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200 rare vintage baby names for boys and girls: Names that are classic, cool and unusual.
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Pages in category "Feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,841 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Cheryl, occasionally spelt Cheryll, is a female given name common in English-speaking countries.. There are several prevailing theories about its etymology. The most common is that it has Italo-Celtic roots and is an anglicised version of either the French name Cherie (from Latin cara, "beloved"; see also Carissa (name)) or the Welsh name Carys (a cognate of "Cara"), [1] modelled on names such ...
The medieval name Ava is an abbreviation of a Germanic name containing the first element aw-, of uncertain meaning. Old High German (8th to 9th centuries) dithematic feminine names with this element include Avagisa, Avuldis, Awanpurc, Auwanildis. [1] Saint Ava was a 9th-century princess, daughter of Pepin II of Aquitaine.
Stephanie Goldner (1896–1962), Austrian American harpist and the first female member of the New York Philharmonic in 1922; Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf (born 1969), German tennis player, former World No. 1 woman tennis player; Stephanie Graf (born 1973), former Austrian middle-distance athlete; Stephanie Grebe (born 1987), German para table ...
Deja or Déja or Dejah is a feminine given name sometimes given in reference to the French word déjà, meaning before. Spelling variants such as Daja and Dajah and elaborations such as Dejanae and Dejanelle, also with multiple spelling variants, are also in use. [1] Déjà vu is a French term referring to the feeling that one has seen events ...