Many colonial names for girls 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. Colonial names can be considered 1700s girl names, while girl names from the 1800s can also be called Victorian names.
Along with Elizabeth and Mary, other girl names from the 1700s still popular today include Abigail, Amy, Caroline, Charlotte, Hannah, Katherine, Molly, and Sabrina. Unique colonial-era names for girls include Cleda, Hitty, Nonie, Thirza, and Winnet.
If you like historic baby names but want to move beyond the Victorian names and biblical 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, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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