There are 19 Root names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Root names 1 to 19. Within these names, Jessica (English and German) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Mary (English), Miranda (English, German, and Italian), Desiree (English and German), Evangeline (English), Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish), and Alma (English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew). The unusual Root names are Meda (English), Beate (German and Spanish), Bonita (English and Spanish), Candida (English, German, and Italian), Daffodil (English), Faye (English), Loredana (German and Italian), Mabel (English and Spanish), Mirabelle (English, French, and Spanish), Pearl (English and Irish), Petronia (German), and Xenia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Romanian). Root names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1938 with 8.809% of baby girls being given Root names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 8 Root names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then, and are currently of moderate use. In 2008, their total usage was only 0.605% with 7 Root names listed among the top 1000. Among all Root names, Jessica (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #59 and a usage of 0.228%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: Meda  | prophet, priestess, ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Alma  792 | nourishing, kind; work; ... Latin root word is familiar from the term Alma ... |
Barbara  758 | foreign woman ... root element refers to the unintelligible ... |
| Beate | blessed; traveller, ... from the same Latin root word as the Catholic ... |
Bonita  | pretty ... which is from the Latin root bonum ('good') and was ... |
Candida  | white ... (white) is the root word for 'candid', ... |
| Daffodil | daffodil, the asphodel ... ('the asphodel'); the root words are the Latin ... |
Desiree  381 | desired; longing, desire ... ultimately of the Latin root word desiderium ... |
Evangeline  450 | gospel, good news; good, well; news, tidings ... the element is also the root of the English word ... |
Faye  | fay, fairy; faith ... itself from the Latin root word fatum ('fate') ... |
Jessica  59 | God beholds, foresight ... which is of the root word 'sakhah' (to see) ... |
| Loredana | laurel grove ... is itself of the Latin root word lauretum ('laurel ... |
Mabel  | lovely; to love ... which is of the root word 'amare' (to love) ... |
Mary  97 | bitterness ... is from the Egyptian root word mry ('beloved') ... |
| Mirabelle | lovely, wonderful; to admire, to wonder at ... which is from the root word mirari ('to ... |
Miranda  163 | adorable ... itself from the root word mirari ('to ... |
Pearl  | pearl ... from the Latin root word perla ('pearl') ... |
| Petronia | rock, stone; country ...The root element could be 'petra' or petro ('yokel') ... |
| Xenia | hospitable ... and it is the root of the English word ... |
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