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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.