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f.a.n.n.y, _diminutive of_ Frances, _q.v._ Fenella, _Greek_, bright to look on.
Flora, _Latin_, flowers.
Florence, _Latin_, blooming, flouris.h.i.+ng.
Frances, _German_, free.
Gertrude, _German_, all truth.
Grace, _Latin_, favour.
Hagar, _Hebrew_, a stranger.
Hada.s.sah, _Hebrew_, form of Esther, _q.v._ Hannah, _Hebrew_, gracious.
Harriet, _German_, head of the house.
Helen / Helena, _Greek_, alluring.
Henrietta, _fem. and dim_. of Henry, _q.v._ Hephzibah, _Hebrew_, my delight is in her.
Hilda, _German_, warrior maiden.
Honora, _Latin_, honourable, Huldah, _Hebrew_, a weazel.
Isabella, _Spanish_, fair Eliza.
Jane / Jeanne, _feminine of_ John, _q.v._ Janet / Jeannette, little Jane.
Jemima, _Hebrew_, a dove.
Joan, _Hebrew, fem. of_ John, _q.v._ Joanna or Johanna, _form of_ Joan, _q.v._ Joyce, _French_, pleasant.
Judith, _Hebrew_, praising.
Julia / Juliana, _feminine of_ Julian, _q.v._ Katharine, _form of_ Catherine, _q.v._ Keturah, _Hebrew_, incense.
Keziah, _Hebrew_, ca.s.sia.
Laura, _Latin_, a laurel.
Lavinia, _Latin_, of Latium.
Let.i.tia, _Latin_, joy of gladness.
Lilian / Lily, _Latin_, a lily.
Lois, _Greek_, better.
Louisa, _German, fem. of_ Louis, _q.v._ Lucretia, _Latin_, a chaste Roman lady.
Lucy, _Latin, feminine of_ Lucius.
Lydia, _Greek_, descended from Lud, Mabel, _Latin_, lovely or loveable.
Madeline, _form of_ Magdalen, q.v.
Magdalen, _Syriac_, magnificent.
Margaret, _Greek_, a pearl.
Maria / Marie, _forms of_ Mary, q.v.
Martha, _Hebrew_, bitterness.
Mary, _Hebrew_, bitter.
Matilda, _German_, a lady of honour.
Maud, _German, form of_ Matilda, q.v.
May, _Latin_, month of May, or _dim. of_ Mary, q.v.
Mercy, _English_, compa.s.sion.
Mildred, _Saxon_, speaking mild, Minnie, _dim. of_ Margaret, q.v.
Naomi, _Hebrew_, alluring.
Nest, _British, the same as_ Agnes, Nicola, _Greek, feminine of_ Nicholas.
Olive / Olivia, _Latin_, an olive.
Olympic, _Greek_, heavenly.
Ophelia, _Greek_, a serpent.
Parnell / Petronilla, little Peter.
Patience, _Latin_, bearing patiently.