Fauna

Where Fauna comes from

Feminine form of Faunus. Some refer it to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₂w-, whence Ancient Greek θαῦνον (thaûnon, “beast”), Illyrian-related Daunus. Some refer it to faveō.
— Wiktionary's entry for Fauna
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #6,042 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Peak, #4,459
    15 babies named Fauna — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.