40 Beautiful Girl’s First Names Forgotten Throughout The Years

Joyce means “merry”, or “joyous” in Latin.

Hattie is an English name meaning “estate ruler”. With such a name, one seems to be predestined for business success.

The feminine variation of “George” simply means farmer.

Here is another great name: Leona, meaning “lioness” in Latin, is born to impress and dominate.

Here’s a very sweet name: Pamela. It literally means “all honey”. Your Pam could be predestined to take care of others and develop innovative solutions for today and tomorrow’s problems.

Anita is the Spanish version of “Ana”, meaning “grace, unguided”.

This cute combination of Rose and Anne, the French variation of Ann, is making a comeback within the hipster community.

Here is a name origin we don’t often see: Aramaic. Tabitha means “gazelle” in the language. Somehow we associate this name with academic success.

Your little Bonnie will be “charming, pretty, beautiful”.

Dorothy is “a vision, a gift of God” if you were to believe the Greek signification of her name.

Louisa is a name from Latin origins that can roughly be translated into “famous warrior”, or “renowned warrior”. The name made it to the US Top 1000 most popular names in 2014, after an absence of 45 years.

Marguerite is French for “Margaret” or “Daisy”, which we’ve also put on our list. Marguerites are born for adventure, like the famous Saint Marguerite who set up schools in the Quebec wilderness in the 17th century.

Baby Betty could be Baby Elizabeth; Betty is, in fact, the short version of Elizabeth, which means “pledged to God”.

Here’s yet another name that means “estate ruler”.

Odessa is a name from Russian and Greek origins. It is commonly associated with wandering, discovering and journeys in general.

Daisy is a girl’s name meaning “Day’s eye”. It’s very popular, being the 169th most given name in the US last year.

Did you know Polly is a diminutive of Mary? That Mary itself means “bitter”? Interesting, right?

Delphine is a name of French/Greek origins meaning “dolphin”.

This glorious name doesn’t mean to be explained.

Shirley means “bright meadow” in old English.

“Pure”. That’s what the English diminutive of Katherine means.

Hazel comes from the Hazelnut tree.

Constance is of Latin origin, meaning “steadfastness”.

Opal means “gem” in Sanskrit.

“God’s gracious gift”; that’s Janet for you.

The Spanish form of Eleanor is back!

Olivia is a beautiful name derived from the Latin “oliva”, which means “olive”. The name became very popular after William Shakespeare used it in his play Twelfth Night.

In Greek, the first name Sophia means “wisdom”. Traces of this name date back to the 4th century, but first became popular in Britain thanks to the German House of Hanover in the 18th century.

Female form of the masculine first name Charlot, diminutive of Charles, Charlotte has French origins. While Charles means “strong and virile” or “vigorous”, the feminine version means “free man” or “petite”.

From the Latin “gratia”, the beautiful first name Grace often refers to divine grace, the Christian concept that defines the divine influence that operates on humans in many religions.

The name Zoey is of Greek origin and is a modern variation of the spelling Zoe, which is actually a translation of the Jewish Greek name Eve. Zoey means “life.”

Aubrey is a Norman French derivative of the Germanic first name Alberic consisting of the elements alf, meaning “elf”, and ric, meaning “power”.

Unlike many of the names on this list, Brooklyn does not have such a deep history or meaning. Rather, it is simply a combination of the name Brook (or Brooke), derived from an English nickname meaning “one who lives near a brook”, and the suffix -lyn, which is very popular in modern American names.

Not surprisingly, the name Violet was inspired by the flower of the same name. Like almost all other flower names, its popularity varied greatly between the 1880s and 1910s in the United States, and even in the years that followed.

Madelyn is an English first name derived from the French name Madeline, which ultimately derives from the Greeks and means “woman from Magdala or high tower”. The French version of this name is quite common in literature, and it has been very popular throughout history, especially in the 1990s.

Margery is a first name that means “pearl”. It can also be spelled Marjorie.

Adele (or Adèle) is above all a simplified version of the first names Adelheid and Adelaide. It is a derivative of the German Adel (“nobility”), or adal, which means “noble”.

Cleo is a name of English origin which means “glory”. It is a shortened version of the name Cleopatra.

The first name Esther would possibly mean “star” in Persian. This first name has been used mostly since the Protestant Reformation.