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Pansy

This name comes from the English word for a type of flower, ultimately deriving from Old French pensee "thought".

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2018)#13,793

Meaning and history

This name comes from the English word for a type of flower, which ultimately derives from the Old French pensee meaning “thought”.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
19991999: no US SSA record for this spelling
2000: no US SSA record for this spelling
2001: no US SSA record for this spelling
2002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
20042004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
20092009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
2011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
20142014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
20182018: 6 births, rank #13,793

Pansy moved from #934 to #943 for girls between 1951 and 1952. Its highest annual birth count came in 1916, with 273 births.

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