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This is a list of names in which the gender is feminine; and the usage is History.

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There are 19 names matching your criteria.

ALODIA f History
Possibly from a Visigothic name derived from the Germanic elements ala "other, foreign" and od "riches, wealth"... [more]

ALWILDA f History
Latinized form of ALFHILD... [more]

BRUNHILDA f History
Variant of BRÜNHILD, referring to the Frankish queen.

CORONA f History
Means "crown" in Latin. This was the name of a 2nd-century saint and martyr.

CYRA f History
Meaning unknown... [more]

EDANA f History
Latinized form of ÉTAÍN... [more]

EVERILD f History
Latinized form of EOFORHILD... [more]

FRIDESWIDE f History
Modern form of the Old English name Friðuswiþ, formed of the elements frið "peace" and swiþ "strong"... [more]

GOBNATA f History
Latinate form of GOBNAIT

HYACINTHA f History
Latinate feminine form of HYACINTHUS, used to refer to the 17th-century Italian saint Hyacintha Mariscotti (real name Giacinta).

JULITTA f History
Diminutive of JULIA... [more]

KATERI f History
From the Mohawk pronunciation of KATHERINE... [more]

MAKEDA f History
Possibly means "greatness" in Ethiopic... [more]

MARIAMNE f History
From Μαριαμη (Mariame), the form of MARIA used by the historian Josephus when referring to the wife of King Herod.

MILBURGA f History
Derived from the Old English elements milde "gentle" and burg "fortress"... [more]

POCAHONTAS f History, Native American, Algonquin
Means "she is playful" in Algonquin... [more]

ROXELANA f History
From a Turkish nickname meaning "Russian"... [more]

TÁHIRIH f History
Variant of TAHIRA... [more]

THECLA f History
English form of THEKLA

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