Girls Names: Meanings, Nicknames


Portia

Portia has managed to get in the Top 1000 American baby girl names for two consistent periods: 1941 to 1967 and 1983 to 1991

Poppy

Poppy is a highly popular girl’s name in the United Kingdom ranking as the 14th most popular choice in 2011

Polly

Polly has long been a name in its own right, as well as a nickname for Mary and girls’ names beginning with ‘Paul’, like Paula and Paulette

Piper

Piper started out the 21st century at No. 509 as a popular U.S. baby girl name. By 2011, it was No. 110

Pilar

Pilar was a unisex name in the USA in most of the 1990s. The SSA recorded at least 5 boys named Pilar for almost every year.

Pia

in 2011, 69 American baby girls were named Pia, 12 more than in 2010

Phyllis

Phyllis was a consistent Top 50 American baby girl name from 1923 through 1949. It fell out of the Top 1000 in 1985

Phoebe

Phoebe regained some of its early 20th century popularity in the 21st century, ranking as high as No. 309 in 2010

Philomena

Philomena was fairly popular in the early 20th century, ranking highest in 1915 at No. 355

Philippa

74 American baby girls were named Philippa in 2016 and 5 were named Phillippa

Petula

Petula Clark’s first name and nickname “Pet” became known worldwide in 1964 with the success of her No. 1 hit “Downtown”

Petronella

Petronella and Petrina have never been in the top 1000 American baby girl names, although Petra has

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