100 Best Female Video Game Character 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.

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.

Abigail - Abigail Walker from the Infamous: Second Son series
Ada - Ada Wong from the Resident Evil series
Adria - From the Diablo franchise
Aloy - Horizon Zero Dawn
Alyx - Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2
Amanda - Amanda Ripley from Alien: Isolation
Amy - Amy Rose from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
Athena - Athena Cykes from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Aya - Aya Brea from the Parasite Eve series
Bayonetta - From the Bayonetta series
Bonnie - Bonnie McFarlane from Red Dead Redemption
Brittany - From Pikmin 3
Cassie - Cassie Cage from Mortal Kombat X
Catherine - Catherine Halsey from the Halo series
Chell - From the Portal series
Chun-Li - From the Street Fighter series
Ciri - Cirilla Riannon from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Clementine - From the Telltale’s The Walking Dead series
Cortana - From the Halo series
Cynthia - From Pokemon Diamond Pokemon Platinum, and Pokemon Pearl
Dahlia - Dahlia Gillespie from the Silent Hill series
Daisy - Princess Daisy from the Super Mario franchise
Daphne - Princess Daphne from Dragon’s Lair
Dixie - Dixie Kong from the Donkey Kong series
Elizabeth - From Bioshock Infinite
Ellie - From The Last of Us series
Eris - Eris Morn from Destiny 2
Evie - Evie Frye from Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Faith - Faith Connors from Mirror’s Edge
Fiona - From Tales from the Borderlands
Ikora - Ikora Rey from Destiny 2
Isabelle - From the Animal Crossing series
Jade - From the Mortal Kombat series
Jaina - Jaina Proudmoore from the Warcraft series
Jill - Jill Valentine from the Resident Evil series
Joanna - Joanna Dark from the Perfect Dark series
Juliet - Juliet Starling from Lollipop Chainsaw
Kadala - From Diablo III
Kairi - From the Kingdom Hearts series
Kassandra - From Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Kasumi - From the Dead or Alive series
Kitana - From the Mortal Kombat series
Lara - Lara Croft from the Tombraider series
Leliana - From the Dragon Age series
Lili - From the Tekken series
Lilith - From the Borderlands series
Lucina - From the Fire Emblem series
Mai - Mai Shiranui from the Fatal Fury series
Mara - Mara Sov from Destiny 2
Midna - From The Legend of Zelda franchise

Miranda - Miranda Lawson from the Mass Effect series
Moira - From Overwatch
Mona - Mona Sax from the Max Payne series
Morrigan - Morrigan Aensland from the Darkstalker series
Moxxi - Mad Moxxi from the Borderlands series
Nina - Nina Williams from the Tekken series
Olga - Olga Gurlukovich from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Palutena - Lady Palutena from the Kid Icarus series
Pandora - From God of War III
Pauline - From the Donkey Kong series
Peach - Princess Peach from the Super Mario franchise
Rayne - From the Bloodrayne series
Raven - From Injustice: Gods Among Us
Rell - From League of Legends
Rosalina - From the Super Mario franchise
Samara - From the Mass Effect series
Samus - Samus Aran from the Metroid series
Sombra - From Overwatch
Sonya - Sonya Blade from the Mortal Kombat series
Sylvanas - Sylvanas Windrunner from the Warcraft series
Tifa - Tifa Lockhart from Final Fantasy VII
Tikal - From the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
Velvet - Velvet Crowe from Tales of Berseria
Yuna - From Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2
Zeena - From the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise
Zelda - Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda franchise
Zoey - From the Left 4 Dead series

Famous Women Video Game Players and Designers

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

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