What is in a name? Before birth, soon to be parents always fuss about naming their soon to be child. When man was able to start speaking and writing, they soon realized that they just can’t call out to the fellowman with grunts and whistles. It is highly possible that at first, early man called others with the use of physical traits. Afterwards, name calling became deeper such as naming someone who saved the tribe from a pack of wolves as warrior or such. Nowadays, a name is used to identify someone and most of the time names have come from ancient times with special meanings. Yet history repeats itself as modern day man is beginning to new names to name babies that have special meanings. There might be someone who got named after an event, place or time thus expanding originality and uniqueness in every individual.

In fact, top baby names for girls have been varied. There are names that have no meaning at all or others from objects usually of great beauty and such.

There are the Crystals and Jewels named after valuable gems. Even the name Golda is very popular. Biblical names of course are still fashionable. We still see Mary, Ruth and even Madonna.

Sometimes the popularity of a name is due to the person who got popular. The name Aaliyah from the singer who died in a plane crash grew in popularity after her death.

Sofia is also another top baby name for girls. It comes from the Greek word Sophia meaning wisdom.  There are lots of names coming from Greek language. There are the Alphas, Cassandra and even Helen.

Other names came from historical figures and some are feminized. There are the Alexandras from the name Alexander. Prominent figures also include Elizabeth of England. Diana is also a popular baby name for girls.

Finally there are the wacky names created by parents out of possible boredom from the usual crop of baby names for girls. There’s Rizzie, Lynne, Raiza. There are even baby girls named from events and dates. Unique and wacky names also include combining the names of parents, relatives or friends. So if the dad is Dennis, and the mom is Sonia, they could name their future baby girl as Donia.

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