Many colonial names have fallen out of favor for long enough now to sound fresh and even cool again. Early Americans used names from a variety of styles, including obscure biblical names such as Tryphena and Thirza, extreme virtue names such as Silence and Obedience, and extravagant American place names, such as Philadelphia and Tennessee. The most common girl name during colonial times was Elizabeth, followed by Mary, Sarah, Anne, and Frances.
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Along with Elizabeth and Mary, other colonial names for girls in the US Top 500 include Abigail, Amy, Caroline, Charlotte, Hannah, Katherine, Molly, and Sabrina. Unique colonial-era nicknames for girls include Cleda, Hitty, Nonie, Thirza, and Winnet.
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If you like historic baby names but want to move beyond the Victorian and biblical baby names we've heard so much of in recent years, consider these names culled from Revolutionary War rolls and eighteenth-century town histories. Below, our collection of colonial baby names for girls.

Colonial Names for Girls

Abiah

Abigail

Abitha

Adelaide

Adeline

Adeliza

Agatha

Agnes

Alexandria

Alice

Althea

Amanda

Amelia

Amity

Anna

Anne

Antionette

Aphra

Apphia

Asenath

Atalanta

Aurinda

Azuba

Barbara

Bathsheba

Belinda

Bessie

Bethia

Betsey

Betty

Biddy

Bridget

Caroline

Cassandra

Cecilia

Cecily

Charity

Charlotte

Cherish

Cilla

Clarinda

Clarissa

Cleda

Clementine

Comfort

Cornelia

Cristina

Cynthia

Damaris

Delia

Delphia

Donia

Dorcas

Dorothea

Dosia

Edith

Edwina

Eleanor

Electa

Elizabeth

Ellen

Elmira

Elsie

Emeline

Ester

Experience

Fanny

Florence

Frances

Fronie

Gabrilla

Genevieve

Gertrude

Gussie

Hannah

Harriet

Hatty

Hecuba

Helen

Henrietta

Hepzibah

Hermione

Hester

Hetty

Hitty

Honora

Jane

Jemima

Joan

Joanna

Judith

Katherine

Keturah

Keziah

Kitty

Kizzie

Lady

Lavinia

1700s painting of two girls -- colonial names for girls

Colonial names for girls

Colonial names from the 1700s for baby girls, with meanings, origins, and popularity

Colonial Names for Girls | 1700s Names