Bulgarian female given names draw primarily from South Slavic and Church Slavonic, with additional influence from Greek via Eastern Orthodoxy. They commonly use feminine endings -a and -ya/-ia, and productive suffixes such as -ka (diminutive), -itsa, -ena, -ina, and Slavic compounds in -slava and -mira. Diminutives and hypocoristics are often used as formal female names.

Modern usage mixes revived medieval Slavic forms, Orthodox calendar names, and nature-related terms, with parallel spellings in -ia/-iya reflecting transliteration. Examples include Rayna, Gergana, Desislava, Bilyana, Elitsa, Ralitsa, Iliyana, Kameliya, Albena, and Penka.