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Diminutive Names for Girls

There are 91 Diminutive names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Diminutive names 1 to 20. Within these names, Alison (English, French, and Scottish) was the most popular in 2008 with a rank of #273 and a usage of 0.0601%, followed by Damaris (English and German). The unusual Diminutive names are Anita (Spanish, English, German, Indian, Italian, and Slavic), Aphra (Arabic and English), Aranka (Hungarian), Arlette (English, French, and German), Aveline (English and French), Babette (French, English, and German), Balbina (German and Italian), Beth (English and Hebrew), Bethan (Welsh and English), Betsy (English), Bette (English and French), Birdie (English), Carreen (English), Carrie (English), Clementine (English, German, and French), Colette (English and French), Cordula (English and German), and Daffy (English).

Diminutive names are popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as fairly trendy. Their usage peaked in 1947 with 11.808% of baby girls being given Diminutive names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 47 Diminutive names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 2.548% with 25 Diminutive names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Diminutive names, Emma (English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 0.9043%.

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Alison Popularity Trend of Alison
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 273 273 of a noble kind ... formed by appending the diminutive suffix '-on', but it is ...

Anita Popularity Trend of Anita
from 1900 to 2008. God was gracious, God ... developed as a Spanish diminutive of Ana, and it was ...

Aphra dust; whitish red, pink ... literature, the rare diminutive Affery has appeared in ...

Aranka gold; golden-haired ... name is derived as a diminutive of 'arany' (gold). ...

Arlette eagle; man, free man ... origin, probably a diminutive of Charlotte or other ...

Aveline little bird, strength, ... as an Old French diminutive of the Germanic Avila, ...

Babette Popularity Trend of Babette
from 1900 to 2008. God is perfection, God is my oath; foreign woman ... The name developed as a diminutive of Elizabeth and ...

Balbina stammering ... (Latin), itself a diminutive of Balbus (Latin) ...

Beth Popularity Trend of Beth
from 1900 to 2008. house of figs; daughter ... was first used as a diminutive of Elizabeth in the ...

Bethan God is perfection, God is my oath; house of figs; daughter of Yahweh; from God's house ...

Betsy Popularity Trend of Betsy
from 1900 to 2008. God is perfection, God is my oath ... name evolved as a diminutive of Elizabeth, possibly as ...

Bette Popularity Trend of Bette
from 1900 to 2008. God is perfection, God is my oath ... made famous as a French diminutive of Elizabeth in La ...

Birdie Popularity Trend of Birdie
from 1900 to 2008. little bird; bright ... name is derived as a diminutive of the English word ...

Carreen Cara combined with the diminutive suffix '-een', or else ...

Carrie Popularity Trend of Carrie
from 1900 to 2008. little dark one, little ... the 19th century as a diminutive of Caroline, Carol, or ...

Clementine Popularity Trend of Clementine
from 1900 to 2008. merciful, gentle ... created as a feminine diminutive of Clement with the ...

Colette Popularity Trend of Colette
from 1900 to 2008. victory of the people ... developed as a feminine diminutive of the medieval name ...

Cordula little heart ... name is derived as a diminutive of the Latin cor ...

Daffy daffodil, the asphodel; ... first developed as a diminutive of Daphne, but it is ...

Damaris Popularity Trend of Damaris
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 808 808 calf, gentleness; wife ... could also be from the diminutive of the element 'damar' ...


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