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Alternative Names for Boys

There are 5 Alternative names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Alternative names 1 to 5. Elijah 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 and Irish Brendan and the English and German Marvin. The unusual Alternative names are Indrajit (Indian) and Piers (English).

Alternative names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1970s. At the recent height of their usage in 2008, 0.729% of baby boys were given Alternative names. There were 3 Alternative names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2008, within all Alternative names, the English Elijah was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #22 and a usage of 0.6042%.

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Brendan Popularity Trend of Brendan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 207 207 prince ...Alternative derivations of the name suggest the meaning ...

Elijah Popularity Trend of Elijah
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 22 22 my God is Yahweh ... was also used as an alternative name by John the ...

Indrajit conqueror of Indra ... Ramayana, this was an alternative name given by Brahma to ...

Marvin Popularity Trend of Marvin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 373 373 marrow; eminent, great ... alternative derivation is from Maerwine (Old English), of ...

Piers rock, stone ... English speakers as an alternative to Peter ...


Popularity Trend
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