| Name |
Meaning |
Origin |
Popularity |
Other Gender |
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Abigail
|
Father’s rejoice
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Hebrew
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Adelaide
|
Noble one
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German
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Alexandra
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Defender of man
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Greek
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Alice
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Of nobility
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German
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Alma
|
Nourishing, kind; soul; young woman; learned
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Modern
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Amelia
|
Work
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German
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Ana
|
Gracious one
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Hebrew
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Andrea
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Manly and virile
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Greek
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Anna
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Gracious
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Hebrew
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Audrey
|
Noble strength
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English
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Augusta
|
Great, magnificent
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Latin
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Barbara
|
Foreign woman
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Latin
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Beatrice
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Voyager (through life); blessed
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Latin
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Bette
|
God's promise; God is my oath
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Hebrew
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Grace
|
Gracious one
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English
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Greta
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“The pearl,” a diminutive form of Margaret, which see.
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German
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Hannah
|
Grace
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Hebrew
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Harriet
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Home ruler
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German
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Hazel
|
Hazelnut tree
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English
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Helen
|
Sun ray, shining light
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Greek
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Ingrid
|
Ing's beauty
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Scandinavian
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Irene
|
Peace
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Greek
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Isabella
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Devoted to God
|
Italian
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Jacqueline
|
Supplanter
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French
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Jane
|
God is gracious
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Hebrew
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Janet
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“The gracious gift of God.” A diminutive form of Joanna, the feminine form of John.
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Scottish
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Jean
|
God is gracious
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Hebrew
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Jennifer
|
Fair magical being
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English
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Joan
|
God is gracious
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Hebrew
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Lisa
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A variant-diminutive of Elizabeth, “to the Lord I consecrate thee.”
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Hebrew
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Lorraine
|
From Lorraine
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French
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Louise
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Famous warrior
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German
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Lucille
|
Of the light
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French
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Lucinda
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A variant form of Lucy.
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Latin
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Lydia
|
From Lydia
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Greek
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Madeline
|
Woman from Magdala
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English
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Mae
|
The fifth month
|
English
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Margaret
|
Pearl
|
English
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Maria
|
Of the sea
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Latin
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Marie
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A French form of Mary.
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French
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Marilyn
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“Tempestuous Mary,” from Mary and the Anglo-Saxon hlynn, a torrent.
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Modern
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Marion
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A variant form, through the French, of Mary.
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French
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Martha
|
Lady; mistress of the house
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Aramaic
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Mary
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Of the sea
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Latin
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