Brother Names for Boys

There are 27 Brother names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Brother names 1 to 20. Jacob was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, and Scandinavian, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew, the English and German Jonathan, the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish Aaron, the English, German, and Polish Damian, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, and the English and Scandinavian name, Elmer. The unusual Brother names are Ahab (English), Bratislav (Czech and Slavic), Germain (French and German), Joah (English and German), Apollo (Italian), Borislav (Russian and Slavic), Cain (English), Cosmo (English, German, and Italian), Cyril (Czech, English, German, and Slavic), Dwight (English), Ethelbert (English), Lazarus (German), and Methodius (German).

Brother names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1988, 5.766% of baby boys were given Brother names. There were 12 Brother names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Brother names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 11 Brother names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.982%. Within all Brother names, the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0955%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Ahab ... uncle ... from ach meaning 'brother' ; av meaning 'father' ...

Bratislav ... brother; fame, glory, ... elements 'brat' meaning brother ; 'slav' meaning fame, ...

Germain ... brother ...Germain has the meaning brother ...

Joah ... name of God; brother ... of God ; 'ach' meaning brother ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Aaron 52 ... enlightened, exalted, ... Aaron was the older brother of Moses ...

Abel 344 ... breath, vapor; son ... fit of jealousy by his brother Cain ...

Andrew 10 ... male, manly, brave, ... apostles, and the brother of Simon Peter; the ...

Apollo ... to destroy; strength ... Zeus and Leto, and twin brother of Artemis in Greek ...

Borislav ... famous battle, battle ... the Great; together his brother Gleb, he brought ...

Cain ... lance, spear ... and Eve; he killed his brother Abel out of jealousy. ...

Cosmo ... order, harmony, beauty, ... martyred with his twin brother Saint Damian in the ...

Cyril ... of the lord ... who together with his brother Saint Methodius, ...

Damian 137 ... tamer ... together with his brother Saint Cosmas in ...

Dwight ... lawyer and journalist brother Theodore Dwight ...

Elmer 866 ... noble, honorable; great, ... and his younger brother, Ebenezer Elmer ...

Ethelbert ... nobly famous ... king of England and brother of Alfred the Great ...

Jacob 1 ... Yahweh may protect; ... the heel of his elder brother Esau ...

Jonathan 23 ... Yahweh has given, gift ... term 'Brother Jonathan' is used to personify the ...

Lazarus ... God has helped ... in the Bible: the brother of Mary and Martha whom ...

Methodius ... method ... who together with his brother Saint Cyril, were Greek ...