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County Names for Girls

There are 7 County names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are County names 1 to 7. Within these names, Tara (English) was the most popular in 2008, followed by Clare (English) and Shirley (English). The unusual County names are Aine (Irish), Clodagh (Irish), Itziar (Basque and Spanish), and Kyle (Yiddish and English).

County names are somewhat popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1935 with 3.913% of baby girls being given County names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 2 County names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then, and they are of modest use in recent times. In 2008, their total usage was only 0.059% with 3 County names listed among the top 1000. Among all County names, Tara (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #632 and a usage of 0.0234%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Shirley Popularity Trend of Shirley
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 911 911 meadow shire; bright ... elements 'scir' shire, county, bright ; 'leah' wood, ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Aine fire, brightness, splendor ... as Aine's Hill, in County Limerick ...

Clare Popularity Trend of Clare
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 679 679 clear, bright, famous ... is ultimately from a county name in Suffolk and the ...

Clodagh the name of a river in County Tipperary, Ireland ...

Itziar of Itziar in Basque county, Spain. ...

Kyle Popularity Trend of Kyle
from 1900 to 2008. narrow, slender; crown, ... name so named in the county of Ayrshire in ...

Tara Popularity Trend of Tara
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 632 632 hill; star; savior ... the place is located in County Meath, former seat of ...


Popularity Trend
for County Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for County Names
in 2006