Sister Names for Girls

There are 23 Sister names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Sister names 1 to 20. Within these names, Abigail (English and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Anna (Hebrew, Breton, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Leah (English and Hebrew), Mary (English), Bethany (English), Phoebe (English and German), Isis (English and German), Martha (English, German, Greek, and Scandinavian), and Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian). The unusual Sister names are Aino (Finnish), Berenice (English, German, and Italian), Blanche (English and French), Branwen (English and Welsh), Clodagh (Irish), Drusilla (English), Gudrun (German and Scandinavian), Juno (English and German), Octavia (English and German), Orla (English and Irish), and Ortrun (German).

Sister names are popular as baby girl names. In 1900, 9.706% of baby girls were given Sister names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 10 Sister names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of moderate use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was only 1.731% with 11 Sister names listed among the top 1000. Among all Sister names, Abigail (English and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #8 and a usage of 0.7338%.

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Abigail 8 ... my father rejoices, ... borne by King David's sister, and by the mother of ...

Ada 646 ... noble, honorable; ornament, ... the 4th century by the sister of Mausolus, the ...

Aino ... only one ... name of Joukahainen's sister in the Finnish epic ...

Anna 25 ... God was gracious, God ... BC) as the name of the sister of Dido, Queen of ...

Berenice ... bearer of victory ... borne in the Bible by a sister of King Herod Agrippa ...

Bethany 292 ... house of figs ... of Mary of Bethany, sister of Martha and Lazarus. ...

Blanche ... white, bright, beautiful ... by Shakespeare for the sister of the 'shrew' in ...

Branwen ... fair raven, dark beauty; ... of Llyr and the sister of the British king ...

Clodagh ... and by the fictional Sister Clodagh from the film ...

Drusilla ... fruitful, dewy-eyed ... Livia Drusilla (39-41), sister of the Roman emperor ...

Gudrun ... wily in battle ... by the heroine and sister of Gunnar in Norse ...

Isis 550 ... she of the throne ... was also the wife and sister of Osiris and the ...

Juno ... hunger; lamb; one ... gods, who was also the sister and wife of Jupiter ...

Leah 68 ... gazelle, antelope, cow; tired, weary ... to marry the younger sister Rachel ...

Martha 586 ... lady ... in the Bible by the sister of Lazarus and Mary of ...

Mary 93 ... bitterness ... Bible include Mary the sister of Lazarus and Martha, ...

Octavia ... eighth ... Minor (69-11 BC), the sister of Emperor Augustus who ...

Orla ... golden princess ... was borne by the sister, the daughter, and the grand ...

Ortrun ... secret ... by the mother and sister of Hartmut, who ...

Phoebe 338 ... bright, pure; good speech, well regarded ... Greek mythology by the sister of Phoebus; her parents ...