Ada, _German_, same as Edith, _q.v._
Adela, _German_, same as Adeline, _q.v._
Adelaide, _German_, same as Adeline, _q.v._
Adeline, _German_, a princess.
Agatha, _Greek_, good.
Agnes, _German_, chaste.
Alethea, _Greek_, the truth.
Althea, _Greek_, hunting.
Alice / Alicia, German_, noble.
Alma, _Latin_, benignant.
Amabel, _Latin_, loveable.
Amy / Amelia, _French_, a beloved.
Angelina, _Greek_, lovely, angelic.
Anna / Anne, _Hebrew_, gracious.
Arabella, _Latin_, a fair altar.
Aureola, _Latin_, like gold.
Aurora, _Latin_, morning brightness.
Barbara, _Latin_, foreign or strange.
Beatrice, _Latin_, making happy.
Bella, _Italian_, beautiful.
Benedicta, _Latin_, blessed.
Bernice, _Greek_, bringing victory.
Bertha, _Greek_, bright or famous.
Bessie, short form of Elizabeth, _q.v._
Blanche, _French_, fair.
Bona, _Latin_, good.
Bridget, _Irish_, shining bright.
Camilla, _Latin_, attendant at a sacrifice.
Carlotta, _Italian_, same as Charlotte, _q.v._
Caroline, _feminine of_ Carolus, _the Latin of_ Charles,
noble-spirited.
Cassandra, _Greek_, a reformer of men.
Catherine, _Greek_, pure or clean.
Cecilia, _Latin_, from Cecil.
Charity, _Greek_, love, bounty.
Charlotte, _French_, all noble.
Chloe, _Greek_, a green herb.
Christiana, _Greek_, belonging to Christ.
Cicely, a corruption of Cecilia, _q.v._
Clara, _Latin_, clear or bright.
Clarissa, _Latin_, clear or bright.
Constance, _Latin_, constant.
Dagmar, _German_, joy of the Danes.
Deborah, _Hebrew_, a bee.
Diana, _Greek_, Jupiter's daughter.
Dorcas, _Greek_, a wild roe.
Dorothea/Dorothy, _Greek_, the gift of God.
Edith, _Saxon_, happiness.
Eleanor, _Saxon_, all fruitful.
Eliza/Elizabeth, _Hebrew_, the oath of God.
Ellen, another form of Helen, _q.v._
Emily, corrupted from Amelia.
Emma, _German_, a nurse.
Esther/Hesther, _Hebrew_, secret.
Eudoia, _Greek_, prospering in the way.
Eudora, _Greek_, good gift.
Eudosia, _Greek_, good gift or well-given.
Eugenia, _French_, well-born.
Eunice, _Greek_, fair victory.
Eva / Eve, _Hebrew_, causing life.
Fanny, _diminutive of_ Frances, _q.v._
Fenella, _Greek_, bright to look on.
Flora, _Latin_, flowers.
Florence, _Latin_, blooming, flourishing.
Frances, _German_, free.
Gertrude, _German_, all truth.
Grace, _Latin_, favour.
Hagar, _Hebrew_, a stranger.
Hadassah, _Hebrew_, form of Esther, _q.v._
Hannah, _Hebrew_, gracious.
Harriet, _German_, head of the house.
Helen / Helena, _Greek_, alluring.
Henrietta, _fem. and dim_. of Henry, _q.v._
Hephzibah, _Hebrew_, my delight is in her.
Hilda, _German_, warrior maiden.
Honora, _Latin_, honourable,
Huldah, _Hebrew_, a weazel.
Isabella, _Spanish_, fair Eliza.
Jane / Jeanne, _feminine of_ John, _q.v._
Janet / Jeannette, little Jane.
Jemima, _Hebrew_, a dove.
Joan, _Hebrew, fem. of_ John, _q.v._
Joanna or Johanna, _form of_ Joan, _q.v._
Joyce, _French_, pleasant.
Judith, _Hebrew_, praising.
Julia / Juliana, _feminine of_ Julian, _q.v._
Katharine, _form of_ Catherine, _q.v._
Keturah, _Hebrew_, incense.
Keziah, _Hebrew_, cassia.
Laura, _Latin_, a laurel.
Lavinia, _Latin_, of Latium.
Letitia, _Latin_, joy of gladness.
Lilian / Lily, _Latin_, a lily.
Lois, _Greek_, better.
Louisa, _German, fem. of_ Louis, _q.v._
Lucretia, _Latin_, a chaste Roman lady.
Lucy, _Latin, feminine of_ Lucius.
Lydia, _Greek_, descended from Lud,
Mabel, _Latin_, lovely or loveable.
Madeline, _form of_ Magdalen, q.v.
Magdalen, _Syriac_, magnificent.
Margaret, _Greek_, a pearl.
Maria / Marie, _forms of_ Mary, q.v.
Martha, _Hebrew_, bitterness.
Mary, _Hebrew_, bitter.
Matilda, _German_, a lady of honour.
Maud, _German, form of_ Matilda, q.v.
May, _Latin_, month of May, or _dim. of_ Mary,
q.v.
Mercy, _English_, compassion.
Mildred, _Saxon_, speaking mild,
Minnie, _dim. of_ Margaret, q.v.
Naomi, _Hebrew_, alluring.
Nest, _British, the same as_ Agnes,
Nicola, _Greek, feminine of_ Nicholas.
Olive / Olivia, _Latin_, an olive.
Olympic, _Greek_, heavenly.
Ophelia, _Greek_, a serpent.
Parnell / Petronilla, little Peter.
Patience, _Latin_, bearing patiently.
Paulina, _Latin, feminine of_ Paulinus.
Penelope, _Greek_, a weaver.
Persis, _Greek_, destroying.
Philadelphia, _Greek_, brotherly love.
Philippa, _Greek, feminine of_ Philip.
Phoebe, _Greek_, the light of life.
Phyllis, _Greek_, a green bough.
Polly, _variation of_ Molly, _dim. of_ Mary, q.v.
Priscilla, _Latin_, somewhat old.
Prudence, _Latin_, discretion.
Pysche, _Greek_, the soul.
Rachel, _Hebrew_, a lamb.
Rebecca, _Hebrew_, fat or plump.
Rhoda, _Greek_, a rose.
Rosa / Rose, _Latin_, a rose.
Rosalie / Rosaline, _Latin_, little rose.
Rosalind, _Latin_, beautiful as a rose.
Rosabella, _Italian_, a fair rose.
Rosamond, _Saxon_, rose of peace.
Roxana, _Persian_, dawn of day.
Ruth, _Hebrew_, trembling, or beauty.
Sabina, _Latin_, sprung from the Sabines
Salome, _Hebrew_, perfect.
Sapphira, _Greek_, like a sapphire stone.
Sarah, _Hebrew_, a princess.
Selina, _Greek_, the moon.
Sibylla, _Greek_, the counsel of God.
Sophia, _Greek_, wisdom.
Sophronia, _Greek_, of a sound mind.
Susan / Susanna _Hebrew_, a lily.
Tabitha, _Syriac_, a roe.
Temperance, _Latin_, moderation.
Theodosia, _Greek_, given by God.
Tryphena, _Greek_, delicate.
Tryphosa, _Greek_, delicious.
Victoria, _Latin_, victory.
Vida, _Erse, feminine of_ David.
Ursula, _Latin_, a she bear.
Walburga, _Saxon_, gracious.
Winifred, _Saxon_, winning peace.
Zenobia, _Greek_, the life of Jupiter.
[NOR BREAK THE TIES OF FRIENDSHIP NEEDLESSLY.]