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Literature Names for Girls

There are 76 Literature names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Literature names 1 to 20. Within these names, Abigail (English and German) was the most popular in 2008 with a rank of #8 and a usage of 0.725%, followed in descending order by Amelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish), Amy (English), Angelica (English, German, Russian, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish), Alison (English, French, and Scottish), Alice (Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese), Bridget (English, Irish, and Scottish), Ayla (Hebrew and English), Aria (English and Italian), and Belinda (English, German, Italian, and Spanish). The unusual Literature names are Agnes (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Alethea (English), Amaryllis (English), Anthea (English and German), Aphra (Arabic and English), Aspasia (English, German, and Spanish), Avis (English), Bertha (French and Spanish), Beulah (English), and Blanche (English and French).

Literature names are very popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1915 with 14.176% of baby girls being given Literature names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 41 Literature names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but they are nevertheless of very heavy use in recent times. In 2008, their total usage was 4.532% with 35 Literature names listed among the top 1000. Among all Literature names, Emily (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.8377%.

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Abigail Popularity Trend of Abigail
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 8 8 my father rejoices, ... for ladies' maids in literature, for instance in ...

Agnes Popularity Trend of Agnes
from 1900 to 2008. pure, chaste; hunger; ... literature, the name has appeared in the Anne Bronte ...

Alethea Popularity Trend of Alethea
from 1900 to 2008. truth ... literature, the name is borne by the character Alethea ...

Alice Popularity Trend of Alice
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 326 326 of a noble kind ... century via romance literature, often in the Latinized ...

Alison Popularity Trend of Alison
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 273 273 of a noble kind ... literature, the name is borne by a character in The ...

Amaryllis sparkling eyes ... name was popular in literature; it was used by Virgil, ...

Amelia Popularity Trend of Amelia
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 68 68 imitating, rivaling; ... literature, it has also appeared as the name of the ...

Amy Popularity Trend of Amy
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 132 132 beloved ... literature, the name is borne by the titular character ...

Angelica Popularity Trend of Angelica
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 257 257 angelic, like an angel; ... literature, the name has appeared in Italian poet ...

Anthea flowery, blossom ...In literature, it has been used since the 4th century AD ...

Aphra dust; whitish red, pink ... literature, the rare diminutive Affery has appeared in ...

Aria Popularity Trend of Aria
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 575 575 song, melody, air ... appearances in fantasy literature, such as in the form ...

Aspasia welcome one ... literature, it has appeared in the form Aspatia in the ...

Avis Popularity Trend of Avis
from 1900 to 2008. bird, desired; struggle; ... literature, a form of the name has appeared in the ...

Ayla Popularity Trend of Ayla
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 406 406 oak tree, turpentine ... from its origin in literature ...

Belinda Popularity Trend of Belinda
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 747 747 beautiful snake; beautiful ... in various works of literature, notably Sir John ...

Bertha Popularity Trend of Bertha
from 1900 to 2008. bright, famous; bright ... literature, the name is borne by Rochester's mad first ...

Beulah Popularity Trend of Beulah
from 1900 to 2008. she who is married ... has been mirrored in literature, where it appears in ...

Blanche Popularity Trend of Blanche
from 1900 to 2008. white, bright, beautiful; ... literature, the form Bianca was used by Shakespeare for ...

Bridget Popularity Trend of Bridget
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 394 394 exalted one ... in literature, the name has been used by Henry ...


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