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Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Fading since the 1930s
In the United States 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1935 Boys 1911 per million babies of that sex 4,092 babies given this name since 1888 At its height in 1934, about 1 in 16,100 girls 5 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Vincent Boy Latin vincens, 'conquering'. Early Medieval · peak 1963 Vanessa Girl Coined by Jonathan Swift for Esther Vanhomrigh, from Van (her surname) plus Esse (pet form of Esther). Modern · peak 1985 Yvonne Girl A French feminine of Yves, from a Germanic element iv 'yew'. Modern · peak 1937 Finley Girl or boy From a Scottish surname from Gaelic Fionnlagh, from fionn 'white, fair' and laoch 'warrior, hero'. Modern · peak 2017 Phoenix Girl or boy From Greek phoinix, the mythical bird reborn from its ashes; the word also meant 'Phoenician' and 'purple-red'. Modern · peak 2020 Fiona Girl Popularized, and probably coined, by James Macpherson in his Ossian poems of the 1760s, from Gaelic fionn 'white, fair'. Revolutions · peak 2017 Finn Boy From Old Norse Finnr 'a Finn or Sami'. Viking & Saxon · peak 2017 Fanny Girl Pet form of Frances, from Latin Franciscus 'Frankish, French'. Revolutions · peak 1885 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source 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.