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Clara or Klara is a female given name. It is the feminine form of the Late Latin name Clarus which meant "clear, bright, famous". Various early male Christian saints were named Clarus; the feminine form became popular after the 13th-century Saint Clare of Assisi (called Chiara in Italian), one of the followers of Saint Francis, who renounced her privileged background and founded the order of ...
Ophelia (given name) Ophelia or Pause for Thought by Pierre Auguste Cot, 1870. The hybrid tea rose Ophelia. Ophelia is a feminine given name, probably derived from Ancient Greek ὠφέλεια (ōphéleia, "benefit"). [1][2] The name is best known as a character from William Shakespeare 's Hamlet who has a tragic end.
The name has been popular in the Anglosphere and throughout Europe in the 21st century, as well as in other countries. [2] Its increase in popularity has been attributed to an elegant image and associations with American aviator Amelia Earhart, as well as a similarity in sound to previously popular names such as Amanda, Amy, and Emily, and to having the fashionable ia ending of other popular ...
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.
Madeleine, Madeline or Mädelein is a feminine given name, of Greek and German origin. The name exists in various spellings and pronunciations and is popular among those living in Europe and English-speakers, as well as followers of Christianity, as Mary Magdalene was a central figure in the New Testament. Madeleine is a modern rendering, found ...
Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Greek: Ἄννα and the Hebrew name Hannah (Hebrew: חַנָּה, romanized: Ḥannāh), meaning "favour" or "grace". Anna is in wide use in countries across the world as are its variants Ana , Anne , originally a French version of the name, though in use in English speaking countries for ...
Corinne (name) Corinne is a female name, the French and English variant of Corina, of ancient Greek origin, [1] derived from κόρη (korē) meaning "beautiful maiden". [2] It became popular following the publication of Corinne, or Italy, an 1808 novel by Madame de Staël.
It is the only name that remained in the top ten US girls' names list from 1925 to 1972. [ 1 ] In the early 21st century, Elizabeth has been among the top 50 names given to girls in the past 10 years born in England and Wales , as well Canada and Australia , and has been in the top 100 most popular names given to baby girls born in Scotland and ...