Adopted Names for Girls

There are 176 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 2007 with a rank of #8 and a usage of 0.7338%, followed in descending order by Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Andrea (Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Amy (English), Angela (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic), Aria (English and Italian), Belinda (English, German, and Italian), Arabella (English, German, and Italian), Ashanti (African and English), and Antonia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish). The unusual Adopted names are Agnes (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Allegra (English and Italian), Angharad (Welsh), Aspasia (English, German, and Spanish), Aurelia (German, Italian, Polish, and Romanian), Azalea (German), Beate (German), Berenice (English, German, and Italian), Bernadette (French), and Beryl (English and German).

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 1915 with 20.431% of baby girls being given Adopted names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 96 Adopted names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of very heavy use. In 2007, their total usage was 10.045% with 88 Adopted names listed among the top 1000. Among all Adopted names, Emily (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 0.9167%.

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Abigail 8 ... my father rejoices, ... the name was widely adopted by the Puritans in the ...

Agnes ... pure, chaste; hunger; ... name was later adopted as an Anglicized form of Úna ...

Allegra ... happy, lively, merry ... and has since been adopted in English-speaking ...

Amy 119 ... beloved ... name was adopted by English speakers in the 16th ...

Andrea 59 ... male, manly, brave, ... Ages, and was later adopted on an irregular basis ...

Angela 125 ... 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 25 ... God was gracious, God ... and it was subsequently adopted in many European ...

Antonia 996 ... before English speakers adopted it in the early 20th ...

Arabella 648 ... obliging, invokable ... name was adopted by English speakers during the ...

Aria 566 ... song, melody, air ... name has recently been adopted by English speakers, ...

Ashanti 922 ... 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 ... was first adopted by English speakers in the 19th ...

Belinda 629 ... 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 ...

Bernadette ... brave as a bear ... name was adopted by English speakers from the 19th ...

Beryl ... name was adopted by English speakers at the end of ...