Century Names for Baby

352 Century names for girls. Listing Century baby names 181-190. Hyacinth, Imelda, Iona, Irene, Jackie, Jacqueline, Jane and Jennie are popular Century baby names. Ita and Jerusha are uncommon Century baby names. Click on each Century name for details and [variants], view more Century names from Jewel to Justine, or search for Century names for boys.

Hyacinth ... A saint's name (third century). [19]

Imelda ... The name of a 14th-century virgin Spanish saint ... [4]

Iona ... Place name: an island in the Hebrides where Saint Columba (sixth century) founded a monastery of the Celtic Church ...

Irene ... Saint Irene (fourth century) was one of the three sisters martyred for their faith in Macedonia ... but first used in English-speaking countries in the mid-19th century ... [28]

Ita ... Name of a sixth-century Irish saint.

Jackie ... Also used as an independent name in the 20th century ... [9]

Jacqueline ... First used in Britain in the 17th century ... [51]

Jane ... but has been borne by the 16th century's Lady Jane Grey who was unwillingly proclaimed queen ... It was influenced by the 19th-century use as the name of the central character in Charlotte Brontė's "Jane Eyre" ... [93]

Jennie ... Used as an independent name since the 19th century ... [5]

Jerusha ... Used by the Puritans and revived somewhat in the 19th century. Literary ... [3]

For more Century names, view Century baby names 191-200 from Jewel to Justine.

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