There are 213 Adopted names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Adopted names 1 to 20. Within these names, Abigail (English and German) was the most popular in 2008 with a rank of #8 and a usage of 0.725%, followed in descending order by Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French), Andrea (Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Amy (English), Angela (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic), Aria (English and Italian), Arabella (English, German, and Italian), Belinda (English, German, Italian, and Spanish), and Ashanti (English). The unusual Adopted names are Kelita (Hebrew), Agnes (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Allegra (English and Italian), Anela (Hawaiian), Angharad (Welsh), Antonia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Aspasia (English, German, and Spanish), Aurelia (German, Italian, Polish, and Romanian), Azalea (English), Beate (German and Spanish), and Berenice (English, German, and Italian). Adopted names are classic favorites. Today they are still very popular as baby girl names, but not as much as they were in the past. Their usage peaked in 1921 with 26.576% of baby girls being given Adopted names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 113 Adopted names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of very heavy use. In 2008, their total usage was 10.457% with 99 Adopted names listed among the top 1000. Among all Adopted names, Emma (English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 0.9043%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Kelita | the adopted one; the ... of Kelita is 'the adopted one; the crippled one' ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Abigail  8 | my father rejoices, ... the name was widely adopted by the Puritans in the ... |
Agnes  | pure, chaste; hunger; ... was later adopted as an Anglicized form of Úna in ... |
| Allegra | happy, lively, merry ... and has since been adopted in English-speaking ... |
Amy  132 | beloved ... name was adopted by English speakers in the 16th ... |
Andrea  71 | male, manly, brave, ... Ages, and was later adopted on an irregular basis ... |
| Anela | messenger of God, angel ... name was adopted by early Hawaiian Christians in ... |
Angela  133 | messenger of God, angel ...It was adopted by English speakers in the 18th century ... |
| Angharad | much loved ... of the rare Welsh names adopted by English speakers in ... |
Anna  26 | God was gracious, God ... and it was subsequently adopted in many European ... |
Antonia  | priceless, inestimable ... before English speakers adopted it in the early 20th ... |
Arabella  657 | obliging, invokable ... name was adopted by English speakers during the ... |
Aria  575 | song, melody, air ... name has recently been adopted by English speakers, ... |
Ashanti  930 | name has often been adopted by Africans to show ... |
| Aspasia | welcome one ... name was later adopted by English speakers in the ... |
Aurelia  | golden-haired ... given name has been adopted by English speakers ... |
| Azalea | dry ... was first adopted by English speakers in the late ... |
| Beate | blessed; traveller, ... was first adopted by English speakers in the 19th ... |
Belinda  747 | beautiful snake; beautiful ... the Middle Ages but was adopted by English speakers ... |
Berenice  | bearer of victory ... was later adopted by English Puritans in the 17th ... |
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