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General Names for Girls

There are 11 General names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are General names 1 to 11. Within these names, Samantha (English, French, and German) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Anna (Czech, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Breton, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, and French), Leslie (English and German), Melody (English), Bridget (English, Irish, and Scottish), and Judith (English, French, and German). The unusual General names are Alberta (English, German, Italian, and Polish), Dilys (English and Welsh), Esmée (English and French), Jael (German), and Philippa (English and German).

General names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1940 with 2.399% of baby girls being given General names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 5 General names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of moderate use in recent times. In 2008, their total usage was 1.116% with 6 General names listed among the top 1000. Among all General names, Samantha (English, French, and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #11 and a usage of 0.5384%.

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Alberta Popularity Trend of Alberta
from 1900 to 2008. nobly famous ... of Lorne, governor-general of Canada (1878-1883). ...

Anna Popularity Trend of Anna
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 26 26 God was gracious, God ... the name came into general use in the 18th ...

Bridget Popularity Trend of Bridget
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 394 394 exalted one ... came into general use in Ireland only from the 17th ...

Dilys genuine, sincere, steadfast, ... been adopted by the general English speaker. ...

Esmée esteemed, loved ... spread into general use ...

Jael mountain goat ... killed the Canaanite general Sisera to deliver ...

Judith Popularity Trend of Judith
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 713 713 woman from Judea ... by killing the general Holofernes ...

Leslie Popularity Trend of Leslie
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 147 147 garden of hollies ... was however a general in the English and ...

Melody Popularity Trend of Melody
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 280 280 melody ... by association from the general popularity of girl ...

Philippa lover of horses, friend ... first name came into general use among English ...

Samantha Popularity Trend of Samantha
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 11 11 more widespread among general English speakers by the ...


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