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
Editted & published by Arval Benicoeur