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Source Names for Girls

There are 20 Source names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Source names 1 to 20. Within these names, Lily (English) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Amy (English), Amanda (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Eden (English), Brittany (English), Virginia (English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Tara (English), Regan (English and Irish), Rosemary (English), Kayley (English and Irish), and Dixie (English). The unusual Source names are Gen, Maayan (Hebrew), Darcy (English), Ebru (Iranian and Turkish), Ermine (English), Esmée (English and French), Loredana (German and Italian), Lynette (English), and Yolanda (English, French, and Spanish).

Source names are rather popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1900s up to the 1980s; before that, they were of moderate use only. Their usage peaked in 1989 with 4.601% of baby girls being given Source names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 11 Source names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 0.858% with 11 Source names listed among the top 1000. Among all Source names, Lily (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #24 and a usage of 0.3907%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Gen the origin, source, ...Gen's meaning is the origin, source, spring. ...

Maayan water source ...The name is of the meaning water source. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Amanda Popularity Trend of Amanda
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 138 138 lovable ... seem to have been the source of Amanda ...

Amy Popularity Trend of Amy
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 132 132 beloved ... a distinct pre-Roman source ...

Brittany Popularity Trend of Brittany
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 421 421 from Little Britain ... ultimate source is thus Britannia, the early Roman ...

Darcy Popularity Trend of Darcy
from 1900 to 2008. from Arcy; descendant ... could have been another source for the first name. ...

Dixie Popularity Trend of Dixie
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 964 964 American South; ten; ... possible source for the place nickname could be ...

Ebru paper marbling, embroidery; ... on paper; the ultimate source is the Persian element ...

Eden Popularity Trend of Eden
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 232 232 delight, paradise; blessed bear cub ... to be the usual source of inspiration for the ...

Ermine ermine; army man ... ultimate source could be the Latin 'Armenius mus' ...

Esmée esteemed, loved ... the verb 'aimer', the source for the French forms of ...

Kayley Popularity Trend of Kayley
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 817 817 descendant of Caollaidhe ... recent times, its source could also be the name ...

Lily Popularity Trend of Lily
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 24 24 lily ... later source of the name could be the German name ...

Loredana laurel grove ... de Loredana (1908); his source for the first name ...

Lynette Popularity Trend of Lynette
from 1900 to 2008. likeness, image, idol; ... source is Luned, itself a short form of the Welsh ...

Regan Popularity Trend of Regan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 685 685 queen ... from an obscure Celtic source ...

Rosemary Popularity Trend of Rosemary
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 754 754 sea dew ... source form, the rosemary flower name, is itself of ...

Tara Popularity Trend of Tara
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 632 632 hill; star; savior ... Devi, perceived as the source of all life, and also ...

Virginia Popularity Trend of Virginia
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 562 562 virgin ... colony became the source of an enduring American ...

Yolanda Popularity Trend of Yolanda
from 1900 to 2008. violet flower ... source form Yolande (Old French) could have ...


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