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Early Names for Girls

There are 67 Early names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Early names 1 to 20. Within these names, Audrey (English) was the most popular in 2008 with a rank of #44 and a usage of 0.2626%, followed in descending order by Alicia (English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian), Anastasia (English, German, Greek, and Russian), Brittany (English), America (English), and Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, and Hebrew). The unusual Early names are Alaula (Hawaiian), Awendela, Adela (Czech, English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish), Agape (Greek), Anela (Hawaiian), Antonia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Aoibheann (Irish), Aphra (Arabic and English), Ariadne (German), Astrid (English, German, and Scandinavian), Balbina (German and Italian), Beate (German and Spanish), Beatrix (English, French, German, and Italian), and Bonita (English and Spanish).

Early names are popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1925 with 7.350% of baby girls being given Early names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 28 Early names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of heavy use. In 2008, their total usage was 1.858% with 24 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 #40 and a usage of 0.2698%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Alaula light of early dawn, ... of the name is light of early dawn, sunset glow. ...

Awendela early day ...Awendela is of the meaning 'early day'. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Ada Popularity Trend of Ada
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 598 598 noble, honorable; of ... the inventor of the early mechanical computer ...

Adela Popularity Trend of Adela
from 1900 to 2008. noble, honorable; of ... were often bestowed by early Frankish nobility to ...

Agape love ...The name was borne by two early minor saints. ...

Alicia Popularity Trend of Alicia
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 178 178 of a noble kind ... as Alesia and Alicia as early as the 12th century, ...

America Popularity Trend of America
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 503 503 America ... in the late 15th and early 16th centuries ...

Anastasia Popularity Trend of Anastasia
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 360 360 resurrection ... was popular with early Christians due to the ...

Anela messenger of God, angel ... name was adopted by early Hawaiian Christians in ...

Antonia Popularity Trend of Antonia
from 1900 to 2008. priceless, inestimable ... 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 Popularity Trend of Astrid
from 1900 to 2008. divinely beautiful ... English speakers in the early 20th century. ...

Audrey Popularity Trend of Audrey
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 44 44 noble strength ... of Etheldreda in the early 16th century and the ...

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

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

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

Bonita Popularity Trend of Bonita
from 1900 to 2008. pretty ... and was borne various early saints ...

Brittany Popularity Trend of Brittany
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 421 421 from Little Britain ... is thus Britannia, the early Roman term for the ...


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