There are 28 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 2008, followed in descending order by Brooke (English), Amelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish), Amy (English), Diana (Catalan, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish), Aniyah (English), Eden (English), Erica (English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish), Irene (English, German, Italian, and Scandinavian), Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish), and Frances (English). 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), Hephzibah (Hebrew), Hermione (English and Greek), Innes (Scottish), and Isidora (English, German, and Italian). Adoption names are popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1938 with 6.305% of baby girls being given Adoption names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 11 Adoption names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of heavy use. In 2008, their total usage was 1.685% with 18 Adoption names listed among the top 1000. Among all Adoption names, Katherine (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #45 and a usage of 0.2571%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: | 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  68 | imitating, rivaling; ... have contributed to the adoption of the name ... |
Amy  132 | beloved ... which also saw the adoption of the French form ... |
Aniyah  187 | 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; ... adoption has also been influenced by the English ... |
Barbara  758 | foreign woman ... leading to a widespread adoption of the name ... |
Brooke  52 | dweller by the brook ... later gained widespread adoption as a feminine name from ... |
Candida  | white ... contributed to the adoption of the name among ... |
Diana  137 | light, deity ... to have boosted the adoption of the name. ... |
Eden  232 | delight, paradise; blessed bear cub ... of inspiration for the adoption of the first name in ... |
Erica  293 | ever ruling, lone ruler, ... could have promoted the adoption of the first name ... |
Frances  796 | Frenchwoman, free one ... in spelling and the adoption of Frances by English ... |
| Hephzibah | my delight is in her ... promoted the adoption of the name among ... |
| Hermione | dedicated to Hermes ... to have boosted the adoption of the name. ... |
| Innes | adoption of the female name among English speakers ... |
Irene  636 | peaceful ... but English adoption has modified the ... |
| Isidora | gift of Isis ... medieval times, but its adoption was boosted in the late ... |
Katherine  45 | pure; torture ... led to a widespread adoption of the name by English ... |
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