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British Names for Girls

There are 27 British names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are British names 1 to 20. Within these names, Emily (English) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Grace (English and French), Destiny (English), Charlotte (French, German, Dutch, English, and Scandinavian), Amanda (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Leslie (English and German), Harmony (English), Ciara (English and Irish), Genevieve (English), Claudia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Alma (English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew), and India (English). The unusual British names are Acadia (English), Allegra (English and Italian), Anthea (English and German), Branwen (English and Welsh), Ena (Irish, English, and German), Hyacinth (English), Kimberley (English), and Lilli (German, English, and Estonian).

British names are popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1960s up to the 1980s. Their usage peaked in 1987 with 3.654% of baby girls being given British names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 15 British names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 2.309% with 15 British names listed among the top 1000. Among all British names, Emily (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.8377%.

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Acadia place of plenty ... mid-18th century, the British deported many Acadians ...

Allegra happy, lively, merry ... was first coined by the British poet Lord Byron for his ...

Alma Popularity Trend of Alma
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 792 792 nourishing, kind; work; ... Crimean War, when the British and their allies ...

Amanda Popularity Trend of Amanda
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 138 138 lovable ... Shift (1696) by the British dramatist Colley ...

Anthea flowery, blossom ... attention through the British television presenter ...

Branwen fair raven, dark beauty; ... and the sister of the British king Bran; she later ...

Charlotte Popularity Trend of Charlotte
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 87 87 man, free man ... Charlotte, and the British novelist Charlotte ...

Ciara Popularity Trend of Ciara
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 324 324 little dark one, little ... popularized by the British actress Keira Knightley ...

Claudia Popularity Trend of Claudia
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 417 417 limping ... as the daughter of a British prince who became the ...

Destiny Popularity Trend of Destiny
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 48 48 destiny ... was made known by the British science fiction TV ...

Emily Popularity Trend of Emily
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 3 3 imitating, rivaling; ... Hanoverians took the British throne in the 18th ...

Ena Popularity Trend of Ena
from 1900 to 2008. beaded, adorned; kernel ... in the long-running British TV soap opera ...

Genevieve Popularity Trend of Genevieve
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 325 325 lady of the people, ... popularized by the British film Genevieve (1953) ...

Grace Popularity Trend of Grace
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 21 21 charm, grace ... century, due to the British heroine Grace Darling ...

Harmony Popularity Trend of Harmony
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 314 314 harmony; concord, peace, ... later made known by the British science fiction TV ...

Hyacinth hyacinth ... Hyacinth Bucket in the British sitcom Keeping Up ...

India Popularity Trend of India
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 815 815 India ... prominent colony of the British Empire ...

Kimberley Popularity Trend of Kimberley
from 1900 to 2008. Cyneburga's wood; Cyneburga's ... often in tribute to the British victory in the Second ...

Leslie Popularity Trend of Leslie
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 147 147 garden of hollies ... by the fame of the British film actor Leslie ...

Lilli lily; God is perfection, ... the Germans and the British during World War II. ...


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for British Names
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