Sir Names for Girls

There are 12 Sir names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Sir names 1 to 12. Within these names, Chloe (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Jennifer (English and German), Amanda (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Stella (English, German, and Italian), Brenda (English and Irish), Lindsay (English and Scottish), Pamela (English, German, and Italian), and Belinda (English, German, and Italian). The unusual Sir names are Araminta (English), Fenella (English, Irish, and Scottish), Parthenia (English), and Rowena (English, German, and Welsh).

Sir names are rather popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1930s up to the 1980s. Their usage peaked in 1980 with 5.938% of baby girls being given Sir names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 7 Sir names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was only 1.096% with 8 Sir names listed among the top 1000. Among all Sir names, Chloe (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #16 and a usage of 0.5085%.

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Amanda 112 ... lovable ... such as in the Sir John Vanbrugh play The ...

Araminta ... (1693), and later in Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy ...

Belinda 629 ... beautiful snake; beautiful ... of literature, notably Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy ...

Brenda 279 ... sword, torch ... a central character in Sir Walter Scott's novel ...

Chloe 16 ... young green shoot ... of literature, such as Sir Philip Sidney's prose ...

Fenella ... white shoulder ... bearing the name in the Sir Walter Scott novel ...

Jennifer 64 ... white, fair, blessed, ... most trusted knight Sir Lancelot ...

Lindsay 314 ... Lincoln's wetland, Lincoln's island ... surname was borne by Sir Walter de Lindesay, one ...

Pamela 584 ... all black, all sweetness ... by the Elizabethan poet Sir Philip Sidney for his ...

Parthenia ... virgin, maiden ... borne by a character in Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia ...

Rowena ... fame; friend; spear, ... as the Saxon heroine of Sir Walter Scott's novel ...

Stella 244 ... star ... the 16th century from Sir Philip Sidney's ...