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Undiscovered gems- the outliers outside the USA top 1000

Given to five children in the whole of America are the following.

Anthea: Greek meaning flower, blossom

Bette: English, a dim of Elizabeth

Cassiopeia: name of a Greek woman who became a constellation

Celie: French variation of Cecelia

Elke: Frisian dim of  Adelheid

Florentina: Feminine form of Florentinus

Hetty: British form of Henriette

Katrin: German, Swedish and Estonian short form of Katherine

Lallie: Dim of Lalage

Nera: Hebrew meaning candle light

Novia: Latin a newcomer and a Spanish sweetheart

Pascale: French form of Pascal

Season: Latin meaning time of sowing

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Meanings from

nameberry.com

behindthename.com

http://www.babynamewizard.com

 

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Beyond the top 1000- USA baby names- GIRLS

The name is followed by how many girls were given that name. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did 🙂

Noor (230)

Gretchen (225)

Vienna (223)

Temperance (211)

Aurelia (209)

Juniper (205)

Galilea (202)

Evangelina (188)

Lucinda (185)

Astrid (184)

Cordelia (178)

Mabel (176)

Magnolia (164)

Audra (160)

Faye (160)

Margot (155)

Hattie (153)

Beatriz (152)

Flor (143)

Clementine (132)

Ramona (126)

Poppy (118)

Viola (117)

Seraphina (107)

May (106)

Imogen (100)

Clover (99)

Petra (98)

Georgina (97)

Cecily (96)

Evelina (95)

Calliope (86)

Florence (75)

Coco (74)

Harriet (56)

Pandora (52)

Meg (51)

Lulu (50)

Theodora (47)

Gaia (42)

Wilhelmina (41)

Oona (40)

Hermione (37)

Polly (35)

Fern (32)

Letty (32)

Jemima (31)

Mimi (29)

True (29)

Olympia (28)

Tula (28)

Leonora (27)

Henrietta (26)

Lark (26)

Maple (26)

Philippa (25)

Nell (24)

Lavender (23)

Orla (22)

Artemis (21)

Pixie (21)

Winifred (21)

Aveline (20)

Tempest (20)

Winona (20)

Hera (19)

Saskia (19)

Clio (18)

Mathilde (17)

Pippa (16)

Elspeth (15)

Ginevra (15)

Isolde (14)

Lilu (14)

Valentine (14)

Bronte (13)

Cleopatra (13)

Marigold (13)

Sinead (13)

Junia (12)

Finola (11)

Lou (11)

Spring (11)

Amabel (10)

Clea (10)

Cosima (10)

Kaye (10)

Thora (10)

Amadea (9)

Eira (9)

Honora (9)

Isidora (9)

Nuala (9)

Tamsin (9)

Achaia (8)

Bruna (8)

Cassiopeia (8)

Eilidh (8)

Fleur (8)

Sebastiana (8)

Aretha (7)

Averil (7)

Briony (7)

Isabeau (7)

Nelle (7)

Rowena (7)

Sigourney (7)

Zala (7)

Astra (6)

Bette (6)

Catriona (6)

Coralina (6)

Henriette (6)

Iola (6)

Jessamine (6)

Lulamae (6)

Madelina (6)

Ruslana (6)

Tallulah (6)

Calle (5)

Dulcie (5)

Eula (5)

Ishbel (5)

Leone (5)

Paolina (5)

Rufina (5)

Saloma (5)

Xanthe (5)

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The complete idiot’s guide to 30,000 baby names

Marcia Layton Turner & Robbu Hess.

Didn’t manage to get to the end before had to go back to the library but heres the ones stood out for me.

Which do you like? any similar suggestions for me?

Girls

Demi, Bette, Greer, Winona, Elle, Tatyana, Sally, Deva, Mattea, Paloma, Rowan, Scout, Tallulah, Cordelia,

Nora, Lucille, Willona, Thea, Vivianna, Dahlia, Calliope, Iyanla, Alice, Felicity, Lily, Edie, Ambrosia,

Belle, Rosanna, Sage, Oprah, Tyra, Claudia, Greta, Molly, Soledad, Sibila, Dorothea, Frances, Annie,Belinda,

Cleotha, Etta, Dottie, Faithm Reba, Albertina, Cassietta, Cece, Evie, Inez, Mahalia, Maude, Polly, Nina, Adia,

Arabella, Guinevere, Iris, Josephine, Mabel, Ophelia, Clementine, Daisy, Mairead, Sojourner, Zelmer, Kaisha,

Augusta, Lovelace, Celia, Caroline, Clemence, Dorotea, Maud, Nettie, Sadie, Sethanne, Themista, Willamina,

Beulah, Carol, Grace, Harriet, Lillian, Margaret, Sibilla, Virginia, Claudie, Ester, Kalpana, Leda, Valentina, Willa,

Amaris, Ara, Indu, Soleil, Vega, Venus, Orea, Ivria, Kaveri, Naiyah, Rhea, Ryo, Allirea, Hazel, Olivine, Opal, Pearl,

Prunella, Ayala, Jemima, Paloma, Aurora, Dora, Josie, Lilo, Demetria, Farrah, Lucy, Penelope, Ione, Sistine, Pandora,

Lucine, Tabitha, Leonora, Elfriede, Grazia, Olympia, Bebe, Florence, Enya, Oksana, Milena, Aurelia, Tatiana, Fifi, Lella,

Beatrix, Amelie, Anke, Leta.

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