Looking for beautiful Aboriginal girl names and Australian-inspired names with meanings? This alphabetical collection brings together 130 names originally gathered from online baby-name resources, including names associated with Australian Aboriginal languages and traditions.
Choosing a meaningful name for your baby girl is a special decision. You might be drawn to a name because of its beautiful sound, cultural background, connection to nature, or personal significance.
Australia is home to many distinct Aboriginal peoples and languages, each with its own history and naming traditions. Because online baby-name lists sometimes contain incorrect origins or translations, it’s important to verify individual names and their meanings with reliable language sources.
Browse the names below for inspiration, and explore their cultural origins before making your final choice.
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Aboriginal girl names starting with A:
1. Aaina: mirror
2. Adaliya: rainbow serpent spirit
3. Akuna: to know ; follow
4. Alinta: flame, fire
5. Alira: beautiful, freedom
6. Allyra: translucent gem quartz
7. Arika: blue water lily
8. Arilla: dancing ground
9. Ayla: moonlight
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Aboriginal girl names starting with B:
1. Bakana: lookout; guardian
2. Bambra: mushroom
3. Bani: speech
4. Bara: dawn; sunrise
5. Bealga: a meeting place
6. Beltana: running water
7. Bimbimbie: place of many birds
8. Binda: green place; deep water
9. Bindi: a drop ; butterfly
10. Bon: sweet
11. Bu: leader; goddess
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Aboriginal girl names starting with C:
1. Cache: storage place
2. Cadi: rhythm
3. Cady: simple happiness
4. Caja: to rejoice
5. Calina: torch
6. Cami: Virginal
7. Camira: of the wind
8. Capri: the goat
9. Carina: bride
10. Cooinda: happy place
11. Coorah: woman
12. Coreen: end of the hills
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Aboriginal girl names starting with D, E:
1. Darri: a track
2. Ebanee: black coloured wood
3. Elandra: home by the sea
4. Elanora: from the sea
5. Eleebana: beautiful
6. Elouera: pleasant place
7. Endota: beautiful
8. Euroa: shake; push
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Aboriginal girl names starting with G:
1. Gedala: day
2. Gheera: a gum leaf
3. Gulara: moonlight
5. Guyra: white cockatoo; fishing place
5. Gymea: Giant lily; an Aboriginal-derived name associated with the native Australian Gymea lily
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Aboriginal girl names starting with J:
1. Jandi: a precious flower
2. Jannali: Place of the moon; an Aboriginal-derived name associated with the Sydney region
3. Jara: a seagull
4. Jarrah: A Noongar name for the native Australian jarrah tree (Eucalyptus marginata)
5. Jedda: little wild goose
6. Jiemba: Laughing star; associated with the Wiradjuri language and the planet Venus, often called the morning star.
7. Jirakee: waterfall
8. Jirra: a kangaroo
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Aboriginal girl names starting with K:
1. Kaawa: east
2. Kalina: Love; a word from the Wemba-Wemba Aboriginal language of southeastern Australia. Kalina also exists independently as a name in Slavic languages
3. Kalinda: lookout
4. Kamballa: young woman
5. Kara: possum
6. Kareela: south wind
7. Keira: Large lagoon or high mountain; an Aboriginal-derived Australian place name. Keira is also used independently as a given name of Irish origin
8. Kinta: laughter
9. Kiora: greetings
10. Kirra: boomerang and dancing leaf; beautiful woman; to live
11. Kirrily: bark of a tree
12. Killara: always there
13. Kolora: lake
14. Kora: companion
15. Kumba: black fruit tree
16. Kumberlin: sweet
17. Kylie: Boomerang; derived from a Noongar word from southwestern Australia
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Aboriginal girl names starting with L:
1. Lakkari: honeysuckle tree
2. Leena: possum or water
3. Lemana: oak tree
4. Lirah: river
5. Loila: sky
6. Lowanna: Girl; a word from the Gumbaynggirr language of northern New South Wales, Australia
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Aboriginal girl names starting with M:
1. Mahlee: black swan; old tree
2. Mani: equal
3. Maroochy: Black swan; an Aboriginal-derived name associated with the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and the traditional story of Maroochy
4. Medika: water lillies
5. Mia: Home or shelter; a word from the Noongar Aboriginal language of southwestern Australia. Mia is also a popular girl’s name with independent origins in other languages
6. Minjarra: bush plum
7. Monaro: Plain; an Aboriginal-derived Australian place name. Its original meaning has several interpretations
8. Myaree: Foliage; an Aboriginal-derived name also used for a suburb in Western Australia
9. Myee: native born
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Aboriginal girl names starting with N:
1. Nama: tea tree
2. Nandali: fire
3. Nara: a companion
4. Narella: woman from the sea
5. Naretha: Saltbush; an Aboriginal-derived place name associated with the Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia
6. Nerida: Possibly meaning water lily; a name associated with Australian Aboriginal languages, although its precise language origin remains uncertain
7. Nhucha: star
8. Niley: a shell
9. Numilla: lookout
10. Nurrin: female sibling; eldest sister in the family
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Aboriginal girl names starting with O:
1. Olba: red ochre
2. Oldina: snow
3. Olono: a hill
4. Oodgeroo: Paperbark tree; a name from the Noonuccal language of Queensland, famously adopted by Aboriginal poet and activist Oodgeroo Noonuccal
5. Oodlawirra: An Aboriginal-derived place name in South Australia, historically associated with a traditional notched, curved wooden weapon
6. Orana: Commonly interpreted as “welcome” in Australian naming traditions. However, its exact linguistic origin is disputed, and some researchers suggest a Polynesian connection
7. Orani: the moon
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Aboriginal girl names starting with P, Q:
1. Paratyl: flame
2. Pipipa: Sandpiper; a name appearing in a traditional story preserved in the South Australian Museum’s Wik-Mungkan language collection
3. Quarralia: star
4. Quipolly: water full of fish
5. Quoba: Good; a historical spelling recorded for a Noongar word from southwestern Australia
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Aboriginal girl names starting with T:
1. Taleebin: young
2. Tana: ceremony
3. Tarnee: surf; wave
4. Tarni: Sea water, surf or waves; a word from the Kaurna language of South Australia
5. Tarra: creek; stream
6. Tatiara: Good country; an Aboriginal-derived place name associated with southeastern South Australia
7. Taworri: evening breeze
8. Teangi: earth
9. Thono: one
10. Tinka: day
11. Toorah: bird
12. Tya: earth
13. Tyipa: moon
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Aboriginal girl names starting with Y:
1. Yani: peace; peaceful
2. Yapany: big sister
3. Yara: a seagull
4. Yaralla: Camp or home; an Aboriginal-derived name associated with the historic Yaralla Estate in Sydney
5. Yarrah: River red gum; a name recorded in Aboriginal plant-name sources and associated with an Australian native eucalyptus tree
6. Yindi: Big or large; a word recorded in the Yolŋu languages of northeastern Arnhem Land. The meaning “sun” is sometimes given in baby-name lists, but it is not confirmed by the Yolŋu dictionary consulted
7. Yooralla: love
8. Yoyko: mountain
9. Yungara: a wife
10. Yuri: to hear