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Bore Names for Boys

There are 14 Bore names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Bore names 1 to 14. Alexander was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic, and it was followed in popularity by the English Elijah, the English, German, and Polish Julian, the English Henry, the English, French, and Scandinavian Eric, the English George, the English and German Arthur, the English and Scottish Duncan, and the Dutch, English, and German name, Cornelius. The unusual Bore names are Adolf (German), Desiderio (Italian and Spanish), Donatien (French), Magnus (English, German, and Scandinavian), and Peregrine (English).

Bore names are popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. In 1900, 6.441% of baby boys were given Bore names. There were 10 Bore names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Bore names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 9 Bore names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.496%, having regained their popularity somewhat in the recent decade. Within all Bore names, the Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Alexander was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #6 and a usage of 0.8566%.

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Adolf Popularity Trend of Adolf
from 1900 to 2008. noble wolf ...George III's seventh son bore the name Adolphus ...

Alexander Popularity Trend of Alexander
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 6 6 defender of men ... and eight popes later bore the name ...

Arthur Popularity Trend of Arthur
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 363 363 stone, bear; thor, the eagle ... son (1850-1942) also bore the name as Prince ...

Cornelius Popularity Trend of Cornelius
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 988 988 war horn ... early saints also bore the name, especially in ...

Desiderio longing, desire ... saints bore the name, including bishops of ...

Donatien given, given by God ... early saints bore the name, most notably the ...

Duncan Popularity Trend of Duncan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 717 717 brown warrior; brown ... Scottish kings also bore the name, notably King ...

Elijah Popularity Trend of Elijah
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 22 22 my God is Yahweh ... early saints bore the name, typically in the ...

Eric Popularity Trend of Eric
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 86 86 ever ruling, lone ruler, ... Sweden, and Norway also bore the name ...

George Popularity Trend of George
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 153 153 farmer, earthworker ... other English monarchs bore the name, further ...

Henry Popularity Trend of Henry
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 78 78 house owner, lord of ... Castile and Leon also bore the name ...

Julian Popularity Trend of Julian
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 61 61 Jupiter's child, downy ...Several minor early saints also bore the name ...

Magnus great ... and several saints also bore the name ...

Peregrine stranger, foreigner, ... early Christian saints bore the name, including ...


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