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Black Names for Girls

There are 13 Black names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Black names 1 to 13. Within these names, Chloe (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Melanie (Dutch, English, French, and German), Adriana (Czech, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slavic, and Spanish), Kyra (German), Ciara (Irish and English), Kali (English), and Pamela (English, German, and Italian). The unusual Black names are Adrian (English), Colby (English), Ebony (English), Kerry (English), Clodagh (Irish), and Nuria (Catalan and Spanish).

Black names are rather popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as trendy. The names' popularity increased from the 1920s up to the 1950s. Their usage peaked in 1954 with 1.497% of baby girls being given Black names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 3 Black names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 1.041% with 7 Black names listed among the top 1000. Among all Black names, Chloe (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #16 and a usage of 0.5085%.

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Adrian Popularity Trend of Adrian
from 1900 to 2007. ... woman from Hadria; dark one ... which has the meaning 'black' ...

Adriana Popularity Trend of Adriana
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 115 115 ... woman from Hadria; dark one ... which has the meaning 'black' ...

Ciara Popularity Trend of Ciara
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 258 258 ... little dark one, little ... which has the meaning 'black' ...

Colby ... coal town, Cola's town, ... kol which means 'coal, black' ; býr which means ...

Ebony Popularity Trend of Ebony
from 1900 to 2007. ... ebony ...From ebony ; ebenos meaning 'black wood' ... word referring to black wood, which is itself ...

Kali Popularity Trend of Kali
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 486 486 ... black one ... 'kali' with the meaning black one ...

Kerry Popularity Trend of Kerry
from 1900 to 2007. ... descendants of Ciar ... ciar with the meaning 'black' ...

Kyra Popularity Trend of Kyra
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 190 190 ... far-sighted; throne; ... ciar with the meaning 'black'. ...

Melanie Popularity Trend of Melanie
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 80 80 ... black, dark ... which has the meaning black, dark ...

Pamela Popularity Trend of Pamela
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 584 584 ... all black, all sweetness ...Pamela has the meaning all black, all sweetness ...


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Chloe Popularity Trend of Chloe
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 16 16 ... young green shoot ... name among 19th century Black slaves in USA. ...

Clodagh ... Clodagh from the film Black Narcissus (1947) based ...

Nuria



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