Modern Names
Names that did not exist, or barely existed, before the twentieth century. Many are respellings, surnames or coinages, and their histories are shorter and better documented than anything older.
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Mia Mia is a girl's name that began as a short form of longer names such as Maria and Amelia before becoming an independent given name in its own right.uncertain (Scandinavian/Italian short form) #6 in US
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Ava Ava is a girl's name with several proposed origins rather than one settled root.uncertain (Latin, Germanic, or Hebrew) #11 in US
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Amara Amara is a girl's name that exists independently in several languages.multiple unrelated #98 in US
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Raelynn Raelynn is a girl's name of modern American coinage, joining Rae to the -lynn suffix.Modern coinage #116 in US
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A style is our reading of a name. A decade is the register — the names children were actually given, in order, with the counts.