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Mother Names for Girls

There are 51 Mother names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Mother names 1 to 20. Within these names, Abigail (English and German) was the most popular in 2007 with a rank of #8 and a usage of 0.7338%, followed in descending order by Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Mary (English), Annabella (English, German, and Italian), Aisha (Arabic and English), Alma (English, German, Italian, and Spanish), Amina (Arabic), and Brandy (English). The unusual Mother names are Demetria (Italian), Dimitra (Greek), Aamina (Arabic), Adela (English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish), Althea (English), Antigone (German), Aoibheann (Irish), Arlette (English, French, and German), Bertha (French), Candace (English), Ceridwen (Welsh), and Cornelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Romanian).

Mother names are very popular as baby girl names. In 1900, 15.571% of baby girls were given Mother names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 27 Mother names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but they are nevertheless of very heavy use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was 5.442% with 24 Mother names listed among the top 1000. Among all Mother names, Emma (English, French, and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.8698%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Demetria Popularity Trend of Demetria
from 1900 to 2007. ... dedicated to Demeter ...Derived from de 'earth' ; meter 'mother' ...

Dimitra ... dedicated to Demeter ... ; meter which means 'mother' ...

Mary Popularity Trend of Mary
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 93 93 ... bitterness ... 'bitterness' ; mere 'mother' ; mry 'beloved' ; ... reference to a pregnant mother ...


DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Aamina ... feel safe ... name was borne by the mother of the prophet ...

Abigail Popularity Trend of Abigail
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 8 8 ... my father rejoices, ... sister, and by the mother of Absalom's captain ...

Adela Popularity Trend of Adela
from 1900 to 2007. ... noble, honorable; of ... mother of William the Conqueror was named Adelicia ...

Aisha Popularity Trend of Aisha
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 694 694 ... alive ... known as the 'the mother of believers', she ...

Alma Popularity Trend of Alma
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 713 713 ... nourishing, kind; soul; ... Alma Mater 'fostering mother' used to denote one's ...

Althea Popularity Trend of Althea
from 1900 to 2007. ... wholesome, healing; ... was the name of the mother of Meleager the hunter ...

Amina Popularity Trend of Amina
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 800 800 ... truthful, trustworthy ... as the name of the mother of prophet Muhammad. ...

Anna Popularity Trend of Anna
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 25 25 ... God was gracious, God ... Bible, Hannah was the mother of the prophet Samuel ...

Annabella Popularity Trend of Annabella
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 568 568 ... gracefully beautiful ... was the name of the mother of King James I of ...

Antigone ... opposed to birth; unbending ... of Thebes and his mother Jocasta ...

Aoibheann ... fair radiance, beautiful ... name was borne by the mother of Saint Enda, who ...

Arlette ... eagle ... name was borne by the mother of William the ...

Bertha Popularity Trend of Bertha
from 1900 to 2007. ... bright, famous ... Bigfoot, the beautiful mother of the emperor ...

Brandy Popularity Trend of Brandy
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 888 888 ... brandy ... of Jodie Foster's mother, as well as the first ...

Candace Popularity Trend of Candace
from 1900 to 2007. ... queen; incandescent; ... the Cushitic for 'queen mother', the Greek for ...

Ceridwen ... poetry; white, fair, ... who was also the mother of Taliesin, the ...

Cornelia Popularity Trend of Cornelia
from 1900 to 2007. ... war horn ... (190BC-100BC), the mother of the famed ...



Popularity Trend
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from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
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