Eastern Names for Girls

There are 7 Eastern names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Eastern names 1 to 7. Within these names, Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian) was the most popular in 2007, followed by Layla (Arabic) and Larissa (German and Russian). The unusual Eastern names are Hemma (German), Loreley (English and German), Lorraine (English), and Suleika (German).

Eastern names are rather popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as trendy. The names' popularity has been growing since the 1970s. Their usage peaked recently in 2007 with 1.015% of baby girls being given Eastern names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 3 Eastern names. In 2007, among all Eastern names, Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #6 and a usage of 0.8063%.

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Hemma ... home, homeland ... the Queen consort of Eastern Francia and wife of ...

Larissa 590 ... lovely ... was venerated in the Eastern Church. ...

Layla 85 ... intoxication, wine ... 7th century Middle Eastern love story, Layla and ...

Loreley ... luring cliff ... Loreley, a rock on the eastern bank of the Rhine river ...

Lorraine ... region of Lorraine in eastern France; the surname ...

Sophia 6 ... wisdom ... have given rise to the Eastern cult ...

Suleika ... Goethe's work 'West-Eastern Divan' (1819), which ...