Work Names for Girls

There are 14 Work names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Work names 1 to 14. Within these names, Amelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Sabrina (Czech, English, German, and Italian), Georgia (English), Wendy (English and German), Dana (English and German), Pamela (English, German, and Italian), Martha (English, German, Greek, and Scandinavian), and Arabella (English, German, and Italian). The unusual Work names are Amalia (German and Scandinavian), Ida (English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Corinna (German, English, and French), Malvina (English and Scottish), Salome (English and German), and Suleika (German).

Work names are somewhat popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1967 with 2.263% of baby girls being given Work names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 9 Work names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of modest use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was only 0.479% with 8 Work names listed among the top 1000. Among all Work names, Amelia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, and Spanish) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #77 and a usage of 0.1981%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Amalia ... work ...Derived from the element amal which means 'work' ...

Amelia 77 ... imitating, rivaling; ... ; amal which means 'work' ...

Georgia 296 ... farmer, earthworker ... ; ergo which means 'to work'. ...

Ida ... labor, work; woman, ... 'id' which means labor, work ; 'itis' which means ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Arabella 648 ... obliging, invokable ... wrote his satirical work 'The Rape of the Lock' ...

Corinna ... maiden, virgin; maiden, ... Amores (16BC); Ovid's work spawned the use of the ...

Dana 446 ... Dane; God is my judge, ... who was known for his work in supporting the ...

Malvina ... smooth brow ... translations from the work of Ossian, son of the ...

Martha 586 ... lady ... the grind of domestic work ...

Pamela 584 ... all black, all sweetness ... Sidney for his pastoral work Countess of Pembroke's ...

Sabrina 197 ... Taylor which cited Milton's work ...

Salome ... woman of peace ... based on the Wilde's work. ...

Suleika ... German poet Goethe's work 'West-Eastern Divan' ...

Wendy 378 ... prior to Barrie's work. ...