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Speaking Names for Girls

There are 10 Speaking names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Speaking names 1 to 10. Within these names, Amelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Eva (Czech, Dutch, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian, Slavic, Spanish, Hungarian, Indian, and Polish), Margaret (English), Cora (English and French), Brenda (English and Irish), and Bridget (English, Irish, and Scottish). The unusual Speaking names are Allegra (English and Italian), Bronwen (English and Welsh), Flora (English, German, Italian, and Russian), and Immacolata (Italian).

Speaking names are rather popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1907 with 3.140% of baby girls being given Speaking names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 6 Speaking names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of modest use in recent times. In 2008, their total usage was 0.576% with 6 Speaking names listed among the top 1000, appearing with somewhat increasing regularity in the recent decade. Among all Speaking names, Amelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #68 and a usage of 0.2088%.

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Allegra happy, lively, merry ... been adopted in English-speaking countries ...

Amelia Popularity Trend of Amelia
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 68 68 imitating, rivaling; ... appeared in the English-speaking world in the Henry ...

Brenda Popularity Trend of Brenda
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 342 342 sword, torch ... spread to other English-speaking countries by the end of ...

Bridget Popularity Trend of Bridget
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 394 394 exalted one ... spread to other English speaking countries by the 18th ...

Bronwen fair bossomed ... spread to other English speaking countries from the end ...

Cora Popularity Trend of Cora
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 322 322 maiden, virgin; little ... the English-speaking world, the name first appeared in ...

Eva Popularity Trend of Eva
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 114 114 alive; river mouth; ... Eve in many non-English-speaking countries; it was later ...

Flora Popularity Trend of Flora
from 1900 to 2008. flower, blossom ... and other English speaking countries by the fame ...

Immacolata immaculate ... used by English speaking Roman Catholics. ...

Margaret Popularity Trend of Margaret
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 180 180 pearl ... spread to other English-speaking countries by the end of ...


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