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Equivalent Names for Girls

There are 13 Equivalent names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Equivalent names 1 to 13. Within these names, Sophia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Russian) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Sarah (English, French, and German), Brittany (English), Claudia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Athena (English and German), and Celia (English, Italian, and Spanish). The unusual Equivalent names are Aphrodite (English and German), Ceri (Welsh and English), Concepción (Spanish), Gunhild (German and Scandinavian), Merle (Dutch, English, and German), Merlina (English and German), and Rabia (Arabic and Turkish).

Equivalent names are rather popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1950s up to the 1980s. Their usage peaked in 1989 with 3.446% of baby girls being given Equivalent names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 6 Equivalent names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 1.410% with 6 Equivalent names listed among the top 1000. Among all Equivalent 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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Aphrodite ... risen from foam ... and beauty; her Roman equivalent was Venus ...

Athena Popularity Trend of Athena
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 444 444 ... endeavor, and her Roman equivalent was Minerva ...

Brittany Popularity Trend of Brittany
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 355 355 ... from Little Britain ... or Pretanike, the equivalent Greek term ...

Celia Popularity Trend of Celia
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 783 783 ... heaven; sky, heaven; ... is also the feminine equivalent of Caelius ...

Ceri ... beloved; poetry; white, ... Welsh coinage and equivalent of the English Amy; it ...

Claudia Popularity Trend of Claudia
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 404 404 ... limping ... sometimes taken as an equivalent of Gladys ...

Concepción ... conception ... are derived from the equivalent Italian title, Maria ...

Gunhild ... war, fight; battle ... the old Scandinavian equivalent of the old German ...

Merle Popularity Trend of Merle
from 1900 to 2007. ... blackbird; sea bright ... the Old French 'merle', equivalent to the Latin 'merula' ...

Merlina ... seahill fort ... times as a feminine equivalent to Merlin. ...

Rabia ... fourth-born ... Quran by the character equivalent to the biblical ...

Sarah Popularity Trend of Sarah
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 18 18 ... princess, lady ... it is used as the equivalent of Mór. ...

Sophia Popularity Trend of Sophia
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 6 6 ... wisdom ... wisdom' and its Latin equivalent 'Sancta Sophia' as a ...



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