Magenta

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Magenta by the numbers

Magenta was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 12 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Magenta

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Magenta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Makennason of ceannaidh; fire-born or headstrong; a form of McKenna971 in the US (2017)
  • Makenahappy one205 in the US (2017)
  • Malenasoft and tender; a form of Magdalena86 in the US (2017)
  • Magen

Names about as common as Magenta

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