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Eastern Names for Girls

There are 11 Eastern names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Eastern names 1 to 11. Within these names, Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Elizabeth (English), Layla (Arabic and English), Eleanor (English), and Larissa (German and Russian). The unusual Eastern names are Sabiya (Arabic), Besjana (Albanian), Hemma (German), Loreley (English and German), Lorraine (English and French), and Suleika (German).

Eastern names are popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as trendy. Their usage peaked in 1918 with 2.374% of baby girls being given Eastern names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 4 Eastern names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 1.670% with 5 Eastern names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Eastern names, Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.7729%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Sabiya morning, the eastern ... meaning morning, the eastern wind. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Besjana oath, pledge ... located in north-eastern Kosovo, Besiana, which ...

Eleanor Popularity Trend of Eleanor
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 256 256 bright one, shining ... three still remain in eastern England ...

Elizabeth Popularity Trend of Elizabeth
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 9 9 God is perfection, God is my oath ... times, especially in Eastern Europe where it would ...

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

Larissa Popularity Trend of Larissa
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 704 704 lovely ... was venerated in the Eastern Church. ...

Layla Popularity Trend of Layla
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 55 55 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 Popularity Trend of Lorraine
from 1900 to 2008. from Lorraine; laurel, ... region of Lorraine in eastern France; the surname ...

Sophia Popularity Trend of Sophia
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 7 7 wisdom ... have given rise to the Eastern cult ...

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


Popularity Trend
for Eastern Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Eastern Names
in 2006