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Place Names for Girls

There are 70 Place names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Place names 1 to 20. Within these names, Caroline (English and French) was the most popular in 2008 with a rank of #94 and a usage of 0.1699%, followed in descending order by Chelsea (English), Carmen (English, Romanian, and Spanish), and Brittany (English). The unusual Place names are Acadia (English), Australia (English), Dallas (English), Enam (Indian), Hania (Polish, English, and Hebrew), Keitha (English and Scottish), Abilene (English), Ainhoa (Basque and Spanish), Alsatia (English), Aphra (Arabic and English), Arlie (English), Belén (Spanish), Beverly (English and German), Brighton (English), Carmel (English and Hebrew), and Chantal (Dutch, English, and French).

Place names are rather popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1910s up to the 1930s; before that, they were of moderate use only. Their usage peaked in 1935 with 6.729% of baby girls being given Place names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 19 Place names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 1.482% with 24 Place names listed among the top 1000. Among all Place names, Zoe (English, German, Greek, and Polish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #58 and a usage of 0.2289%.

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Acadia place of plenty ...Acadia's meaning is place of plenty ... is derived from the place name Acadia ...

Australia southern place ...The name is of the meaning 'southern place'. ...

Chelsea Popularity Trend of Chelsea
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 221 221 landing place for chalk ...The name means landing place for chalk or limestone ...

Dallas Popularity Trend of Dallas
from 1900 to 2008. meadow dwelling, resting ... dwelling, resting place' ...

Enam fountain, open place; ... means fountain, open place ...

Hania resting place; God was gracious, God has shown favor ...The meaning of the name is resting place. ...

Keitha forest, windy place ... meaning 'forest, windy place'. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abilene grass ... after the biblical place name ...

Ainhoa virgin ... is derived from the place name of Ainhoa, a ...

Alsatia from Alsace, the place name from northeastern ...

Aphra dust; whitish red, pink ... it was derived from a place name 'the house of ...

Arlie Popularity Trend of Arlie
from 1900 to 2008. eagle wood ... which is itself from a place name. ...

Belén house of bread ... place name is itself derived via Greek from the ...

Beverly Popularity Trend of Beverly
from 1900 to 2008. beaver meadow ... name is from a place name, possibly Beverly in ...

Brighton derived from an English place name ...

Brittany Popularity Trend of Brittany
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 421 421 from Little Britain ... place name Brittany was used in the Middle Ages to ...

Carmel Popularity Trend of Carmel
from 1900 to 2008. fruit garden, fruitful ... culture, as a high place it had been considered ...

Carmen Popularity Trend of Carmen
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 262 262 fruit garden, fruitful ... which is from the place name of Mount Carmel in ...

Caroline Popularity Trend of Caroline
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 94 94 man, free man ... growing trend in using place or state names as first ...

Chantal Popularity Trend of Chantal
from 1900 to 2008. stone, boulder; song ... whose surname is of a place name in Saône-et-Loire, ...


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