Name

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:

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 ^*

Romaji	jaaru
Katakana	ジャール
Hiragana	じゃーる
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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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

English

Etymology

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

Calque of Mandarin 女宿 (Nǚxiù).

Alternative forms

girle, gyrle (obsolete)
gal (colloquial)
guhrl, gurl (nonstandard)
grrrl, grrl (slang)

Anagrams

LIRG, gril

Pronunciation

(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

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)

Pages starting with “girl”.

Noun (Descendants)

→ Hungarian: görl
→ Japanese: ガール (gāru)

French

Noun

girl f (plural girls)
dancing girl

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɡœʁl/

General

Proper noun

Girl
(astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Aquarius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English girl.

Noun

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

IPA(key): /ɡœʁl/, [ɡœɐ̯l]

Scots

Etymology

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

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