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Apostle Names for Boys

There are 21 Apostle names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Apostle names 1 to 20. John 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, French, German, and Scandinavian Thomas, the English and French Nathaniel, the English Timothy, the Hungarian, English, German, and Hebrew Levi, the English, French, and German Paul, the English, German, and Scandinavian Peter, the English, French, and German Simon, the English Silas, the English, German, and Hungarian Saul, the English, French, German, and Romanian Titus, and the English and German name, Matthias. The unusual Apostle names are Apostolos (Greek), Bartholomew (English), Beat (German), Boniface (English and French), Ignatius (Dutch and English), Judas (English, German, and Greek), Philemon (English and German), and Rémy (French).

Apostle names are popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1947, 9.322% of baby boys were given Apostle names. There were 10 Apostle names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Apostle names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a heavy scale now. In 2008, 12 Apostle names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.031%. Within all Apostle names, the English John was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #20 and a usage of 0.6102%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Apostolos apostle ...The meaning of Apostolos is apostle. ...

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Bartholomew Popularity Trend of Bartholomew
from 1900 to 2008. son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ...

Beat blessed ... who is considered the apostle of Switzerland. ...

Boniface good fate, well-doer, ... Boniface (672-754), the Apostle of the Germans, was a ...

Ignatius Popularity Trend of Ignatius
from 1900 to 2008. fire ... a student of the apostle John ...

John Popularity Trend of John
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 20 20 Yahweh is gracious, ... Jesus, John the Apostle (original name Yochanan ...

Judas praised, he who is praised ... Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus ...

Levi Popularity Trend of Levi
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 117 117 attached, associated, ... the New Testament, the apostle Matthew was also known ...

Matthias Popularity Trend of Matthias
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 772 772 gift of Yahweh ... from the evangelist and apostle Matthew, also the ...

Nathaniel Popularity Trend of Nathaniel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 77 77 God has given, gift ... another name of the apostle Bartholomew ...

Paul Popularity Trend of Paul
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 155 155 little, humble ... by Paul, known as the 'Apostle to the Gentiles'; ...

Peter Popularity Trend of Peter
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 183 183 rock, stone ...

Philemon beloved ... described by the apostle as 'dearly beloved' ...

Rémy cure, remedy; oarsman ... and was known as the Apostle of the Franks. ...

Saul Popularity Trend of Saul
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 329 329 asked for, prayed for ... Jewish name of the apostle Paul; the latter was ...

Silas Popularity Trend of Silas
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 313 313 man of the woods ... and companion of the apostle Paul and Timothy ...

Simon Popularity Trend of Simon
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 261 261 he who hears, God has ... original name of the apostle Peter ...

Thomas Popularity Trend of Thomas
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 52 52 twin ... the Bible, notably the apostle Thomas who had a twin ... in honor of the apostle ...

Timothy Popularity Trend of Timothy
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 108 108 honoring God, honored ... close companion of the apostle Paul, who was stoned to ...

Titus Popularity Trend of Titus
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 443 443 honored ... by a companion of the apostle Paul, who became bishop ...


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