Reference Names for Girls

There are 27 Reference names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Reference names 1 to 20. Within these names, Chloe (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Katherine (English), Mary (English), Rebecca (English, French, and Italian), Cynthia (English and German), Iris (Dutch, English, and German), Asia (English and Polish), Priscilla (English, German, and Italian), Belinda (English, German, and Italian), and Paloma (Hungarian and Spanish). The unusual Reference names are Bonnie (English and Scottish), Bryony (English), Candida (English, German, and Italian), Jina (English and Indian), Marigold (English), May (English), Mimoza (Albanian, Slavic, and Turkish), Norma (English, German, Hungarian, and Italian), Nuria (Catalan and Spanish), and Rosamund (English).

Reference names are popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1927 with 7.669% of baby girls being given Reference names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 12 Reference names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of heavy use. In 2007, their total usage was 1.716% with 15 Reference names listed among the top 1000. Among all Reference 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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Asia 326 ... Asia; alive; Yahweh ... the Assyrian 'asu', in reference to the rising of the ...

Belinda 629 ... beautiful snake; beautiful ... 'beautiful snake', in reference to the snake as a ...

Bonnie ... pretty; pretty; good ... 'bonnie blue flag' in reference to the Confederacy ...

Bryony ... to grow, sprout ... flower name bryony, in reference to the perennial ...

Candida ... white ... 'clothed in white' in reference to the white toga worn ...

Chloe 16 ... young green shoot ... and agriculture, in reference to her recurring ...

Cynthia 276 ... woman from Kynthos ... as the poetical reference for Elizabeth I as used ...

Iris 316 ... rainbow ... name, and also in reference to the sphincter around ...

Jina ... victor ... for the Buddhas, in reference to the victory achieved ...

Katherine 39 ... pure; torture ... the Greek 'aikia', in reference to the early 4th ...

Marigold ... marigold ... in Old English, in reference to its similarity in ...

Mary 93 ... bitterness ... the French 'mere', in reference to a pregnant mother ...

May ... May; pearl; bitterness ... from a flower name, in reference to the hawthorn that ...

Mimoza ... mimosa ... the Latin 'mimus', in reference to the trait of the ...

Norma ... rule, standard, pattern ... the Latin 'norma' in reference to the carpenter's ...

Nuria ... 'Our Lady of Nuria', in reference to the place in Gerona ...

Paloma 864 ... dove, pigeon ... 'virgin of the dove' in reference to the Virgin Mary; the ...

Priscilla 375 ... ancient, old ... the Bible, probably in reference to the same person, a ...

Rebecca 105 ... cattle stall; to tie ... be from 'ribqah' in reference to the bond of ...

Rosamund ... horse protector; rose ... rose' respectively, in reference to the titles borne by ...