There are 38 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 2008, followed in descending order by Audrey (English), Katherine (English), Cynthia (English and German), Iris (Dutch, English, and German), Asia (English and Polish), and Belinda (English, German, Italian, and Spanish). The unusual Reference names are Bonnie (English and Scottish), Bryony (English), Candida (English, German, and Italian), Dee (English and Spanish), Dolores (English, German, and Spanish), Dorothy (English), Dusty (English), Ermete (Italian), Ermine (English), Gwenllian (Welsh), Ione (English), Jina (English and Indian), and Leire (Spanish). Reference names are popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1930 with 11.598% of baby girls being given Reference names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 16 Reference names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, but nevertheless are currently of heavy use. In 2008, their total usage was only 1.964% with 16 Reference names listed among the top 1000. Among all Reference names, Chloe (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #10 and a usage of 0.5692%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Asia  386 | Asia; alive; Yahweh ... ('to rise, east'), in reference to the rising of the ... |
Audrey  44 | noble strength ... to the word 'tawdry' in reference to the low quality ... |
Belinda  747 | beautiful snake; beautiful ... 'beautiful snake', in reference to the snake as a ... |
Bonnie  | pretty ... '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  10 | young green shoot ... and agriculture, in reference to her recurring ... |
Cynthia  310 | woman from Kynthos ... as the poetical reference for Elizabeth I as used ... |
Dee  | raging; broken-hearted; ... may also be derived in reference to the River Dee in ... |
Dolores  | pain ... term 'Lolita' as a reference to a sexually ... |
Dorothy  | gift of god ... for a homosexual, in reference to the character ... |
Dusty  | dusty ... common English word in reference to a person with ... |
| Ermete | of Hermes ... meaning 'of Hermes', in reference to the Greek messenger ... |
| Ermine | ermine; army man ... word 'ermine' in reference to the white fur from ... |
| Gwenllian | white foam ... to mean 'white foam' in reference to a pale complexion ... |
Ione  | violet; yew-tree island; ... century, possibly in reference to the Ionian people or ... |
Iris  341 | rainbow ... name, and also in reference to the sphincter around ... |
| Jina | victor; name; lady of the people, tribal woman; virgin; queen; farmer, earthworker; well born, noble ... |
Katherine  45 | pure; torture ... aikia ('torture'), in reference to the early 4th ... |
| Leire | shed, hostel ... hostel), probably in reference to the fact that ... |
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