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Short Names for Girls

There are 91 Short names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Short names 1 to 20. Within these names, Ava (German and English) was the most popular in 2008 with a rank of #5 and a usage of 0.8198%, followed in descending order by Caroline (English and French), Bella (English, German, Italian, Scottish, Spanish, Hungarian, and Russian), Courtney (English), Alice (Czech, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese), Brenda (English and Irish), Bridget (English, Irish, and Scottish), Cindy (English and Dutch), Adelaide (English and Italian), and Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, and Hebrew). The unusual Short names are Adela (Czech, English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Spanish), Aldona (German and Polish), Amalia (German, Scandinavian, Czech, English, Hungarian, and Italian), Arietta (Italian), Åsa (Scandinavian), Bertha (French and Spanish), Chi, Chidi (Igbo), Chris (English and German), and Cleo (English and German).

Short names are very popular as baby girl names, and they are also regarded as fairly trendy. In 1900, 7.648% of baby girls were given Short names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 30 Short names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 3.320% with 21 Short names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Short names, Emma (English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 0.9043%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Courtney Popularity Trend of Courtney
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 269 269 short nose; domain of Curtius; domain of the short one ... name Courtney means 'short nose; domain of ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Ada Popularity Trend of Ada
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 598 598 noble, honorable; of ... could be from the short form of various Germanic ...

Adela Popularity Trend of Adela
from 1900 to 2008. noble, honorable; of ... sometimes used as the short form of names beginning ...

Adelaide Popularity Trend of Adelaide
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 551 551 of a noble kind ... (Germanic) via the short form Adelais (Old ...

Aldona Popularity Trend of Aldona
from 1900 to 2008. noble, honorable; old ... the short form of other given names, but now used ...

Alice Popularity Trend of Alice
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 326 326 of a noble kind ... (Germanic) had the short form Adelais (Old ...

Amalia Popularity Trend of Amalia
from 1900 to 2008. work; beloved; imitating, ... was originally the short form of various ...

Arietta Popularity Trend of Arietta
from 1900 to 2008. little aria ... which refers to a short aria. ...

Ava Popularity Trend of Ava
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 5 5 strength; desired; alive; bird; voice, song, sound; the juniper tree ...

Åsa god, divinity ... name developed as a short form of Old Norse names ...

Bella Popularity Trend of Bella
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 122 122 beautiful; obliging, ... it first developed as a short form of other names ...

Bertha Popularity Trend of Bertha
from 1900 to 2008. bright, famous; bright ... have originated as the short form of other Germanic ...

Brenda Popularity Trend of Brenda
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 342 342 sword, torch ... name may be a short form of various compound names ...

Bridget Popularity Trend of Bridget
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 394 394 exalted one ... modern Gaelic short form Bríd is Anglicized as ...

Caroline Popularity Trend of Caroline
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 94 94 man, free man ... short form Carrie was promoted in the late 20th ...

Chi God; tender-hearted; ... the short form of other given names, but now used ...

Chidi God exists; God is beautiful ... the short form of other given names, but now used ...

Chris Popularity Trend of Chris
from 1900 to 2008. crystal; beautiful Christian; Christian woman; Christian, follower of Christ ...

Cindy Popularity Trend of Cindy
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 434 434 little cinders; woman ... the short form of other given names, but now used ...

Cleo Popularity Trend of Cleo
from 1900 to 2008. father's glory ... the short form of other given names, but now used ...


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