Late Sixteenth Century English Given Names

Women's Names listed by frequency

by Talan Gwynek
(Brian M. Scott, bmscott@stratos.net)
© 1994, 1999 by Brian M. Scott; all rights reserved.
Revised 24 Aug 1999

Total Frequency
of this Block
Cumulative
Frequency
Elizabeth 90 (13.6%)
Anne 72 (10.9%)
Joan 60 (9.1%)
Margaret 58 (8.8%)
Alice 57 (8.6%)
337 (51.1%) 337 (51.0%)
Mary 43 (6.5%)
Agnes 40 (6.1%)
Catherine 26
Jane 16
Dorothy 15
140 (21.2%) 477 (72.2%)
Margery   10
Isabella 10
Joyce 9
Helen 9
Susanna 8
46 (7.0%) 523 (79.1%)
Eleanor 7
Christiana 6
Edith 6
Sybil 6
Ellen 6
31 (4.7%) 554 (83.8%)
Marian 5
Frances 4
Lucy 4
Grace 4
Thomasina 4
21 (3.2%) 575 (87.0%)
Barbara 4
Magdalen 3
Etheldreda 3
Blanche 3
Francisca 3
16 (2.4%) 591 (89.4%)
Emma 3
Ursula 3
Dionise 3
Martha 3
Judith 3
15 (2.3%) 606 (91.7%)

The following 11 names occurred twice each, making 3.3% of the total: Amie, Beatrice, Bridget, Cecily, Constance, Juliana, Matilda, Prudence, Rose, Sarah, Winifred.

The following 33 names occurred once each, making 5.0% of the total: Adrian, Annabella, Aveline, Cassandra, Charity, Christian, Dolora, Ebotte, Effemia, Ellois, Ely, Faith, Florence, Gartheride, Georgette, Gwenhoivar, Janikin, Jennette, Jocatta, Jocosa, Laura, Lettice, Lucretia, Mable, Mildred, Petronella, Phillipa, Rawsone, Rebecca, Rosanna, Tabitha, Venetia.


Introduction
Name listed alphabetically (with derivation notes)
Abbreviations and Bibliography


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