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In the United States, the name Jennifer first entered the annual government-derived list of the 1,000 most commonly used names for newborn baby girls in 1938, when it ranked at No. 987. Thereafter, the name steadily gained popularity, entering the top 100 most commonly given girls names in 1956 and breaking through into the top 10 in 1966.
Anthony. Anthony, also spelled Antony, is a masculine given name derived from the Antonii, a gens ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony ( Marcus Antonius) belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. [ 2] Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. [ 3]
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
Barbara is a given name used in numerous languages. It is the feminine form of the Greek word barbaros ( Greek: βάρβαρος) meaning "stranger" or "foreign". [ 1] In Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara ( Greek: Ἁγία Βαρβάρα) was imprisoned in a tower by her father. She was then martyred by her father when ...
Given names. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Given names. For convenience, all given names should be included in this category. This includes all given names that can also be found in the subcategories. Given names which have been used by individuals (historical and fictitious). Use template { { Given name }} to populate this category.
This category is for masculine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language masculine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Sadie. Sasa. Seira. Sairah. Sally. Sarah is a common feminine given name of Hebrew origin. [ 2][ 3][ 4] It derives its popularity from the biblical matriarch Sarah, the wife of Abraham and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions. It is a consistently popular given name across Europe, North America, [ 1] and the Middle East — being commonly ...
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.