Bestowed Names for Boys

There are 59 Bestowed names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Bestowed names 1 to 20. Connor was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #55 and a usage of 0.3779%. The name is primarily used in English and Irish, and it was followed in popularity by the English Carter, Cole, Blake, Bradley, the English and Irish Donovan, the English Casey, Byron, Brooks, Emmett, Clinton, and the Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Slavic, Slovenian, and Spanish name, Bruno. The unusual Bestowed names are Aitor (Basque and Spanish), Aloysius (Dutch, English, French, and German), Balthasar (English and German), Bradford (English), Camillo (Italian), Christmas (English), Clive (English), and Ferruccio (Italian).

Bestowed names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1960s. At the height of their usage in 1969, 4.609% of baby boys were given Bestowed names. There were 38 Bestowed names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Bestowed names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 36 Bestowed names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.849%. Within all Bestowed names, the English and German Jordan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #45 and a usage of 0.454%.

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Aitor ... father; good ... Basques, and is still bestowed in his honor ...

Aloysius ... has since been commonly bestowed by Roman Catholics in ...

Balthasar ... Baal protect the king ... form has sometimes been bestowed in tribute to the 15th ...

Blake 88 ... dark; fair ... it has sometimes been bestowed in tribute to the ...

Bradford ... broad ford ... name has sometimes been bestowed in honor of William ...

Bradley 194 ... broad clearing ... has sometimes been bestowed in honor of the US General ...

Brooks 534 ... who lives near brook ... the surname originally bestowed to one who lived near a ...

Bruno 807 ... brown ... name was originally bestowed upon people with brown ...

Byron 523 ... at the cow sheds ... name was originally bestowed in honor of the famous ...

Camillo ... acolyte, attendant at a ritual ... the first name is often bestowed in tribute to Saint ...

Carter 80 ... cart driver, son of ... name has sometimes been bestowed in tribute to the US ...

Casey 326 ... descendant of Cathasaigh, ... USA, it was originally bestowed in honor of the ...

Christmas ... Christmas ... it has sometimes been bestowed on a child born near ...

Clinton 755 ... settlement by the River ... given name was first bestowed in honor of the ...

Clive ... cliff, riverbank, slope ... given name was first bestowed in honor of ...

Cole 84 ... black; dove; victory ... the name has often been bestowed in honor of the ...

Connor 55 ... dog lover; high desire ...It was originally bestowed upon hunters ...

Donovan 198 ... descendant of Donndubhán ... have originally been bestowed on someone with dark ...

Emmett 576 ... universal ... name has sometimes been bestowed by the Irish in honor ...

Ferruccio ... iron ... byname was originally bestowed upon someone with a ...