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Root Names for Girls

There are 13 Root names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Root names 1 to 13. Within these names, Jessica (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Mary (English), Miranda (English, German, and Italian), Barbara (English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slavic, and Spanish), and Alma (English, German, Italian, and Spanish). The unusual Root names are Beate (German), Bonita (English), Candida (English, German, and Italian), Faye (English), Loredana (German and Italian), Mabel (English and Spanish), Mirabelle (English and French), and Pearl (English and Irish).

Root names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1938 with 8.795% of baby girls being given Root names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 7 Root names. The names have substantially slipped in popularity since then, and are currently of moderate use. In 2007, their total usage was only 0.593% with 5 Root names listed among the top 1000. Among all Root names, Jessica (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #42 and a usage of 0.2698%.

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Alma Popularity Trend of Alma
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 713 713 ... nourishing, kind; soul; ... Latin root word is familiar from the term Alma ...

Barbara Popularity Trend of Barbara
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 633 633 ... foreign woman ... root element refers to the unintelligible ...

Beate ... blessed ... from the same Latin root word as the Catholic ...

Bonita Popularity Trend of Bonita
from 1900 to 2007. ... pretty ... which is from the Latin root 'bonum' and was borne ...

Candida Popularity Trend of Candida
from 1900 to 2007. ... white ... Latin 'candidus' is the root word for 'candid', ...

Faye Popularity Trend of Faye
from 1900 to 2007. ... fay, fairy ... which is from the Latin root word 'fatum' ...

Jessica Popularity Trend of Jessica
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 42 42 ... God beholds, foresight ... Yiskah, which is of the root word 'sakhah' ...

Loredana ... laurel grove ... is itself of the Latin root word 'lauretum'. ...

Mabel Popularity Trend of Mabel
from 1900 to 2007. ... lovely; to love ... which is of the root word 'amare' ...

Mary Popularity Trend of Mary
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 93 93 ... bitterness ... is from the Egyptian root word 'mry' and of the ...

Mirabelle ... lovely, wonderful; to admire, to wonder at ... which is from the root word 'mirari' ...

Miranda Popularity Trend of Miranda
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 154 154 ... adorable ... itself from the root word 'mirari'; it was ...

Pearl Popularity Trend of Pearl
from 1900 to 2007. ... pearl ... from the Latin root word 'perla' ...



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