Anais, Christina, Loveday, Parthenope & Scarlett

Anais
ah-nah-eese
Popularity:
#24 in Belgium, 2005 (rising)
#13 in France, 2004 (falling)
#25 in Chile, 2005
#869 in USA, 2006 (rising - peaked 1992 at 850)
There are 13 people in Norway named Anais
There were 3 girls named Anais born in Scotland in 2006
Anais is an approved name in Portugal

Meaning:
From Hebrew meaning Grace or Favour, Anais is the Provencal and Catalan form of Anna

Characters and Usage:
Anais is a minor character in the X-Men series.
Anais Nin was a French writer
Anais Croze is a French singer
Anais Martinez won the second season of Puerto Rican reality TV show Objectiva Famo
Noel Gallagher, member of band Oasis, named his daughter Anais

Christina
kris-tee-nah
Popularity:
#97 in New Zealand, 2002 (falling)
#18 in Malta, 2005 (falling)
#158 in USA, 2006 (falling - peaked 1975 & 85 at #12)
Krisztina was #16 in Hungary, 2005
Krystyna was #6 in Poland, 2004
Cristina was #24 in Spain, 2005
There are 4090 people in Norway named Christina, including 67 born in 2006
There were 17 girls named Christina born in Scotland in 2006
There were 20 girls named Christina born in BC, Canada in 2005
There are 3889 Cristinas in Argentina (Buenos Aires)
Christina is not an approved name in Portugal

Meaning:
Latin - follower of Christ. Feminine form of Christian via Christiana.

Characters and Usage:
There have been 2 saints named Christina:
St Christina was a Persian Saint, who may or may not have existed
Christina the Astonishing is sometimes considered a saint, when 21 she had a massive seizure and was perceived to have died, however, at her funeral she levitated and declared she had witnessed heaven, hell and purgatory. She continued to behave with strange and erratic behaviour until her death aged 74.
Christina has been a name used in royalty:
Christina of Sweden, was queen regnant of Sweden 1632-54
Princess Christina of the Netherlands, youngest daughter of Queen Juliana
Princess Christina is the sister of the current King of Sweden
In popular culture:
Christina Rossetti was a poet of the Victorian era
Pop stars: Christina Aguilera, Milian, Christian and Aguilar.
Actresses: Christina Ricci and Applegate

Loveday
Popularity:
There are 3 or less people in Norway named Loveday
Loveday is not an approved name in Portugal

Meaning:
English - love-days - relating to the days on which disputed were traditionally settled. Has been most common (of the extreme rarity of this name) in Cornwall.

Characters and Usage:
Loveday is the surname of the family in a series by Kate Tremayne
Loveday Perowne is a character in Elinor M Brent-Dyer's Chalet School series
Loveday Minette is a character in Elizabeth Goudge's 'The Little White Horse'

Parthenope
par-then-0h-pee
Popularity:
There are 3 or less people in Norway named Parthenope
Parthenope is not an approved name in Portugal

Meaning:
Greek - maiden face

Characters and Usage:
In Greek mythology the name Parthenope has been used for:
A siren
The daughter of Ancaeus, king of Samos and Samia, daughter of Meander the river god. She was the mother of Lycomedes.
Parthenope was a Greek settlement that is now part of Naples. During the French revolution, the short-lived Parthenopaean republic was established in Naples.
Parthenope is a genus of crabs.
Parthenope is the name of an asteroid.
Florence Nightingale's older sister was named Parthenope, having been born in Naples.

Scarlett
Popularity:
#66 in NSW, Australia, 2006
#46 in England & Wales, 2006 (rising)
#85 in Chile, 2005
#297 in USA, 2006 (rising)
There are 9 people in Norway named Scarlett
There were 26 girls named Scarlett born in Scotland in 2006
There were 17 girls named Scarlett born in BC, Canada in 2005
Scarlett is not an approved name in Portugal

Meaning:
English - scarlet, red colour

Characters and Usage:
Scarlett O'Hara (first name Katie - Scarlett being from her grandmother's maiden name) is the principal character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. The role was taken by Vivien Leigh in the 1939 film.
There have been other books with Scarlet(t) in the title:
Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley - written as a follow-up to Gone with the Wind
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Scarlett Johansson is an American actress
Scarlett appears as a character name in the GI Joe series, X-Men (the Scarlet Witch), Captain Scarlet and Spiderman (Scarlet Spider).
Miss Scarlet is one of the suspects in the board game Cluedo.
Scarlet fever is a streptococcal infection which produces a characteristic rash.