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South Names for Girls

There are 11 South names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are South names 1 to 11. Within these names, Caroline (English and French) was the most popular in 2007, followed by Adelaide (English and Italian). The unusual South names are Benjamine (French), Biljana (Slavic), Ebba (German), Kimberley (English), Kyle (English), Magalie (English and French), Nadezhda (Russian and Slavic), Rhonda (English and Welsh), and Yajaira (English).

South names are somewhat popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1940s up to the 1960s. Their usage peaked in 1965 with 0.797% of baby girls being given South names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 3 South names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 0.181% with 2 South names listed among the top 1000. Among all South names, Caroline (English and French) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #99 and a usage of 0.1616%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Benjamine ... son of the south, son ... means son of the south, son of the right hand, ...


DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Adelaide Popularity Trend of Adelaide
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 712 712 ... of a noble kind ... whom the capital of South Australia was named in ...

Biljana ... herb ... probably derived from a south Slavic word meaning ...

Caroline Popularity Trend of Caroline
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 99 99 ... man, free man ... first names; North and South Carolina were ...

Ebba Popularity Trend of Ebba
from 1900 to 2007. ... boar; wealth; protection, ... of the monasteries in south-east Scotland. ...

Kimberley Popularity Trend of Kimberley
from 1900 to 2007. ... wood, clearing, meadow ... from the name of the South African town Kimberley, ...

Kyle Popularity Trend of Kyle
from 1900 to 2007. ... narrow, slender ... county of Ayrshire in south-west Scotland; it is ...

Magalie ... is most used in the south of France. ...

Nadezhda ... hope ... (1887-1979), the South African writer and ...

Rhonda Popularity Trend of Rhonda
from 1900 to 2007. ... good spear ... the Rhondda valley in South Wales; the place name ...

Yajaira Popularity Trend of Yajaira
from 1900 to 2007. ... in various parts of South America, such as Peru. ...



Popularity Trend
for South Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for South Names
in 2006