Country girl names: 160+ Southern and cowgirl names with meanings

Classic picks include Etta, Mattie, Virginia, Della and Lucinda, plus country music names like Wynonna, Trisha and Carrie. Double names such as Mary Beth and Ella Mae also have a strong country feel.

Classic Southern girl names include Georgiana, Jessamine, Earlene, Flossie and Lettie. Many Southern families also use surnames as first names, such as Monroe, Everly and McKinley.

For a real cowgirl touch, borrow from rodeo history, like Tad, Fox or Tillie, or from Western places like Cheyenne, Sedona and Nevada. For fun nicknames, try Rodeo Rae or Lasso Lucy.

Using two given names together is an old Southern custom, often to honor two relatives at once. Pairings like Mary Beth and Betty Jo became everyday names.

Cheyenne comes from a Lakota word usually translated as red speakers, the Lakota name for the Cheyenne people of the Great Plains. It is also the name of Wyoming's capital city.

It climbed from No. 366 for US girls in 2020 to No. 30 in 2025, the same years country singer Lainey Wilson joined Yellowstone and became CMA Entertainer of the Year. The timing fits, though baby-name data cannot prove why parents chose it.

Nobody is sure. It is often said to be Ojibwe for on my way, but that meaning is unconfirmed. The name took off after Shania Twain's 1995 album The Woman in Me and peaked at No. 171 for US girls in 1996.