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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Alara Alara is a girl's name from Turkic mythology, where she is a water fairy.Girl Turkish 441 in 2025
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Jessica Jessica is a girl's name invented by Shakespeare for The Merchant of Venice in 1596.Girl Hebrew 424 in 2025
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Jenna Jenna is a girl's name that began as an elaboration of Jenny and is now used independently.Girl English 418 in 2025
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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.