Apostle Names for Boys

There are 19 Apostle names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Apostle names 1 to 19. John was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Thomas, 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, German, and Hungarian Saul, the English Silas, Judah, the English and German Nathanael, the English, German, and Romanian Titus, and the English and German name, Matthias. The unusual Apostle names are Bartholomew (English), Beat (German), Boniface (English and French), Philemon (English and German), Rémy (French), and Willibrord (English and German).

Apostle names are popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1947, 9.264% of baby boys were given Apostle names. There were 9 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 2007, 13 Apostle names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.872%. Within all Apostle names, the English John was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #19 and a usage of 0.6506%.

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Bartholomew ... son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ...

Beat ... bringer of joy ... who is considered the apostle of Switzerland. ...

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

John 19 ... Yahweh is gracious, ... Jesus, John the Apostle who was the most-loved ...

Judah 425 ... praised, he who is praised ... was borne by Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus. ...

Levi 132 ... attached, associated, ... the New Testament, the apostle Matthew was also known ...

Matthias 816 ... gift of Yahweh ... from the evangelist and apostle Matthew, also the ...

Nathanael 463 ... God has given, gift ... another name of the apostle Bartholomew ...

Paul 148 ... little, humble ... by Paul, known as the 'Apostle to the Gentiles'; ...

Peter 178 ... 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 309 ... asked for, prayed for ... Jewish name of the apostle Paul; the latter was ...

Silas 346 ... wood, forest ... and companion of the apostle Paul and Timothy ...

Simon 258 ... he who hears, God has ... original name of the apostle Peter ...

Thomas 51 ... twin ... the Bible, notably the apostle Thomas who had a twin ... in honor of the apostle ...

Timothy 100 ... honoring God, honored ... close companion of the apostle Paul, who was stoned to ...

Titus 500 ... honored ... by a companion of the apostle Paul, who became bishop ...

Willibrord ... will; spear, pike ... who is known as the 'Apostle to the Frisians'. ...