| The boy name Hunter [ 2 syll. hun-ter, hu-nt-er ] is also used as a girl name, but it is much more common for boys. Its pronunciation is HHAHNTer KEY. Hunter's origin, as well as its use, is in the English language. Developed literally from the vocabulary word 'hunter'. The first name is from the surname which is itself derived from the job title. Hunter is popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1950s. At the peak of its usage in 2000, 0.601% of baby boys were given the name Hunter. It ranked at #35 then. In 2007, its usage was 0.372% and its ranking #57, and it was the most popular out of all boy names in its group. Hunter has mostly been a boy name in the past century. In 2004, the name Hunter was given to 24 times as many boys than girls. KEY: Pronunciation for Hunter: HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"
A famous person named Hunter is Writer, Hunter S. Thompson, born Hunter Stockton Thompson, 18 July 1937 - 20 February 2005, Louisville, Kentucky. |
