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300 Southern Baby Names for Boys and Girls That Y’All Will Definitely Love

Southern Baby Names for boys and girls
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  • Arden is a Senior Country Music Journalist for Country Thang Daily, specializing in classic hits and contemporary chart-toppers.
  • Prior to joining Country Thang Daily, Arden wrote for Billboard and People magazine, covering country music legends and emerging artists.
  • Arden holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Tennessee, with a minor in Music Studies.

The American South has always been known for so many things: their scrumptious food, their good-old country music, their heartwarming hospitality, and more importantly, their love for history and strong family bonds. And another thing that you can’t overlook when it comes to the South is their lesser-known talent which is producing beautiful yet at the same time badass baby names for boys or girls. These baby names are richly influenced by the pride of living in the South, and they never really go out of style.

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So here are 300 Southern baby names to choose from that encompass, well, just about everything – from the redneck names and hillbilly names for a badass sound to the eclectic down to the timeless names that your baby will definitely be proud to own when they grow up.

150 Southern Baby Girl Names

These baby girl names will definitely remind you of everything beautiful in this world – flowers, prairies, laces – and even the historically significant women of the South. Here are the belles of the South.

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  1. Abigail
  2. Ada
  3. Addison
  4. Adelaide
  5. Adeline
  6. Alexandria
  7. Alison
  8. Amelia
  9. Arizona
  10. Ashley
  11. Aubrey
  12. Ava
  13. Ava
  14. Avery
  15. Azalea
  16. Bailie
  17. Barbara
  18. Beatrix
  19. Bellamy
  20. Bettie
  21. Bettina
  22. Birdie
  23. Blaire
  24. Blanche
  25. Bonnie
  26. Brooks
  27. Camellia
  28. Caroline
  29. Catherine
  30. Celia
  31. Charlotte
  32. Clementine
  33. Constance
  34. Daisy
  35. Dakota
  36. Daphne
  37. Delilah
  38. Dixie
  39. Dolly
  40. Effie
  41. Eliza
  42. Elizabeth
  43. Eloise
  44. Elora
  45. Emillene
  46. Emma
  47. Faith
  48. Finnegan
  49. Flannery
  50. Florence
  51. Gale
  52. Genevieve
  53. Grace
  54. Greer
  55. Hadley
  56. Hale
  57. Harlene
  58. Harley
  59. Harper
  60. Hattie
  61. Hayley
  62. Honey
  63. Hope
  64. Ida
  65. Ima
  66. Ira
  67. Iris
  68. Isabelle
  69. Jane
  70. Jean
  71. Jessamine
  72. Jewel
  73. Jolene
  74. Josephine
  75. Josie
  76. Julia
  77. June
  78. Katherine
  79. Kay
  80. Kelley
  81. Kitty
  82. Leigh
  83. Leland
  84. Lillian
  85. Loretta
  86. Lorraine
  87. Louisa
  88. Louise
  89. Lucille
  90. Luella
  91. Lulu
  92. Lyla
  93. Mackenzie
  94. Maisie
  95. Margaret
  96. Martha
  97. Maybelle
  98. Memphis
  99. Millie
  100. Minnie
  101. Molly
  102. Myrtle
  103. Naomi
  104. Nellie
  105. Odette
  106. Olivia
  107. Olympia
  108. Opal
  109. Padget
  110. Paisley
  111. Peaches
  112. Penelope
  113. Pepper
  114. Peyton
  115. Phoebe
  116. Priscilla
  117. Quincy
  118. Raleigh
  119. Reese
  120. Rory
  121. Rosalie
  122. Rose
  123. Ruth
  124. Sadie
  125. Salome
  126. Savannah
  127. Scarlet
  128. Scout
  129. Shelby
  130. Sienna
  131. Sol
  132. Stella
  133. Sully
  134. Summer
  135. Sunday
  136. Sutton
  137. Sylvie
  138. Tara
  139. Theresa
  140. Tilly
  141. Vera
  142. Violet
  143. Virginia
  144. Vivian
  145. Wendy
  146. Whitney
  147. Willow
  148. Winona
  149. Wynona
  150. Zelda

150 Southern Baby Boy Names

These baby boy names are rugged and distinguished and will remind you of cowboys, hunters, heroes, and even Presidents

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  1. Ainsley
  2. Alder
  3. Archibald
  4. Arrow
  5. Arthur
  6. Ashton
  7. Atticus
  8. Austin
  9. Beau
  10. Bennett
  11. Bentley
  12. Blaine
  13. Blake
  14. Bowen
  15. Briggs
  16. Caden
  17. Caleb
  18. Camden
  19. Cameron
  20. Carter
  21. Cash
  22. Charles
  23. Chase
  24. Chester
  25. Cliff
  26. Clint
  27. Clive
  28. Clyde
  29. Cole
  30. Colt
  31. Connor
  32. Conway
  33. Cooper
  34. Dale
  35. Dallas
  36. Damian
  37. Damon
  38. Dane
  39. Dawson
  40. Declan
  41. Dixon
  42. Duke
  43. Dylan
  44. Easton
  45. Elijah
  46. Elliott
  47. Ellison
  48. Emmett
  49. Emory
  50. Everest
  51. Everett
  52. Finley
  53. Finn
  54. Fletcher
  55. Flynn
  56. Frances
  57. Frankie
  58. Garrett
  59. Garth
  60. Gatlin
  61. George
  62. Grant
  63. Gray
  64. Grover
  65. Hank
  66. Hawk
  67. Hawthorn
  68. Holt
  69. Huck
  70. Hunter
  71. Hyde
  72. Ingram
  73. Irving
  74. Isaac
  75. Jackson
  76. Jameson
  77. Jase
  78. Jasper
  79. Jett
  80. Judd
  81. Kane
  82. Kennedy
  83. Kent
  84. Knox
  85. Leo
  86. Liam
  87. Logan
  88. Lyle
  89. Magnus
  90. Malcolm
  91. Marvin
  92. Mason
  93. Maverick
  94. Maxwell
  95. Merle
  96. Mitchell
  97. Nash
  98. Otis
  99. Owen
  100. Parker
  101. Paxton
  102. Percy
  103. Prescott
  104. Quincy
  105. Quinn
  106. Raiden
  107. Ranger
  108. Ray
  109. Reagan
  110. Reggie
  111. Reid
  112. Rex
  113. Rhett
  114. Rufus
  115. Ryker
  116. Sawyer
  117. Saylor
  118. Shaw
  119. Shay
  120. Sheridan
  121. Spencer
  122. Sullivan
  123. Sylas
  124. Tanner
  125. Tate
  126. Thatcher
  127. Theo
  128. Todd
  129. Topher
  130. Travis
  131. Trevor
  132. Tucker
  133. Tyrell
  134. Vernon
  135. Wade
  136. Wade
  137. Wade
  138. Walker
  139. Warner
  140. Waylon
  141. West
  142. Weston
  143. Whit
  144. Wilder
  145. Wilder
  146. William
  147. Wyatt
  148. Zach
  149. Zachariah
  150. Zeke

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