Father Names for Girls

There are 18 Father names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Father names 1 to 18. Within these names, Abigail (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Grace (English), Trinity (English), Caroline (English and French), Penelope (English and German), Virginia (English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Daphne (English and German), Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish), and Charlize (English). The unusual Father names are Asenath (English and Hebrew), Axelle (French), Cleopatra (English), Birgit (German and Scandinavian), Elettra (Italian), Hippolyta (English and Greek), Linnéa (German and Scandinavian), Medea (English and German), and Oceana (English).

Father names are popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as fairly trendy. Their usage peaked in 1938 with 4.595% of baby girls being given Father names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 5 Father names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 1.687% with 9 Father names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Father names, Abigail (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #8 and a usage of 0.7338%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Abigail 8 ... my father rejoices, ... meaning is my father rejoices, joy of my ...

Asenath ... she belongs to her father ... is 'she belongs to her father' ...

Axelle ... God the Father is peace ... of Axelle is 'God the Father is peace' ...

Cleopatra ... father's glory ...Cleopatra has the meaning father's glory ... 'kleos' glory ; 'pater' father ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Barbara 633 ... foreign woman ... martyr executed by her father for her Christian ...

Birgit ... to help; exalted one ...The saint's father is named Birger. ...

Caroline 99 ... man, free man ... II in honor of his father Charles I ...

Charlize 887 ... man, free man ... who was named after her father Charles. ...

Daphne 585 ... laurel, laurel tree ... a laurel tree by her father to escape Apollo's ...

Elettra ... took revenge for her father Agamemnon together with ...

Grace 20 ... charm, grace ... her lighthouse keeper father save sailors in a storm ...

Hippolyta ... horse; to free ... magical girdle from her father Ares, the god of war. ...

Linnéa ... Linné (1707-1778), the father of modern taxonomy; the ...

Medea ... to meditate, to ponder ... Golden Fleece from her father; she was later ...

Oceana ... of the ocean and father of the water nymphs. ...

Penelope 412 ... duck; thread, web; voice, eye, face ... a burial shroud for her father-in-law and then ...

Trinity 72 ... trinity ... as three persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; ...

Virginia 545 ... virgin ... who was killed by her father Lucius Verginius to ...