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Editors of Consumer Guide
Harder, Kelsey}
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The Ultimate Baby Name Book
Names for Girls: I
Iantha Greek "violet."
lb (see Isabel)
Ida Old German "work, labor." The Normans brought this name
with them to the British Isles when they invaded in 1066.
But the name really came into its own in the nineteenth
century when it was very popular, partly because of "The
Princess" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and especially because
of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Princess Ida.
Famous names: Ida Lupino (actress)
Ida B. Wells (educator)
Variations: Idalia, Idalina, Idaline, Ide (Irish), Idelle (German),
Idette (German)
Idalia (see Ida)
Idalina (see Ida)
Idaline (see Ida)
Ide (see Ida)
Idelle (see Ida)
Idette (see Ida)
Ifetayo Yoruba (Nigeria) "love brings happiness."
Ilaria (see Hilary)
Ilaris (see Hilary)
Ileana (see Helen)
Ilene (see Helen)
Ilka Variation of Emily; also, possibly Middle English ilke,
"of the same class or group."
Famous name: Ilka Chase (actress and columnist)
Variations: Ilke, Milka
Ilke (see Ilka)
Ilona (see Helen)
Ilsa German form of Elizabeth.
Variations: Ilse, Elsa, Else
Ilse (see Elizabeth, Ilsa)
Ilvira (see Elvira)
Imagina (see Imogene)
Iman Possibly a form of Emanuel, Hebrew "the Lord is with us."
Imelda Variation of Imogene. For a while at least, this name will
be associated with Imelda Marcos, the wife of the
Philippine dictator who was removed from power by a popular
uprising against his corrupt government in the 1980s.
Imogen (see Imogene)
Imogene From Latin imaginis, "image." This unusual name has
never appealed to many new parents.
Famous names: Imogene Coca (comedienne)
Imogen Cunningham (photographer)
Other spellings: Imogine, Imojean
Variations: Emogene, Imagina (German), Imelda, Imogen (French)
Imogine, Imojean (see Imogene)
Ina Greek "pure"; also, an Irish variation of Agnes. This name
is also a Latin feminine suffix that was used to form a
diminutive or to change a masculine name to a feminine one.
Famous names: Ina Balin (actress)
Ina Claire (comedienne)
Indira Hindi Indra, "India."
Famous name: Indira Gandhi (prime minister of India)
Ines (see Agnes, Inez)
Inez Spanish form of Agnes. When Inez de Castro married Don
Pedro, her father-in-law, the king of Portugal, Alfonso I,
was so displeased that he had her killed. The distraught
bridegroom never forgave his father, and when he became
king, he crowned his dead wife queen. This romantic tale
has made the name Inez consistently popular in Europe and
the Americas. In his epic poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,
George Gordon, Lord Byron, used the name Inez of Cadiz for
his heroine.
Other spelling: Ines
Ing (see Ingrid)
Ingaberg (see Ingrid)
Ingar (see Ingrid)
Inge (see Ingrid)
Inger (see Ingrid)
Ingra (see Ingrid)
Ingrid Old Norse Ingrida possibly from Ing [a Norse hero] + rida
[ride]; also, "Ing's daughter." Ing was the powerful god
of the harvest in Norse mythology. The name Ingrid honors
the god and also blesses the child to whom the name is
given.
Famous name: Ingrid Bergman (actress)
Variations: Inga (German and Swedish), Ingar, Inge, Inger, Ingra,
Ingunna, Ingaberg
Ingunna (see Ingrid)
Iola Greek "cloud at dawn."
Iolanda (see Yolanda)
Iolande (see Yolanda)
Iolanthe (see Velvet, Violet)
Iona Greek "violet"; also, "one from Ionia," which is the
ancient name for the western part of Asia Minor bordering
the Aegean Sea.
Variations: Ione, Ionia
Ione (see Iona)
Ionia (see Iona)
Ira (see Irene)
Irena (see Irene)
Irene Greek eirene, "peace." Eirene was the Greek goddess of
peace, and Greek queens took the name at their coronations,
as did some of the Russian empresses. In England, this
name used to be pronounced with three syllables, as in the
name of the beautiful heroine Irene of John Galsworthy's
Forsyte novels.
