Pastoral Names for Girls

There are 8 Pastoral names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Pastoral names 1 to 8. Within these names, Chloe (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed by Pamela (English, German, and Italian) and Delia (English and German). The unusual Pastoral names are Amaryllis (English), Aminta (English and Italian), Anthea (English and German), Phyllis (English and German), and Rosalind (English).

Pastoral names are rather popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as fairly trendy. Their usage peaked in 1954 with 1.710% of baby girls being given Pastoral names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 4 Pastoral names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 0.545% with 3 Pastoral names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Pastoral names, Chloe (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #16 and a usage of 0.5085%.

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Amaryllis ... sparkling eyes ... Ovid, and English pastoral poets from the 16th and ...

Aminta ... protector, defender ... was made known by the pastoral play Aminta (1573) by ...

Anthea ... flowery, blossom ... 17th century English pastoral poets such as Robert ...

Chloe 16 ... young green shoot ... in Daphnis and Chloe, a pastoral romance by the Greek ...

Delia 989 ... imitating, rivaling; ... popularized by the pastoral poet Samuel Daniel's ...

Pamela 584 ... all black, all sweetness ... Philip Sidney for his pastoral work Countess of ...

Phyllis ... foliage, green branch; ... in John Milton's famous pastoral poem L'Allegro (1631). ...

Rosalind ... horse shield of lime ... as Edmund Spenser's pastoral poetry The Shephearde's ...