Adoption Names for Girls

There are 20 Adoption names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Adoption names 1 to 20. Within these names, Katherine (English) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Brooke (English), Amelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish), Amy (English), Melissa (English and German), Aniyah (English), Melody (English), Ruth (English, German, and Scandinavian), Marlene (English and German), Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish), Irene (English, German, Italian, and Scandinavian), and Paloma (Hungarian and Spanish). The unusual Adoption names are Abilene (English), Agnes (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Astrid (English, German, and Scandinavian), Averil (English), Candida (English, German, and Italian), Innes (Scottish), Isidora (English, German, and Italian), and Persephone (English and German).

Adoption names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1938 with 5.395% of baby girls being given Adoption names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 9 Adoption names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and are currently of moderate use. In 2007, their total usage was 1.253% with 12 Adoption names listed among the top 1000. Among all Adoption names, Katherine (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #39 and a usage of 0.2753%.

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Abilene ... grass ... first name's adoption could have been promoted by its ...

Agnes ... pure, chaste; hunger; ... to widespread adoption of the name; in art she ...

Amelia 77 ... imitating, rivaling; ... have contributed to the adoption of the name ...

Amy 119 ... beloved ... which also saw the adoption of the French form ...

Aniyah 205 ... God was gracious, God ... adoption of the forms Aniyah and Aniya could have ...

Astrid ... divinely beautiful ... contributed to the adoption of the name among ...

Averil ... boar-like in battle ... and 'hild', and its adoption has also been ...

Barbara 633 ... foreign woman ... leading to a widespread adoption of the name ...

Brooke 45 ... who lives near brook ... later gained widespread adoption as a feminine name from ...

Candida ... white ... contributed to the adoption of the name among ...

Innes ... adoption of the female name among English speakers ...

Irene 632 ... peaceful ... but English adoption has modified the ...

Isidora ... gift of Isis ... medieval times, but its adoption was boosted in the late ...

Katherine 39 ... pure; torture ... led to a widespread adoption of the name by English ...

Marlene 526 ... thereby promoting the adoption of the name. ...

Melissa 137 ... bee; honey ... the 16th century, its adoption boosted by the ...

Melody 295 ... melody ... the 20th century, its adoption was boosted by ...

Paloma 864 ... dove, pigeon ... Latin 'palumba'; its adoption may have been aided by ...

Persephone ... bringer of death ... name has diminished its adoption. ...

Ruth 347 ... friend, companion, neighbor ... probably boosted its adoption among English Puritans ...