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This category is for feminine given names from England (natively, or by historical modification of Biblical, etc., names). See also Category:English-language feminine given names , for all those commonly used in the modern English language , regardless of origin.
Aurora is a feminine given name, originating from the name of the ancient Roman goddess of dawn Aurora. [1] [2] Her tears were said to turn into the morning dew.Each morning she traveled in her chariot across the sky from east to west, proclaiming renewal with the rising of the sun. [3]
The name was further popularized by the 1965 hit Beatles song "Michelle". The name peaked in usage for American girls in 1968, when it was among the five most popular names for newborn girls. The name has since declined in popularity but remains in regular use in English-speaking as well as French-speaking countries. [3] [4] [5] It is also a ...
This set of names is a Spanish variant of the Hebrew name Elisheba through Latin and Greek represented in English and other European languages as Elisabeth. [2] [3] These names are derived from the Latin and Greek renderings of the Hebrew name based on both etymological and contextual evidence (the use of Isabel as a translation of the name of the mother of John the Baptist). [4]
This category is for feminine given names commonly used in the English language See also Category:English feminine given names , for such names from England (natively or by historical modification of Biblical, ect., names)
Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as "Miranda". The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the "wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: 'curat illa ...
Eileen (/ aɪ ˈ l iː n / eye-LEEN or / ˈ aɪ l iː n / EYE-leen) is an Irish feminine given name anglicised from Eibhlín, an Irish form of the Norman French name Aveline, which is derived from the Germanic Avi, possibly meaning desire in combination with the diminutive suffix el and -in.. It is related to the English name Evelyn and the ...
It has since declined in use but remains among the top 1,000 names for British girls. [7] Ruth had also been a popular name in Germany for both Jews and non-Jews before the 1930s but declined, along with many other names of Hebrew origin, in the mid-1930s after Adolf Hitler came to power and Jewish people in the country were persecuted and ...