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Precious Names for Girls

There are 7 Precious names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Precious names 1 to 7. Within these names, Jade (English) was the most popular in 2007, followed by Precious (English). The unusual Precious names are Dragomira (Slavic), Gemma (German and Italian), Opal (English and Indian), Ratna (Indian), and Marigold (English).

Precious names are somewhat popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked modestly in 1909 with 0.279% of baby girls being given Precious names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 1 Precious names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then, and they are of sporadic use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was only 0.166% with 2 Precious names listed among the top 1000. Among all Precious names, Jade (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #113 and a usage of 0.1426%.

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NAME MATCH:

Precious Popularity Trend of Precious
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 604 604 ... precious ...The boy name Precious is pronounced PREHSHahS ... Literally from the vocabulary word precious ...


WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Dragomira ... precious and peaceful ... of Dragomira is 'precious and peaceful' ...

Gemma ... precious stone ... which has the meaning precious stone ...

Opal Popularity Trend of Opal
from 1900 to 2007. ... precious stone ... ; 'upala' meaning precious stone ...

Ratna ... gem, precious stone ... has the meaning 'gem, precious stone' ...


DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Jade Popularity Trend of Jade
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 113 113 ... jade ... the name of the semi-precious stone, which is itself ...

Marigold ... marigold ... in color to the precious metal; it was later ...



Popularity Trend
for Precious Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Precious Names
in 2006