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Timeless baby girl names
Some baby girl names have been popular for at least the last 700 years! Now thats a timeless baby girl name.
By the YeahBaby.com editorial staff
Some baby girl names stand the test of time, continuing to be the most popular from century to century. The team of YeahBaby.com baby names experts searched for an old census to see what names are still used today. We found the Canterbury Freeman's Rolls of 1298-1363, a census which proved to be a treasure trove of baby names popularity from a long time ago. The list notes of the most popular baby girl names around Kent England. Considering these names span over 700 years, YeahBaby considers these timeless baby girl names!
- Johanna - Johanna was the most common name in those ages, and still ranks around the 500th most common baby girl name in the U.S.
- Emma - Emma remains one of the most popular baby girl names in most English speaking countries. This is truly a timeless baby girl name!
- Isabella - Isabella is currently the 7th most popular name for a baby girl in the U.S. Isabella is of latin origin and likely made it to England during the Roman ages.
- Alicia - Alicia was the second most common baby girl name on the Freeman's Rolls. Alicia remains in the top 100 most popular baby girl names today.
- Cecilia - Besides being a great name for a baby girl, Cecilia is also the name of a hit Paul Simon song.
- Christina - Everyone knows a girl or two named Christina, a name commonly used for generations and generations.
- Elena - Elena is consistently within the top 250 popular baby girl names in the U.S.
- Agnes - A very common name back then and today, though much more popular with the older generations.
- Juliana - Juliana was a very common name 7 centuries ago and is very common today, especially in Latin countries.
- Katerina - There are many versions of the name Katerina ranking in the top 1000 U.S. baby girl names. Katherine ranks highest at #35. Katerina still breaks into the top 1000 from time to time.
- Leticia - Leticia is a baby girl name commonly used as an African-American name today. The name was very common with the English of 7 centuries ago.
- Martha - Some names seem like they would be popular in England regardless of the century. Martha is such a name. Though it has slightly faded in popularity today, it will certainly become popular once again.
- Mathilda - We may not know a Mathilda, but everyone certainly has heard of this name.
- Lora - Now commonly spelled differently, Lora or Laura is a commonly used baby girl name.
- Sarra - Sarra is another timeless baby girl name which is now commonly spelled a different way, though the pronunciation stays the same.
- Margareta - Interestingly enough, a Scandinavian baby name makes this English baby names list. The name is possibly a leftover from the Viking excursions.
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