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Dear Names for Girls

There are 15 Dear names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Dear names 1 to 15. Within these names, Karen (German and Scandinavian) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Cara (English, German, and Italian), Cherish (English), Charity (English), and Alannah (English). The unusual Dear names are Caritas (German and Italian), Cher (English), Dagmar (German and Scandinavian), Draga (Slavic), Dragica (Slavic), Dragomira (Slavic), Jarmila (Czech and German), Lioba (German), Maite (Basque and Spanish), and Nadira (Arabic and Turkish).

Dear names are somewhat popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1920s up to the 1950s. Their usage peaked in 1956 with 1.953% of baby girls being given Dear names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 2 Dear names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was only 0.186% with 5 Dear names listed among the top 1000. Among all Dear names, Karen (German and Scandinavian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #165 and a usage of 0.1032%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Alannah Popularity Trend of Alannah
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 982 982 ... dear child ...The meaning of Alannah is 'dear child' ...

Cara Popularity Trend of Cara
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 536 536 ... dear, beloved; friend ... which has the meaning 'dear, beloved' ...

Caritas ... charity ... ; 'carus' which means dear ...

Charity Popularity Trend of Charity
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 673 673 ... charity; charity; dear ... ; carus which means 'dear' ...

Cher Popularity Trend of Cher
from 1900 to 2007. ... dear; darling; cherry ... 'cher' with the meaning dear ...

Cherish Popularity Trend of Cherish
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 641 641 ... cherish ... ; cher which means 'dear' ...

Dagmar Popularity Trend of Dagmar
from 1900 to 2007. ... day; maid; dear; great, ... ; 'mar' maid ; 'dorog' dear ; 'meri' great, famous ...

Draga ... dear ... dorog with the meaning 'dear' ...

Dragica ... dear ... which has the meaning dear. ...

Dragomira ... precious and peaceful ... from dorog 'dear' ; meri 'great, famous' ; ...

Jarmila ... strong; dear ...Derived from jary 'strong' ; mily 'dear'. ...

Karen Popularity Trend of Karen
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 165 165 ... pure ... 'carus' which means dear ; 'katharos' which ...

Lioba ... dear, beloved ...Derived from liob 'dear, beloved' ; leubh ...

Maite ... dear, beloved ... which has the meaning 'dear, beloved'. ...

Nadira ... dear, rare ...The name Nadira means 'dear, rare' ...



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