Name Eglantine

Meaning:

eglantine, sweet briar

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Name info:

About the name Eglantine in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	French, English
US 2024 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below

Group info:

About Eglantine, the group of names with the same origin as Eglantine

Meaning/translation:	eglantine, sweet briar
Language of origin:	English
Info about origin:	use of the name of the plant eglantine (also called sweet briar) as a given name
	first use as a given name in The Prioress's Tale from Chaucer (England, 14th century AD)
	the word itself has Old French and ultimatively Latin roots
Words:	the eglantine English
	aiglent = the dog rose Old French
	acus = the needle Latin
Topics:	Plants
Variants' top ranks:	394:Eglantine France 2002
Old/original forms:	Eglentyne English

Popularity:

Popularity lists that contain the name Eglantine

Series	Graph	Rankings
France		2002 394