Created Names

20 Created names that mean created for girls, listing Created baby names 11-20. Loretta, Lorna, Mary, Melba, Nerissa, Pandora, Vanessa and Wendy are popular names. Perdita and Undine are uncommon names. View Created baby names for name meanings, or search other baby names.

Loretta ... This elaborated form of the name was created in the 19th century ... [9]

Lorna ... Created by Blackmore from a Scottish place name, Lorn ... [1]

Mary ... names like Dolores and Mercedes have been created to express aspects of Mary's life and worship ... [103]

Melba Created as a surname by opera diva Nellie Melba (born Helen Mitchell) ... [3]

Nerissa ... From Nericcia. Created by Shakespeare for the name of Portia's waiting woman in "The Merchant of Venice" ... [4]

Pandora ... Greek mythology: the first mortal woman Pandora was created beautiful and delightful by the gods ... [6]

Perdita ... Shakespeare created this name for a young heroine in "The Winter's Tale" ...

Undine ... Edith Wharton created a character in "The Custom of the Country" who was named Undine for the hair-curling tonic that made her father rich. [5]

Vanessa ... An early-18th-century literary name created by Jonathan Swift for "Gulliver's Travels" ... [21]

Wendy ... Literary: a created name for the heroine in James Barrie's "Peter Pan" ... [9]

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