Names that Peaked in 1881
- Newell
Origin:
English variation of NevilleDescription:
One of several surnames beginning with New that nevertheless sound anything but.
- Paralee
- Victorine
- Clem
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"mercy"Description:
Once a cowboyish old man name, Clem is now more commonly heard as a nickname for the fashionable Clementine, meaning "merciful one". Clemency, Clemence and Clementia are other possible long forms.
- Dolph
Origin:
German, diminutive of AdolphDescription:
All Adolph variations are best avoided, though this takes some of the onus off.
- Zilpah
- Lovina
- Malinda
Origin:
Variation of Melinda, EnglishMeaning:
"beautiful honey"Description:
This spelling of Melinda is used primarily in Amish communities.
- Exa
Origin:
Spelling variation of Achsah, HebrewMeaning:
"adorned"Description:
In the 21st century, Exa is best known as the given name of Grimes and Elon Musk's daughter Y, a sibling for X Æ A-XII. The celebrity parents were inspired by the supercomputer terms exaFLOPS, which is the "ability for a supercomputer to perform 1 quintillion floating-point operations per second."
- Finis
- Soloman
- Byrd
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"bird"Description:
The name of the teenaged son on the dear departed television show "Huff."
- Senora
- Roll
- Byrdie
Origin:
Nature nameDescription:
Just the kind of vintage nickname (think Hattie, Josie, Mamie, Millie) that's coming back into style in a big way. Actress Busy Phillips named her little girl Birdie.
- Donia
Origin:
Scottish, feminine variation of DonaldMeaning:
"proud chief"Description:
Donia is a name with many possible origins. Besides a short female form of Donald, it may also be a form of the Italian Donna meaning lady, a variation on the Arabic Donya meaning world, or a Celtic name of the Don family, which all have meanings related to dark or darkness.
- Manning
Origin:
Irish surnameMeaning:
"monk"Description:
For football fans who have decided Peyton has become too feminine. Or they could look to brother Eli for inspiration.
- Otho
- Loula
- Lyda