Modesty
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning moderation and humility as a virtue name.
Babies a year
22
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Modesty by the numbers
Modesty was given to 22 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Modesty. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Majesty226 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Modesty, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean purity
Like Modesty, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Modesty
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