Family Names for Girls

There are 36 Family names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Family names 1 to 20. Within these names, Ava (German and English) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Cecilia (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Anastasia (English, German, Greek, and Russian), Lacey (English), Dana (English and German), Ainsley (English and Scottish), Harley (English), Edith (English and German), Celia (English, Italian, and Spanish), and Joyce (English). The unusual Family names are Antonina (Italian, English, German, Polish, and Russian), Ariadne (German), Attilia (Italian), Cassia (English), Cleopatra (English), Drew (English), Drusilla (English), Elvia (Italian), Flora (English, German, and Italian), and Ignatia (German).

Family names are popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as trendy. Their usage peaked in 1931 with 3.066% of baby girls being given Family names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 13 Family names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 1.505% with 16 Family names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Family names, Ava (German and English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #4 and a usage of 0.8572%.

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Ainsley 454 ... wood, clearing, meadow; ... an ancient and powerful family in the Scottish ...

Anastasia 313 ... resurrection ... 1918 massacre of her family after a woman claimed ...

Antonina ... From the Roman family name. ...

Ariadne ... very holy woman ... through the Ariane family of European rockets ...

Attilia ... From the Roman family name. ...

Ava 4 ... strength; desired; bird; voice, song, sound; alive ... from the Frankish royal family ...

Cassia ... empty, vain ...From the Roman family name. ...

Cecilia 274 ... blind ... derived from the Roman family name Caecilius; the ...

Celia 783 ... heaven; sky, heaven; ... derived from the Roman family name Caelia, which is ...

Cleopatra ... father's glory ... members of the royal family of Ptolemaic Egypt, the ...

Dana 446 ... Dane; God is my judge, ... family name was promoted by the fame of US poet and ...

Drew ... of the famous Drew family into which the ...

Drusilla ... fruitful, dewy-eyed ...The name is from the Roman family name Drusus ...

Edith 730 ... rich in war ... was consistent with the family naming practice then ...

Elvia ... From the Roman family name. ...

Flora ... flower, blossom ... of Flora was the Roman family name Florus ...

Harley 481 ... hare clearing, hare ... name is from an English family name, which is itself ...

Ignatia ... fire ...From the Roman family name. ...

Joyce 837 ... lord ... derived from the Irish family name, which is itself ...

Lacey 390 ... braid ... Calvados in France; the family was influential in the ...