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Epic Names for Girls

There are 10 Epic names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Epic names 1 to 10. Within these names, Angelica (English, German, Russian, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish) was the most popular in 2008, followed by Aurora (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish). The unusual Epic names are Aino (Finnish), Brunhilde (German), Calliope (Greek and Latinized), Charis (English and German), Haidee (English), Lynette (English), Úna (Irish and Scottish), and Winona (English and Sioux).

Epic names are somewhat popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1900s up to the 1990s; before that, they were of modest use only. Their usage peaked in 1997 with 0.200% of baby girls being given Epic names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 2 Epic names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 0.120% with 2 Epic names listed among the top 1000. Among all Epic names, Angelica (English, German, Russian, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #257 and a usage of 0.0642%.

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Aino only one ... sister in the Finnish epic poem, the Kalevala; she ...

Angelica Popularity Trend of Angelica
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 257 257 angelic, like an angel; ... Italian poet Ariosto's epic Orlando Furioso (1532) ...

Aurora Popularity Trend of Aurora
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 288 288 dawn ... Barrett Browning epic poem Aurora Leigh ...

Brunhilde armour, protection; ... character in the epic poem Nibelungenlied ...

Calliope beautiful voice ... was borne the muse of epic poetry, one of the nine ...

Charis grace, kindness ... Edmund Spenser for his epic poem The Faerie Queene ...

Haidee to caress; modest, reverent; of a noble kind ... by Lord Byron's epic poem Don Juan ...

Lynette Popularity Trend of Lynette
from 1900 to 2008. likeness, image, idol; ... part of his Arthurian epic Idylls of the King ...

Úna hunger; lamb; one ... in the Edmund Spenser epic poem The Faerie Queene ...

Winona Popularity Trend of Winona
from 1900 to 2008. first-born daughter ... Wadsworth Longfellow epic poem The Song of ...


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