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Epithet Names for Girls

There are 10 Epithet names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Epithet names 1 to 10. Within these names, Chloe (English and German) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Alexandra (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish), Lucy (English), Cynthia (English and German), and Phoebe (English and German). The unusual Epithet names are Delia (English, Greek, Italian, German, and Spanish), Lucina (English), Nolwenn (Breton and French), Parthenia (English), and Tahira (Arabic).

Epithet names are rather popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1930s up to the 1950s. Their usage peaked in 1957 with 1.970% of baby girls being given Epithet names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 4 Epithet names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 1.036% with 5 Epithet names listed among the top 1000. Among all Epithet names, Chloe (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #10 and a usage of 0.5692%.

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Alexandra Popularity Trend of Alexandra
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 61 61 defender of men ... Greek mythology as an epithet by the goddess Hera ...

Chloe Popularity Trend of Chloe
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 10 10 young green shoot ... this was borne as an epithet by Demeter the goddess ...

Cynthia Popularity Trend of Cynthia
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 310 310 woman from Kynthos ... Greek mythology as an epithet of Artemis, the Greek ...

Delia Popularity Trend of Delia
from 1900 to 2008. from Delos; wealth, ... Delos was adopted as an epithet of Artemis ...

Lucina she who brings children ... gods; Lucina was her epithet ...

Lucy Popularity Trend of Lucy
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 112 112 bright, born at daybreak ... was Lucina, an epithet of Juno, the Roman ...

Nolwenn holy one from Noyal ... dervied from the Breton epithet of a 6th century saint, ...

Parthenia Popularity Trend of Parthenia
from 1900 to 2008. virgin, maiden ... Greek mythology as an epithet by the goddess Athena, ...

Phoebe Popularity Trend of Phoebe
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 348 348 bright, pure; sweetly-spoken, ... was also the epithet of the moon goddess Diana and ...

Tahira pure, chaste, virtuous ... name Tahira was an epithet of both Khadija and ...


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