Diminutive Names for Girls

There are 39 Diminutive names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Diminutive names 1 to 20. Within these names, Ella (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Evelyn (English), Alison (English, French, and Scottish), and Evangeline (English). The unusual Diminutive names are Aphra (Arabic and English), Aranka (Hungarian), Arlette (English, French, and German), Aveline (English and French), Balbina (German and Italian), Carreen (English), Clementine (German, English, and French), Colette (English and French), Cordula (English and German), Elma (Italian and English), Etta (English and Scottish), Fiammetta (Italian), Frauke (Frisian and German), Gilda (German and Italian), Ina (English and German), and Ine (Scandinavian).

Diminutive names are rather popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as trendy. Their usage peaked in 1948 with 6.801% of baby girls being given Diminutive names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 21 Diminutive names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 1.039% with 10 Diminutive names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Diminutive names, Ella (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #21 and a usage of 0.4518%.

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Alison 288 ... formed by appending the diminutive suffix -on ...

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

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

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

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

Balbina ... stammering ... Balbinus, itself a diminutive of Balbus ...

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

Clementine ... merciful, gentle; merciful, ... created as a feminine diminutive of Clement with the ...

Colette ... 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' or ...

Ella 21 ... little cinders ... also considered a diminutive of names such as Ellen ...

Elma ... noble, honorable; great, ... it's also found as a diminutive of various names ending ...

Etta ... the Italian feminine diminutive suffix '-etta'. ...

Evangeline 459 ... gospel ... with a French feminine diminutive suffix '-ine' ...

Evelyn 55 ... bird ... Aveline, itself a diminutive of Avila, which is from ...

Fiammetta ... fire, flame ... name is derived from a diminutive of the Italian ...

Frauke ... lady ... from a nickname, a diminutive from the Old High ...

Gilda ... sacrifice ... could have evolved as a diminutive of Germanic names with ...

Ina ... rice plant ... name is from the diminutive of other names ending with ...

Ine ... have developed as a diminutive of other names ending ...