English girl names

Popular in the 1960s and the 1970s

English place name from sċīr + lēah

Wished-for child; desired

From heather; the given name is one of the plant names taken up in the 19th century

Popular since 1984 when it appeared as the name of a mermaid in the film Splash

From amber, from ambre, from ambre, from ambar, from عَنْبَر

All, completely; a light fairy maiden

From Tifinie, Tiphanie, from Theophania, from θεο- (combining form of θεός) + φαίνω

From a - diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or

Noble strength

The hazel tree

from audaz + gunþiz

The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May

Associated with Laura by folk etymology

As an - surname, calque of mac t=holly (see McCullen) and sometimes McQuillan

From June, june, re-Latinised variants of earlier Juyn, juyng, from juing, juin, from iūnius, the month of the goddess Iuno, perhaps from h₂yéwHō, from h₂óyu

And the most populous city in Australia

The lily flower; purity, innocence

Son of Adam

From the flower daisy, one of the flower names dating from the 19th century

From the noun joy, first used by Puritans in the 17th century

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Lindesēġe, t=Isle of Lind, the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from llɨnn, from lindos, in reference to the Brayford +; cf

Harp player

Broken land; after the New York borough

From the precious stone jade; taken into general use in the 1970s

Scarlet; red

thumb|canton of Geneva (sense 2) Mentioned in - texts as Genava

The ivy plant; symbol of fidelity

Anglicized from - Gaelic t=descendant of Riagán, a personal name possibly derived from t=impulsive, furious

Medieval form of the - saint's name Oliva "olive"; revived in the 19th century when flower and plant names became fashionable

Used since the mid-twentieth century, first by the American actress Piper Laurie

The willow tree; slender, graceful

King's meadow

From the boar meadow; grazing meadow

The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an

A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius

Originally from in Northern France

Chanel, the French fashion house

From the noun felicity, and also the English form of Felicitas, a name borne by early martyrs

20th century American variant of Cory

From patience, a virtue name first used by Puritans in the sixteenth century

From the name of a 7th-century English female saint, Kyneburga or Cyneburg, from cyne- + burh

From mercy in the 17th century; one of the less common Puritan virtue names

Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR