Name
GIRL

Name GIRL

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 220 births of Girl in the countries below, which represents an average of 2 births of children bearing the first name Girl per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 11 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Girl   
In Italiano Nome Girl   


Information about the first name Girl

The first name Girl has been assigned to:
0.00% to boys
100.00% to girls
The country where the first name Girl is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 4 letters including 1 vowel and 3 consonants

Girl in Japanese *

Romajijaaru
Katakanaジャール
Hiraganaじゃーる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
Girl in Japanese
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Girl in sign language

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Girl in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Girl

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (“young person of any gender”), perhaps from Old English *gyrele, *gyrle, from Proto-West Germanic *gurilā, from a zero-grade form of *gaurā (“young child”) +‎ *-ilā, ultimately of unknown origin.
Etymology src :
  • Calque of Mandarin 女宿 (Nǚxiù).
Alternative forms src :
  • girle, gyrle (obsolete)
  • gal (colloquial)
  • guhrl, gurl (nonstandard)
  • grrrl, grrl (slang)
Anagrams src :
  • LIRG, gril
Pronunciation src :
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɜːɫ/, (obsolete) /ɡɛəl/, /ɡɪəl/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɝl/, /ɡɝ.əl/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɡɵːl/, [ɡʏw]
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
  • Homophone: Guirl
Verb src :
  • girl (third-person singular simple present girls, present participle girling, simple past and past participle girled)
  • (transitive) To feminize or girlify; to gender as a girl or as for girls.
  • (somewhat informal) To staff with or as a girl or girls.
Noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Pages starting with “girl”.
Noun (Descendants) src :
  • → Hungarian: görl
  • → Japanese: ガール (gāru)
FR French
Noun src :
  • girl f (plural girls)
  • dancing girl
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡœʁl/
General
Proper noun src :
  • Girl
  • (astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Aquarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.
DE German
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from English girl.
Noun src :
  • Girl n (strong, genitive Girls or Girl, plural Girls)
  • girl; young woman; usually implying physical attractiveness, often in the context of show or entertainment
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɡœʁl/, [ɡœɐ̯l]
Scots
Etymology src :
  • Metathesis of grill (“shudder (with horror, dread, etc), shiver (as on hearing a grating sound”), from Old Scots gril, from Middle English grillen (“shudder, quake, be afraid; enrage”), from Old English griellan, grillan (“offend, annoy; gnash one's teeth at”).
Verb src :
  • girl
  • to shiver or shudder
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:girl.
  • to tingle unpleasantly, when hearing a grating noise or biting into an acidic or unripe fruit
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:girl.
 

Popularity of the name Girl

Number of GIRL births per year

Popularity of the name Girl
Popularity of the name Girl

Total births of Girl by country

Births with the first name Girl
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
0
194
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
20
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
6
Popularity of the name Girl

Total births of Girl by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Girl
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
0
9
ABAlberta
2022
0
2

Comments on the name Girl

Personalities with the first name Girl

There is 0 personality with the first name Girl


Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Girl

There are 6 actors and actresses with the first name Girl
Girl Betty
Girl X
Girl Henchmen
Girl Metler
Girl 1
Girl Sanchez

Rankings of first name GIRL by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name GIRL (male) births over the last year available in each country
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#1779AB Alberta2022
#3975US United State of America2022
Other boys' names around Girl
GIRINATHAGIRINELDOGIRIRAJGIRISGIRISEETHANGIRISHGIRISHANGIRISHKUMARGIRITHARANGIRIVAR GIRL GIRLANGIRLANDEGIRLANDIOGIRLANDOGIRLANEGIRLANIOGIRLANOGIRLEIGIRLENEGIRLENIO

Other girls' names around Girl
GIRIANNAGIRIDHARIGIRIGIAGIRIJAGIRIRANIGIRISGIRISHGIRISHAGIRISHLAGIRIVANI GIRL GIRLAGIRLAIDEGIRLAINEGIRLANGIRLANAGIRLANDAGIRLANDAYGIRLANDEGIRLANDIAGIRLANE

Names that are phonetically close to Girl
GIREL
GIRLA
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