Early Names for Girls

There are 48 Early names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Early names 1 to 20. Within these names, Anastasia (English, German, Greek, and Russian) was the most popular in 2007 with a rank of #313 and a usage of 0.0508%, followed in descending order by Brittany (English), Celeste (English), Claudia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), America (English), Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian), and Antonia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish). The unusual Early names are Adela (English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish), Aoibheann (Irish), Aphra (Arabic and English), Ariadne (German), Astrid (English, German, and Scandinavian), Balbina (German and Italian), Beate (German), Beatrix (English and German), Bonita (English), Candace (English), Candelaria (Spanish), Candida (English, German, and Italian), and Cher (English).

Early names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1925 with 3.364% of baby girls being given Early names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 22 Early names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and are currently of moderate use. In 2007, their total usage was 1.042% with 15 Early names listed among the top 1000. Among all Early names, Julia (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #34 and a usage of 0.2911%.

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Ada 646 ... noble, honorable; ornament, ... the inventor of the early mechanical computer ...

Adela ... noble, honorable; of ... were often bestowed by early Frankish nobility to ...

America 462 ... America ... in the late 15th and early 16th centuries ...

Anastasia 313 ... resurrection ... was popular with early Christians due to the ...

Antonia 996 ... adopted it in the early 20th century ...

Aoibheann ... fair radiance, beautiful ... Irish royalty in the early medieval period ...

Aphra ... dust; whitish red, pink ... name was also borne by early saints martyred under ...

Ariadne ... very holy woman ... the name among the early Christians ...

Astrid ... divinely beautiful ... English speakers in the early 20th century. ...

Balbina ... stammering ... was borne by the early Christian martyr Saint ...

Beate ... blessed ... by Saint Beata, an early North African martyr ...

Beatrix ... traveller, pilgrim, ... name was common among early Christians. ...

Bonita ... pretty ... and was borne various early saints ...

Brittany 355 ... from Little Britain ... is thus Britannia, the early Roman term for the ...

Candace ... queen; incandescent; ... the form Candice in the early 20th century ...

Candelaria ... Candlemas ... which commemorates an early episode in the life of ...

Candida ... white ... was popular among the early Christians and was ...

Celeste 354 ... heavenly, of sky ...The name was popular with the early Christians. ...

Cher ... dear; darling; cherry ... speakers since the early 20th century; it is ...

Claudia 404 ... limping ... published in the early 20th century. ...