Once Upon a Time Baby Names

Girls 2016 1. Emma - Ima, Imma, Ema,  Ermintrude, Trudy, Irma , & connected to Emily which is #7 2. Olivia - Oliviera, Olivera, Olivette, Olivie 3. Ava - Eve, Eva, Hava/Havva, Chava, Evelia, and Evita 4. Sophia - Sofia (which also ranks), Sonya/Sonia/Sonja, Sophie/Sofie/Sophy, Zofia, Zosia, Sohvi, Zsofika, and Zsofia 5. Isabella - Isa, Sabella, Belle, Babette, Elisa, Elisavet, Elizabeth (#10) and her variants 6. Mia - as a variant of Maria this one has too many to list, but examples include Moira, Mariska, Mariella, Miriam, Marika, Mirja, Maureen, Mimi, Marietta, Maiken and Mya 7. Charlotte - Charlotta, Lottie, Lotte, Lotta, Charlize, Carolina/Karolina, Carla/Karla, Carola/Karola, Searlait, Carlita, Charlita, Charletta 8. Abigail - other than the Biblical Greek variant Abigaia, Abigail really only has spelling variations such as Abigayle and Avigail 9. Emily - see Emma which is #2, also Aemilia, Amalia, Amelia, Amma/Ama, Emelina, Emmeline, Emilia, Emilita and Emmy 10...

Here are the 2016 statistics for all girl names starting with Cat, in order of appearance. Catherine, 1660, #195 Catalina, 1024, #314 Cataleya, 606, #510 Cattleya, 119 Catarina, 60 Cathy, 53 Catalaya, 51 Caterina, 43 Cathryn, 39 Cate, 37 Cattaleya, 29 Catelyn, 27 Catelynn, 18 Cataleyah, 16 Catalyna, 16 Cathleen, 16 Catrina, 15 Catriona, 15 Catalea, 12 Catalia, 12 Catharine, 12 Catie, 12 Catalena, 10 Cathalina, 10 Cataleia, 8 Cateleya, 8 Cataleah, 7 Catalya, 7 Catori, 7 Catalayah, 6 Catia, 6 Cataliya, 5 Cathaleya, 5 Catharina, 5 Catherina, 5 0 births in 2016 include Catriana, Catrin, Catrinella, Catharinella, Catrine, Cathrine, Catina, Cateline, and Cato.

Here's another giant list of super-rare names, none of which were used in 2016 (and likely for several years beforehand). See the last list  here . As you'll notice, some of these treasures could be mixed in with today's popular names with no trouble, and some are still very unusual. Some of them might be too pretty to pass up! Aarona Abyssinia Acelina & Ascelina Aebfhinn (EEV-in) Aenor (AY-nor) Affery Afina Aikaterine Ailbhe (AL-vah) Ainsel (AYN-sell) Alberie Alcina Alzira Amandine Ametrine Amicia & Amisia Ancelina & Anselina Ancora Andelia Anemone Bedelia Bethan Bethia Betula Beyza Bibia Blanchefleur Blodwen Blondine Brightwen Brilliana Brisen Bronmai Bryonia Bryndis Caesia Calamint Caliadne Calistine, Calixtine Calligena Camena, Casmena Careen Carmine Carvilia Caryatis, Karyatis Castina Cat Catanance Catiline Chantilly Chervil Cherwell Chicory Chione Chloris Circaea Cissaea Citrine Claretta Cliona...

Tyr (TEER, alternatively TER in some other countries) is an Old Norse boy's name and the god from which Tuesday was named (perfect for a baby born on a Tuesday). He was likely the son of Odin and Thor's brother.  In Old Norse  Týr  literally means "god," and he was the god of law, justice, war and heroic glory. He was known as the one-handed god because he had his hand chewed off by the wolf god Fenrir. He was also thought to be the bravest god in the Norse pantheon. His tales were told in the Prose Edda and Poetic Edda , and there is enough historical data to prove he was a very important god in ancient times. In the U.S. this is a rare baby name, given to only 10 boys in 2016 and only used since 2002. The recent Thor movies did not impact this name, but I thought parents would've been inclined to research other Norse mythology names. Odin and Thor are doing well on the charts, though, and Loki is being used a bit more but would still be considered rare.

www.krishna.com Rani (RAH-nee) is a Hindu girl's name, Arabic, Sanskrit and Nepali for "queen." As a word, it is the feminine form of Raja or Rana, which applies to male rulers. It is still used as a given name today in India. Some sites will tell you Rani means "she sings," but in Hebrew it is a nickname for the masculine name Ran, meaning "he sings," which is where the common misunderstanding comes from. Rani has dozens great namesakes. Because Rani is also a title it's a bit hard to siphon out the namesakes where Rani is a given name. Rani Vijaya Devi is one example. She was a princess in India, but articles do not specifically point out her birth name. Rani Rashmoni founded the Dakshrineswar Kali Temple and played a part in blocking British trade on the Ganges river. Rani Karnaa, born in 1939, was a dancer who was so respected that she recieved the Padma Shri award. There was also a famous Pakistani actress called Rani, and Indian act...