Famous names: Irene Cara (actress)
Irene Dunne (actress)
Irene Worth (actress)
Nicknames: Rene, Renee, Renie, Rennie, Renny
Variations: Eereena (Russian), Eir, Eirena, Erena, Erinia, Hirena,
Ira, Irena (Polish), Irina, Rena (Greek), Rina, Yrenia
Irina Variation of Irene.
Famous name: Irina Ratushinskaya (poet)
Iris Greek "rainbow." This "flower" name is a less-likely
choice for new parents than Rainbow, which enjoyed a
temporary vogue in the late-1960s.
Famous name: Iris Murdoch (writer)
Variations: Irsa, Irita
Irita (see Iris)
Irma Feminine form of Herman, Old German "soldier." Shirley
MacLaine's high-stepping portrayal of Irma La Douce may
have brought the actress much deserved praise, but the
character's occupation may have tainted this name in the
minds of many new parents.
Variations: Armida, Erma (German), Hermandine, Irme
Irme (see Erma, Irma)
Irsa (see Iris)
Isa (see Isabel)
Isabeau (see Isabel)
Isabel Variation of Elizabeth. This variation of Elizabeth came
from Ilsabeth, a name that was first used in England during
the Middle Ages.
Famous names: Isabel Allende (writer)
Isabel Bishop (artist)
Other spellings: Isabele, Isabell
Variations: Bel, Belicia, Belita, Bell, Bella, Belle, Ib, Isa (German),
Isabelita, Isabella (Italian and Swedish), Isabelle
(German), Isabeau (French), Isbel (Scottish), Iseabail
(Gaelic), Iseabal (Scottish), Iseline (French), Ishbel
(Irish), Isobel (Scottish), Issie, Issy, Izabel (Polish and
Portuguese), Tibbie (Scottish), Ysabel (Spanish)
Isabele, Isabell (see Isabel)
Isabelita (see Isabel)
Isabella Variation of Elizabeth and Isabel. Isabella I, Queen of
Castile, was so sure that Christopher Columbus knew the
quickest route to India that she sold her jewelry to help
pay for his voyage. In Boston, another generous and
public-minded woman of this name, Isabella Stewart Gardner,
turned her home, which is a reconstructed Venetian palace,
into a museum for her magnificent art collection.
Famous name: Isabella Rosselini (actress)
Isabelle Variation of Isabel.
Isadora Greek "gift of Isis," from Isis [goddess of the Nile] +
dorus [gift]. If you want your baby girl to grow up to be
a dancer, you might name her after the famous
twentieth-century dancer and free spirit, Isadora Duncan.
Isbel (see Isabel)
Iseabail (see Isabel)
Iseabal (see Isabel)
Iseline (see Isabel)
Ishbel (see Isabel)
Isobel (see Isabel)
IsoIda (see Isolde)
Isolde Celtic "beautiful"; also, Old German "rule." Isolde is the
heroine of an often-told tale of tragic love that was
incorporated into the Arthurian legend by Sir Thomas
Malory. Sir Tristram was sent to Ireland to bring Isolde
the Fair to Cornwall, where she was to marry his uncle,
King Mark. Unwittingly, she and Tristram swallowed a love
potion and fell in love. After many secret meetings, the
lovers became estranged, and Tristram married another
Isolde. But on his deathbed, Tristram called for his true
love. She came to him but arrived too late and found that
Tristram had died in despair, believing that Isolde was not
coming back to him. Isolde then died of grief beside
Tristram. Wagner wrote the opera, and Mathew Arnold,
Swinburne, and many other modern writers have also retold
the sad story of Isolde.
Variations: Isolda, Isolt, Yseult, Ysoit, Ysolt, Ysonde
Isolt (see Isolde)
Issie, Issy (see Isabel)
Ivie (see Ivy)
Ivonne (see Yvonne)
Ivy Old English ifig, "ivy." This plant was sacred to Bacchus
and played a part in the religious ceremonies of the
Druids. In England, it used to be hung as a tavern sign.
Famous name: Ivy Compton-Burnett (novelist)
Other spelling: Ivie
Izabel (see Isabel)