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Abbess Names for Girls

There are 7 Abbess names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Abbess names 1 to 7. Within these names, Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian) was the most popular in 2007 with a rank of #646 and a usage of 0.0217%. The unusual Abbess names are Ebba (German), Gobnait (Irish), Hildegard (German), Irmgard (German), Mildred (English), and Prudence (English).

Abbess names are somewhat popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1912 with 1.724% of baby girls being given Abbess names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 4 Abbess names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then, and they are of sporadic use in recent times. In 2007, their usage was 0.022% with 1 Abbess name listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade.

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Ada Popularity Trend of Ada
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 646 646 ... noble, honorable; ornament, ... and by a 7th century abbess in France ...

Ebba Popularity Trend of Ebba
from 1900 to 2007. ... boar; wealth; protection, ... (-870), who was an abbess in one of the ...

Gobnait ... little smith ... the 6th-century Irish abbess and patron saint of ...

Hildegard Popularity Trend of Hildegard
from 1900 to 2007. ... comrade in arms ... (1098-1179), a German abbess and writer ...

Irmgard ... immense, universal; ... who became the first Abbess of Chiemsee. ...

Mildred Popularity Trend of Mildred
from 1900 to 2007. ... gentle strength ... Merewalh who became an abbess ...

Prudence Popularity Trend of Prudence
from 1900 to 2007. ... prudence ... a 15th century Italian abbess ...



Popularity Trend
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for Abbess Names
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