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Adapted Names for Boys

There are 6 Adapted names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Adapted names 1 to 6. Peyton was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Irish and English, and it was followed in popularity by the English Beau and Draven. The unusual Adapted names are Günther (German), Manfred (Dutch, English, and German), and Nahum (English, German, and Hebrew).

Adapted names are somewhat popular baby names for boys. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1960s. At the modest height of their usage in 2007, 0.201% of baby boys were given Adapted names. There were 3 Adapted names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2008, 3 Adapted names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.199%. Within all Adapted names, the Irish and English Peyton was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #130 and a usage of 0.148%.

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Beau Popularity Trend of Beau
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 397 397 handsome, sweetheart, ... (1924), which has been adapted for the screen several ...

Draven Popularity Trend of Draven
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 670 670 hunter; poet; fawn; ... James O'Barr, which was adapted into a 1994 film ...

Günther fight; army, warrior ... story was later adapted for the Richard Wagner opera ...

Manfred man of peace, strong ... which was later adapted into musicals. ...

Nahum comforter; full of comfort ... who famously adapted Shakespeare's King Lear ...

Peyton Popularity Trend of Peyton
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 130 130 farm of Paega; peacock ... (1960s), which was adapted from the Grace ...


Popularity Trend
for Adapted Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Adapted Names
in 2006