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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 Popularity Trend of Alison
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 288 288 ... 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 Popularity Trend of Aurora
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 317 317 ... dawn ... name in the medieval period, but was revived ...

Ava Popularity Trend of Ava
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 4 4 ... strength; desired; bird; voice, song, sound; alive ... the end of the medieval period, but it was later made ...

Blanche Popularity Trend of Blanche
from 1900 to 2007. ... white, bright, beautiful ... much in the medieval period ...

Celia Popularity Trend of Celia
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 783 783 ... 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 Popularity Trend of Christine
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 518 518 ... Christian woman ... in the medieval period, and it is sometimes ...

Clemence Popularity Trend of Clemence
from 1900 to 2007. ... merciful, gentle ...The name was popular in the medieval period ...

Cynthia Popularity Trend of Cynthia
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 276 276 ... woman from Kynthos ... used in the medieval period; it was first adopted ...

Felicia Popularity Trend of Felicia
from 1900 to 2007. ... 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 Popularity Trend of Jasmine
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 32 32 ... jasmine ... 19th century during the period of enthusiasm for ...

Johanna Popularity Trend of Johanna
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 419 419 ... Yahweh is gracious, ...The name was widely used in the medieval period. ...

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

Lacey Popularity Trend of Lacey
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 390 390 ... braid ... in the medieval period ...

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



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