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It gained popularity after the Battle of Alma in the 19th century and appeared as a fashionable name for girls and a popular place name, [4] but it has decreased in appearance in the 20th and 21st centuries. The name Alma also has several meanings in a variety of languages, and is generally translated to mean that the child "feeds one's soul ...
A Dictionary of First Names is an onomastic work of reference on given names, published by Oxford University Press, edited by Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, and Flavia Hodges in 1990 and 2006. The second edition of 2006 (as paperback 2007) discusses a total of "over 6,000 names".
This category is for feminine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language feminine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Below, you'll find 100 gorgeous names for girls that have not appeared on the Social Security Administration's list of the 1000 most popular baby names since at least 2020.
Deirdre is a feminine given name of Celtic origin and of unknown meaning. Deirdre is the name of a tragic heroine of Irish mythology. More attention was drawn to the name during the early 20th Century in Ireland and throughout the Anglosphere after W. B. Yeats published his poem Deirdre in 1907 and playwright J.M. Synge published his play Deirdre of the Sorrows in 1910.
It ranked among the top 1,000 names for American girls between 1962 and 2012. It also ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls in England and Wales between 1996 and 2021, among the top 100 names for newborn girls in Croatia between 2017 and 2022, and among the top 100 names for girls in Slovenia between 2000 and 2022. It ranked among the top ...
The name has been among the 100 most popular names for girls born in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 2009 and 2021. It was among the 1,000 most popular names for girls born in Brazil between 1930 and 1980. It was among the 1,000 most popular names for girls born in the United States between 1880 and 1958. [3]
Ariadne is a feminine given name of Greek origin. It is derived from the Cretan Greek words ari , a prefix meaning most , and adnos , meaning holy . It is often given in reference to the story of Ariadne from Greek mythology .