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Girl · Latin, Shakespearean coinage
Perdita
Say it: PER-dih-tuh
Meaning
Coined by Shakespeare in The Winter's Tale from Latin perdita 'lost'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A literary name used occasionally from the late 18th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 31 babies given this name since 1954
- At its height in 1955, about 1 in 244,400 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Perdita, heroine of The Winter's Tale
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.