a religious girl's name due the misidentification of the sex of the Russian martyr Inna, a male student of the Apostle Andrei.
108. INNES: Scottish unisex name derived from the Gaelic element inis "island." 
109. INNIS: Variant of Scottish unisex Innes, meaning "island."
110. INNOGEN: Correct spelling of the Shakespeare character name Imogen, which is of Celtic origin, possibly derived from the Gaelic element inghean, meaning "girl, maiden." 
111. IO: Greek myth name of a princess loved by Zeus. Also the name of a moon of Jupiter. Meaning unknown.
112. IOANA: Feminine form of Romanian Ioan, meaning "God is gracious."
113. IOANNA: Feminine form of Greek Ioannes, meaning "God is gracious."
114. IOKASTE: Original Greek form of Latin Jocasta, possibly meaning "violet tinted (clouds)." 
115. IOLA: Variant of Greek Iole, meaning "violet."
116. IOLANA: Hawaiian name meaning "to soar."
117. IOLANTA: Variant of Greek Iolanthe, meaning "violet flower." Name of an opera by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, based on the Danish play "King Rene's Daughter," by Henrik Hertz. The first performance took place in St. Petersburg in 1892.
118. IOLANTHE: Greek name, apparently coined by Gilbert and Sullivan for their play of the same name first produced in London on November 25, 1882. It is composed of the Greek elements iole "violet" and anthos "flower." 
119. IOLE: Greek myth name of a woman loved by Herakles, meaning "violet."
120. IONA: English and Scottish name derived from the name of an island in the Hebrides, itself ultimately from Old Norse ey, meaning "island." 
121. IONE: English name coined in the 19th century, probably a form of Iona, meaning "island." 
122. IONELA: Feminine form of Romanian Ioan, meaning "God is gracious."
123. IPHIGENIA: "Strong-born." Greek myth name of the daughter of King Agamemnon, composed of the elements iphios "strong" and genes "born." 
124. IPO: Hawaiian name meaning "darling, lover, sweetheart."
125. IRELAND: English name derived from the country name.
126. IREN (Irén): Hungarian form of English Irene, meaning "peace."
127. IRENA: Latin form of English Irene, meaning "peace."
128. IRÈNE: French form of English Irene, meaning "peace."
129. IRENE: "Peace." English form of Greek Eirene, the name of a goddess of peace. 
130. IRENEE (Irénée): Feminine form of French Iréné, meaning "peaceful."
131. IRENKA: Czech and Polish pet form of Latin Irena, meaning "peace."
132. IRINA: Russian form of Greek Eirene, meaning "peace." 
133. IRINUSHKA: Pet form of Russian Irina, meaning "peace."
134. IRIS: English name derived from the name of the "iris flower," itself from the name of the Greek rainbow goddess, meaning "rainbow."
135. IRIT: Hebrew flower name meaning "asphodel." In Greek mythology, the asphodel was described as a pale yellow deathless kind of lily flower that covered the plains of Hades and was the favorite food of the dead.
136. IRJA: Feminine form of Finnish Yrjö, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
137. IRMA: Nickname for longer German names beginning with the elements irm, erm, irmen, or ermen, all of which mean "entire, whole; universal."
138. IRMAK: Turkish name meaning "river."
139. IRMALINDA: "Wholly soft and tender." German name composed of the elements ermen "entire, whole" and linde "soft, tender."
140. IRMGARD: German name composed of the elements irmen "entire, universal, whole" and gard "enclosure."
141. IRMHILD: German name composed of the elements irmen "entire, universal, whole" and hild "battle."
142. IRMTRAUD: Variant of German Ermtraud, meaning "wholly loved."
143. IRMTRUD: Variant of German Irmtraud, meaning "wholly loved."
144. IRMUSKA: Hungarian pet form of German Irma, meaning "entire, whole; universal."
145. IRUNE: Basque name meaning "trinity."
146. ISABEL: "God is my oath." Originally a Spanish form of Elizabeth, it later became an English royal name. Its popularity was enhanced by the fact that it was borne by Queen Isabella (1296-1358), despite the fact that she was a murderess.