Martyred Names for Girls

There are 26 Martyred names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Martyred names 1 to 20. Within these names, Olivia (English, German, and Italian) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Juliana (Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Margaret (English), Laura (English, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Spanish), Anastasia (English, German, Greek, and Russian), and Justine (English, French, and German). The unusual Martyred names are Agnes (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Albina (German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Slavic), Aphra (Arabic and English), Apollonia (English and German), Beatrix (English and German), Corona (German), Crescentia (German), Digna (Spanish), Elodia (Spanish), Eulalia (English, Italian, and Spanish), Euphemia (English and German), Hyacinth (English), Julitta (English and Italian), and Maura (Irish, German, Italian, and Spanish).

Martyred names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1916 with 3.275% of baby girls being given Martyred names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 13 Martyred names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of moderate use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was 1.340% with 8 Martyred names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Martyred names, Olivia (English, German, and Italian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.7835%.

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Agnes ... pure, chaste; hunger; ... century Roman virgin martyred in persecutions by the ...

Albina ... white ... was a young woman martyred in Caesarea in 250. ...

Anastasia 313 ... resurrection ... Anastasia, who was martyred at Sirmium in Dalmatia ...

Aphra ... dust; whitish red, pink ... borne by early saints martyred under Hadrian and ...

Apollonia ... strength; to destroy ... a 3rd century deaconess martyred under the Emperor ...

Beatrix ... traveller, pilgrim, ... century saint who was martyred in Rome; thus the name ...

Corona ... crown ... and Bohemia; she was martyred with Saint Victor, who ...

Crescentia ... to grow ... Crescentia, who was martyred with Vitus and Modestus ...

Digna ... worthy ... Saint Digna who was martyred at Rome. ...

Elodia ... foreign; riches ... century saint who was martyred at Huesca. ...

Eulalia ... sweetly speaking ... virgin who was martyred under Diocletian ...

Euphemia ... good speech, well regarded ... All-praised, who was martyred at Chalcedon between ...

Hyacinth ... Saint Hyacinth, who was martyred under the persecution ...

Juliana 160 ... of Nicomedia, who was martyred under Diocletian in 304 ...

Julitta ... Julitta was martyred together with her son Saint ...

Justine 917 ... fair, just ... of Padua, who was martyred under Diocletian ...

Laura 183 ... laurel, bay ... of Cordoba, who was martyred in Muslim Spain ...

Margaret 173 ... pearl ... (-304), who was martyred at Antioch in Pisidia ...

Maura ... swarthy, dark skinned, ... Saint Maura, who was martyred along with her ...

Olivia 7 ... olive tree ... Oliva (-138), who was martyred under Hadrian. ...