# | Name | Origin | Meaning | Gender | |
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21 | Greta | Persian | Variant of Margaret: Child of light. Famous Bearer: Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. | F | |
22 | Gretchen | Persian | Variant of Margaret: Child of light. Famous Bearer: Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. | F | |
23 | Gretel | Persian | Variant of Margaret: Child of light. Famous Bearer: Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. | F | |
24 | Hadassah | Persian | Myrtle or bride. | F | |
25 | Hester | Persian | Star. Myrtle leaf. A Latinized form of Esther. Esther was a young Hebrew woman in the bible who married the Persian ruler Xerxes and risked her life to save her people. | F | |
26 | Hestia | Persian | Star. | F | |
27 | Hetty | Persian | Diminutive of Hester: Star. Myrtle leaf. | F | |
28 | Ishtar | Persian | The Babylonian goddess of love. | F | |
29 | Jaleh | Persian | Rain. | F | |
30 | Jasmine | Persian | From the name of the flower, jasmine. | F | |
31 | Jessamine | Persian | Variant of Jasmine: From the name of the flower, jasmine. | F | |
32 | Jessamyn | Persian | Variant of Jasmine: From the name of the flower, jasmine. | F | |
33 | Laila | Persian | 'Born at night.' Variant of Leila. | F | |
34 | Laleh | Persian | Flower. | F | |
35 | Layla | Persian | Variant of Leila: Dark. Born at night. | F | |
36 | Leila | Persian | Dark. Born at night. Heroine of Byron's 'The Giaour' (1813). | F | |
37 | Leilah | Persian | Variant of Leila: Dark. Born at night. | F | |
38 | Lela | Persian | Variant of Leila: Dark. Born at night. | F | |
39 | Leyla | Persian | 'Born at night. | F | |
40 | Lila | Persian | Lilac. Can also be a variant of Leila: Dark. Born at night. | F |