What are your suggestions for girl’s names that either have a meaning associated or have the etymology of meaning “mountain.” I like Sierra, but I can’t think of any other names.
Montana, Monsterrat, Everest and Etna come to mind!
Gorana also comes from the word “gora”, meaning mountain.
[name_f]Aitana[/name_f] - a Spanish mountain range
[name_u]Carmel[/name_u] - a mountain in [name_u]Israel[/name_u]
[name_f]Cynthia[/name_f] - from the mountain Cynthus
[name_f]Ida[/name_f] - a mountain in [name_f]Crete[/name_f]
[name_f]Leyre[/name_f] - a mountain in northern Spain
[name_f]Moriah[/name_f] - a mountain mentioned in the bible
[name_f]Parvati[/name_f] - means “of the mountains” in Sanskrit
Saana - a mountain in Finland
I can’t think of many more, but there’s Olympia! After Mount Olympus.
[name_u]Denali[/name_u]
[name_f]Laila[/name_f]
[name_u]Alaska[/name_u]
[name_f]Shani[/name_f]
[name_u]Whitney[/name_u]
[name_m]Tyree[/name_m]
Snowdon
[name_u]Jael[/name_u]
[name_m]Beaumont[/name_m]
[name_u]Rocky[/name_u]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_u]Monty[/name_u]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u] is unisex and means “between two hills”. I think it sounds really sweet.
Amana is an ancient name for the southern Anti-Lebanon Mountains
Kailash | Kailasha is a mountain in the Himalayas
Shailaja means “daughter of the mountain”
[name_u]Sinai[/name_u] is a mountain in [name_u]Egypt[/name_u] also known as Jabal [name_m]Musa[/name_m]
[name_f]Orestina[/name_f] was already mentioned but there is also the masculine [name_m]Orestes[/name_m]! Also maybe just [name_m]Mont[/name_m]? [name_f]Edit[/name_f]: Oops, missed that we were talking about just girl names. You could have [name_f]Junko[/name_f] after the famous mountaineer!