100 Best Female Video Game-Inspired Names for Girls

Girls are becoming more and more important in the gaming industry. There is a plethora of main female video game characters who young girls to look up to. Characters like Samus Aran have completely reshaped the video game world in the best way. Gone are the days when females in video games were only damsels in distress. 

Plus, there are so many female video game designers, developers, and professional players who have made a name for themselves in the once male-dominated industry. People like SSSniperwolf, Felicia Day, and Mabel Addis have played very important roles that inspire young girls to pursue careers involving video games.

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Below we have 100 of the best female video game names that are inspired by both fictional characters and real people. They come from popular companies like Nintendo and series like Street Fighter and Mass Effect.

Names of Female Video Game Characters 

Here are a few of our favorite baby girl names inspired by famous female video game characters. 

1. Abigail - Abigail Walker from the Infamous: Second Son series
2. Ada - Ada Wong from the Resident Evil series
3. Adria - From the Diablo franchise
4. Aloy - Horizon Zero Dawn
5. Alyx - Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2
6. Amanda - Amanda Ripley from Alien: Isolation
7. Amy - Amy Rose from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
8. Athena - Athena Cykes from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
9. Aya - Aya Brea from the Parasite Eve series
10. Bayonetta - From the Bayonetta series
11. Bonnie - Bonnie McFarlane from Red Dead Redemption
12. Brittany - From Pikmin 3
13. Cassie - Cassie Cage from Mortal Kombat X
14. Catherine - Catherine Halsey from the Halo series
15. Chell - From the Portal series
16. Chun-Li - From the Street Fighter series
17. Ciri - Cirilla Riannon from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
18. Clementine - From the Telltale’s The Walking Dead series
19. Cortana - From the Halo series
20. Cynthia - From Pokemon Diamond Pokemon Platinum, and Pokemon Pearl
21. Dahlia - Dahlia Gillespie from the Silent Hill series
22. Daisy - Princess Daisy from the Super Mario franchise
23. Daphne - Princess Daphne from Dragon’s Lair
24. Dixie - Dixie Kong from the Donkey Kong series
25. Elizabeth - From Bioshock Infinite
26. Ellie - From The Last of Us series
27. Eris - Eris Morn from Destiny 2
28. Evie - Evie Frye from Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
29. Faith - Faith Connors from Mirror’s Edge
30. Fiona - From Tales from the Borderlands
31. Ikora - Ikora Rey from Destiny 2
32. Isabelle - From the Animal Crossing series
33. Jade - From the Mortal Kombat series
34. Jaina - Jaina Proudmoore from the Warcraft series
35. Jill - Jill Valentine from the Resident Evil series
36. Joanna - Joanna Dark from the Perfect Dark series
37. Juliet - Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw
38. Kadala - From Diablo III
39. Kairi - From the Kingdom Hearts series
40. Kassandra - From Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
41. Kasumi - From the Dead or Alive series
42. Kitana - From the Mortal Kombat series
43. Lara - Lara Croft from the Tombraider series
44. Leliana - From the Dragon Age series
45. Lili - From the Tekken series
46. Lilith - From the Borderlands series
47. Lucina - From the Fire Emblem series
48. Mai - Mai Shiranui from the Fatal Fury series
49. Mara - Mara Sov from Destiny 2
50. Midna - From The Legend of Zelda franchise

51. Miranda - Miranda Lawson from the Mass Effect series
52. Moira - From Overwatch
53. Mona - Mona Sax from the Max Payne series
54. Morrigan - Morrigan Aensland from the Darkstalker series
55. Moxxi - Mad Moxxi from the Borderlands series
56. Nina - Nina Williams from the Tekken series
57. Olga - Olga Gurlukovich from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
58. Palutena - Lady Palutena from the Kid Icarus series
59. Pandora - From God of War III
60. Pauline - From the Donkey Kong series
61. Peach - Princess Peach from the Super Mario franchise
62. Rayne - From the Bloodrayne series
63. Raven - From Injustice: Gods Among Us
64. Rell - From League of Legends
65. Rosalina - From the Super Mario franchise
66. Samara - From the Mass Effect series
67. Samus - Samus Aran from the Metroid series
68. Sombra - From Overwatch
69. Sonya - Sonya Blade from the Mortal Kombat series
70. Sylvanas - Sylvanas Windrunner from the Warcraft series
71. Tifa - Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII
72. Tikal - From the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
73. Velvet - Velvet Crowe from Tales of Berseria
74. Yuna - From Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2
75. Zeena - From the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
76. Zelda - Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda franchise
77. Zoey - From the Left 4 Dead series

Famous Women Video Game Players and Designers 

1. Amber - Amber Dalton, professional gamer
2. Aya - Aya Kyogoku, manager of Nintendo Entertainment Planning and Development Division
3. Carla - Carla Meninsky, video game designer
4. Christine - Christine Love, video game developer
5. Christy - Christy Sminty aka “Smintee,” video game streamer
6. Connie - Connie Booth, Vice President of Product Development at Sony Entertainment
7. Felicia - Felicia Day, actress, writer, and gamer
8. Jennifer - Jennifer Hale, video game voice actress
9. Joyce - Joyce Weisbecker, the first woman to design commercial video games
10. Kazuko - Kazuko Shibuya, Japanese video game artist
11. Kim - Kim Se-Yeon aka Geguri, the first professional female player in the Overwatch league
12. Kristen - aka “Kittyplays,” professional video gamer and streamer
13. Lia - aka “SSSniperWolf,” video game streamer and Youtuber
14. Mabel - Mabel Addis, the first female video game designer
15. Michiru - Michiru Yamane, Japanese video game composer
16. Risa - Risa Tabata, assistant producer, designer, and director at Nintendo
17. Roberta - Roberta Williams, video game designer and co-founder of Sierra Entertainment
18. Scarlett - Sasha Hostym aka “Scarlett,” a professional video game player
19. Siobhan - Siobhan Reddy, studio director of Media Molecule
20. Suzy - Suzzane Berhow aka “Suzy,” video game streamer
21. Tiffany - Tiffany Garcia aka “iHasCupcake,” video game streamer and Youtuber
22. Tracy - Tracy Fullerton, video game designer, editor, and writer
23. Yoko - Yoko Kanno, Japanese composer, arranger, and musician

For more baby name inspiration check out these popular baby name lists:

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• Top 1000 Most Popular Baby Girl Names in the U.S
• Top 1000 Most Popular Baby Boy Names in the U.S

All of these names are well-known in some parts of the video game industry. If you want a baby name inspired by popular video games, pin this list for later: