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%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: Courtney  269 | short nose; domain of Curtius; domain of the short one ... name Courtney means 'short nose; domain of ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Ada  598 | noble, honorable; of ... could be from the short form of various Germanic ... |
Adela  | noble, honorable; of ... sometimes used as the short form of names beginning ... |
Adelaide  551 | of a noble kind ... (Germanic) via the short form Adelais (Old ... |
Aldona  | noble, honorable; old ... the short form of other given names, but now used ... |
Alice  326 | of a noble kind ... (Germanic) had the short form Adelais (Old ... |
Amalia  | work; beloved; imitating, ... was originally the short form of various ... |
Arietta  | little aria ... which refers to a short aria. ... |
Ava  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  122 | beautiful; obliging, ... it first developed as a short form of other names ... |
Bertha  | bright, famous; bright ... have originated as the short form of other Germanic ... |
Brenda  342 | sword, torch ... name may be a short form of various compound names ... |
Bridget  394 | exalted one ... modern Gaelic short form Bríd is Anglicized as ... |
Caroline  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  | crystal; beautiful Christian; Christian woman; Christian, follower of Christ ... |
Cindy  434 | little cinders; woman ... the short form of other given names, but now used ... |
Cleo  | father's glory ... the short form of other given names, but now used ... |
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