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"Women's Christian Names of Old"  - Abigail:- father's delight
- Adelaide:- princess
- Agatha:- good
- Agnes:- chaste
- Alberta:- bright
- Alexandra:- helper of men
- Alice:- noble
- Amanda:- worthy of love
- Amy:- beloved
- Angelina:- angelic
- Anna or Anne:- gracious
- Antoinette :- praiseworthy.
- Aurora :- morning brightness
- Barbara :- foreign
- Beatrice :- making happy
- Belinda :- useful.
- Bella :- beautiful
- Bridget :- shining bright
- Cassandra :- a reformer of men
- Catherine :- pure
- Celestine:- heavenly
- Charity :- love
- Charlotte :- all noble
- Chloe :- a green herb
- Christine :- belonging to Christ
- Clementine:- gentle
- Dagmar :- joy of the dance
- Diana :- jupiter's daughter
- Eleanor :- fruitful
- Elvira :- white
- Emma:- a nurse
- Ester :- secret
- Euphemia :- good
- Evangeline :- bearer of good tidings
- Felicia :- happiness
- Fenella :- bright to look on
- Florence :- blooming
- Georgina :- tiller of the soil
- Gertrude :- spear maid
- Griselda :- patient
- Hannah :- gracious
- Hortensia :- lover of a garden
- Isabella :- fair
- Jemima :- a dove
- Joan,Joanna,Johanna :- of John
- Justina :- just
- Keturah :- incense
- Lucretia :- lady light
- Magdalen :- magnificent
- Mary :- bitter
- Miranda :- admirable
- Naomi :- consolation
- Olympic :- heavenly
- Patience :- bearing
- Philadelphia :- brotherly love
- Phoebe :- the light of life
- Psyche :- the soul
- Rachel :- a lamb
- Roxana :- dawn of day
- Salome :- peaceful
- Sapphira :- like the jewel
- Sarah :- a princess
- Sophronia :- of sound mind
- Temperance :- moderation
- Thomasine :- a twin
- Ursula :- she bear
- Vida :- beloved
- Wilhelmina :- helmet of defence
- Winifred :- winning peace
- Zenobia :- the life of Jupiter

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