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Melissa became a popular name in the United States during the 1950s. The name was very popular from the 1960s to the 1990s, today Melissa is a relatively uncommon baby name; in 2010, fewer than 2,500 girls were given the name, compared with around 10,000 in 1993 and well over 30,000 at the name's peak popularity in 1979. [17]
In the 1940s, Americans started using the Ashley for girls and was more common for girls starting in 1964. [7] Ashley was considered a surname style name at the time. [8] In the 1980s the name had a rise in popularity attributed to the female soap opera character Ashley Abbott who emerged on the still-running TV series The Young and the Restless in 1982. [9]
Fiona originates from the Gaelic word fionn, meaning white or fair, being a Latinised form; or an Anglicisation of the Irish name Fíona meaning vine. [1] [2] In ninth-century Welsh and Breton language Fion (today: ffion) referred to the foxglove species and is also a female given name as in Ffion Hague.
Spence. Spencer is a given name of British origin, that means "steward" or "administrator". It is a shortened form of the English word dispenser, which derives from Anglo-French dispensour, from Old French dispenseor, from Latin dispensatorem, the agent noun of dispensare, meaning "to disperse, administer, and distribute (by weight)". [ 1]
Sadie. Sasa. Seira. Sairah. Sally. Sarah is a common feminine given name of Hebrew origin. [ 2][ 3][ 4] It derives its popularity from the biblical matriarch Sarah, the wife of Abraham and a major figure in the Abrahamic religions. It is a consistently popular given name across Europe, North America, [ 1] and the Middle East — being commonly ...
The names Hannah, Anna, Anne, Ann are etymologically related to Joanne just the same: they are derived from Hebrew חַנָּה Ḥannāh 'grace' from the same verbal root meaning "to be gracious". The Australian modern name convention of Joanne, shortened to "Jo", can also have the meaning of exceptional or highly successful salesperson.
The English name is a reference to the plant of the same name. [2] However, in terms of etymology, the word jasmine is of Persian origin (in Persian: Yasmin). [1] It entered the English language through Old French. [1] Today, Jasmine is one of the most popular names in the Western world and has numerous spellings. In the United States, it ...
In Australia, Imogen was the 35th most popular name for baby girls from 2011-13, [6] whilst in England and Wales; it was the 34th most popular baby girl name in 2014. [7] As of July 2014, Imogen had never been in the top 1000 most popular baby names in the United States, with only 131 baby girls named Imogen in the US in 2013. [8]