Book Names for Girls

There are 17 Book names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Book names 1 to 17. Within these names, Jessica (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Genesis (English), Scarlett (English), Heidi (German), Ruth (English, German, and Scandinavian), Judith (English, French, and German), Elsa (English, German, and Scandinavian), Micah (English), and Deborah (English, French, German, and Hebrew). The unusual Book names are Berenice (English, German, and Italian), Blanche (English and French), Carmel (English and Hebrew), Corinna (German, English, and French), Jael (German), Ronja (German, Italian, and Scandinavian), Suleika (German), and Sybil (English).

Book names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1952 with 3.806% of baby girls being given Book names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 8 Book names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and are currently of moderate use. In 2007, their total usage was only 0.635% with 9 Book names listed among the top 1000. Among all Book names, Jessica (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #42 and a usage of 0.2698%.

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Berenice ... bearer of victory ... mentioned in the Book of Acts ...

Blanche ... white, bright, beautiful ... the heroine of The Book of the Duchess ...

Carmel ... fruit garden, fruitful ... Book of Kings in the Bible recorded that Elijah ...

Corinna ... maiden, virgin; maiden, ... love interest in his book Amores (16BC); Ovid's ...

Deborah 780 ... bee ... a victory song in the Book of Judges ...

Elsa 745 ... noble maiden; swan; ... in the Joy Adamson book Born Free (1960) and ...

Genesis 139 ... birth ... the title of the first book of the Old Testament in ...

Heidi 304 ... of a noble kind; noble, ... Spyri's children's book Heidi (1880) in which ...

Jael ... mountain goat ... Jael, a heroine in the Book of Judges who killed ...

Jessica 42 ... God beholds, foresight ... which appeared in the book of Genesis of the Bible ...

Judith 653 ... woman from Judea ... the apocryphal Book of Judith, Judith was ...

Micah 772 ... Who is like Yahweh? ... prophet; he wrote the book bearing his name and ...

Ronja ... the children's fantasy book Ronia the Robber's ...

Ruth 347 ... friend, companion, neighbor ... story was told in the Book of Ruth ...

Scarlett 219 ... scarlet cloth ... the book, the character's full name is Katie ...

Suleika

Sybil ... oracle, prophetess ... the 5th century Latin book, The City of God, ...