Period Names for Girls

There are 35 Period names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Period names 1 to 20. Within these names, Ava (German and English) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Jasmine (English and French), Cynthia (English and German), Alison (English, French, and Scottish), Aurora (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish), Lacey (English), Johanna (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Christine (Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian), and Celia (English, Italian, and Spanish). The unusual Period names are Angharad (Welsh), Aoibheann (Irish), Blanche (English and French), Ceridwen (Welsh), Charis (English and German), Clemence (English), Felicia (English, Hungarian, Italian, and Romanian), Honey (English), Hyacinth (English), Kunigunde (German), and Laetitia (English and French).

Period names are popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1930s up to the 1960s. Their usage peaked in 1968 with 3.890% of baby girls being given Period names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 17 Period names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 2.115% with 15 Period names listed among the top 1000. Among all Period names, Ava (German and English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #4 and a usage of 0.8572%.

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Alison 288 ... popular in the medieval period in the forms Alyson or ...

Angharad ... much loved ... in the medieval period, often Anglicized as ...

Aoibheann ... fair radiance, beautiful ... in the early medieval period ...

Aurora 317 ... dawn ... name in the medieval period, but was revived ...

Ava 4 ... strength; desired; bird; voice, song, sound; alive ... the end of the medieval period, but it was later made ...

Blanche ... white, bright, beautiful ... much in the medieval period ...

Celia 783 ... heaven; sky, heaven; ... used in the medieval period; among English speakers ...

Ceridwen ... poetry; white, fair, ... used in the medieval period, but saw a revival in ...

Charis ... grace, kindness ... the medieval period, the name was often associated ...

Christine 518 ... Christian woman ... in the medieval period, and it is sometimes ...

Clemence ... merciful, gentle ...The name was popular in the medieval period ...

Cynthia 276 ... woman from Kynthos ... used in the medieval period; it was first adopted ...

Felicia ... lucky, successful; luck, good fortune ... used since the medieval period. ...

Honey ... honey ... since the medieval period ...

Hyacinth ... England, there was a period of enthusiasm for ...

Jasmine 32 ... jasmine ... 19th century during the period of enthusiasm for ...

Johanna 419 ... Yahweh is gracious, ...The name was widely used in the medieval period. ...

Kunigunde ... brave; tribe, clan; ... popular in the medieval period. ...

Lacey 390 ... braid ... in the medieval period ...

Laetitia ... joy, happiness ... in the medieval period. ...