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Boy Names Ending with -ew

There are 13 -ew names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are -ew names 1 to 13. Matthew was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew, the English and Scottish Drew, and the English name, Mathew. The unusual -ew names are Bartholomew (English), Dew (Welsh), Hew (Welsh), Jarogniew (Polish), Kendrew (Scottish), Lew (Russian and English), Llew (Welsh), Mandrew (English), and Stew (English).

-ew names are popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1987, 4.439% of baby boys were given -ew names. There were 4 -ew names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. -ew names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 4 -ew names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.682%. Within all -ew names, the English Matthew was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #10 and a usage of 0.8061%.

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Andrew Popularity Trend of Andrew
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 12 12 male, manly, brave, ... largely used in the English, Greek, and ... Scotland, the city of St Andrews was named ...

Bartholomew Popularity Trend of Bartholomew
from 1900 to 2008. son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ... of Aramaic origin and it is used ...

Dew beloved, favorite, darling, friend ... largely used in the Welsh language and its ... variant of David ...

Drew Popularity Trend of Drew
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 244 244 to bear, to carry; ghost; he who lives by a row of houses by a wood; male, manly, brave, virility ...

Hew heart, mind, spirit ... language of origin is Germanic and it is used ... variant form of Hugh ...

Jarogniew spring; anger ... used mostly in Polish and it is of ... not popular as a baby boy name ...

Kendrew male, manly, brave, ... its origins in the Old Greek language and it ... variant form of Andrew ...

Lew Popularity Trend of Lew
from 1900 to 2008. fame, loud; fighter, ... has its origins in the Latin and Germanic ... variant form of Louis ...

Llew of Celtic origin and it is used largely in the ... form of Llewellyn ... not listed in the top 1000 ...

Mandrew male, manly, brave, ... of Old Greek origin and it is used ... form of Andrew ... rare as a baby boy name ...

Mathew Popularity Trend of Mathew
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 374 374 gift of Yahweh ... origin is Hebrew, and its use, English ... variant of Matthew ... Its ranking then was #139 ...

Matthew Popularity Trend of Matthew
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 10 10 gift of Yahweh ... used chiefly in the English language ... the Bible, Matthew was one of the four ...

Stew steward ... an English name of Old English origin ... form of Stewart ... a baby boy name of irregular use ...


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for -ew Names
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for -ew Names
in 2006