Suffix Names for Girls

There are 20 Suffix names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Suffix names 1 to 20. Within these names, Samantha (English, French, and German) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Vanessa (English and German), Jayla (English), Alison (English, French, and Scottish), Evangeline (English), and Melina (German and Italian). The unusual Suffix names are Abilene (English), Angharad (Welsh), Carreen (English), Charlene (English and French), Christabel (English), Claribel (English), Clarinda (English), Clementine (German, English, and French), Etta (English and Scottish), Ina (English and German), Lieselotte (German), Melinda (English and German), Tegan (Welsh), and Wilhelmina (Dutch and German).

Suffix names are rather popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1920s up to the 1980s. Their usage peaked in 1989 with 1.835% of baby girls being given Suffix names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 5 Suffix names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2007, their total usage was 1.016% with 6 Suffix names listed among the top 1000. Among all Suffix names, Samantha (English, French, and German) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #12 and a usage of 0.5609%.

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Abilene ... grass ... with the feminine suffix '-ene'. ...

Alison 288 ... the diminutive suffix -on ...

Angharad ... much loved ... 'car' and the noun suffix '-ad' ...

Carreen ... with the diminutive suffix '-een', or else it ...

Charlene ... man, free man ... and the '-ene' feminine suffix under the influence of ...

Christabel ... beautiful Christian ... from Christine and the suffix '-bel' or the name ...

Claribel ... clear, bright, famous ... Clara with either the suffix '-bel', or else other ...

Clarinda ... clear, bright, famous ... Clara with either the suffix '-inda', or else other ...

Clementine ... merciful, gentle; merciful, ... Clement with the French suffix '-ine' ...

Etta ... feminine diminutive suffix '-etta'. ...

Evangeline 459 ... gospel ... feminine diminutive suffix '-ine' ...

Ina ... rice plant ... the Latinate feminine suffix '-ina' ...

Jayla 132 ... of Jay with the popular suffix '-la'. ...

Lieselotte ... the feminine diminutive suffix '-lotte'. ...

Melina 479 ... honey ... of Mel and the suffix '-ina' ...

Melinda ... of Mel and the suffix '-inda' ...

Samantha 12 ... an invented feminine suffix '-antha', perhaps under ...

Tegan ... pretty, fair; white, ... with the diminutive suffix '-an'. ...

Vanessa 71 ... and the feminine suffix '-essa', probably ...

Wilhelmina ... will, desire; helmet, ... with the Latinate suffix '-ina' ...