Girl name#1,739 of girl names
Jaunita
Pronounced Y AA1 Y UW2 N IY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1924
- 98 years in use
How popular is Jaunita?
Jaunita is a girls' name, and first appears in 1894. It has been given to 6,892 children — the 1,739th most common girls' name on record.
It has left circulation; 1991 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1924, when 285 children were given it.
Characteristics
- Alliterative
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- Y AA1 Y UW2 N IY1 T AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 1210
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jaunita
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jaunita
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jaunita?
- Jaunita ranks 1,739th among girls' names in US records, with 6,892 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 87.
- Is Jaunita a unisex name?
- No. Jaunita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jaunita most popular?
- 1924, when 285 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 1991.