Brought Names for Boys

There are 32 Brought names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Brought names 1 to 20. Alan was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #129 and a usage of 0.147%. The name is primarily used in Breton, English, German, and Scottish, and it was followed in popularity by the Dutch, English, German, and Polish Fabian, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, the English and German Gerald, and the English, German, Polish, and Scandinavian name, August. The unusual Brought names are Adolf (German), Alberich (German), Amerigo (Italian), Anselm (English and German), Archibald (English and Scottish), Augustine (English), Baldwin (English and German), Balthasar (English and German), Bartholomew (English), Borislav (Russian and Slavic), Cosmo (English, German, and Italian), Ehud (Hebrew), Esmé (French), Herbert (English, French, and German), and Hubert (German).

Brought names are fairly popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1929, 6.615% of baby boys were given Brought names. There were 15 Brought names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Brought names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and in recent years they are of only moderate use. In 2007, 12 Brought names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.056%, having regained their popularity somewhat in the recent decade. Within all Brought names, the English Isaac was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #41 and a usage of 0.4617%.

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Adolf ... noble wolf ... name was first brought into Britain by the Normans, ...

Alan 129 ... little rock; harmony, ... was later brought to England by Normans such as Alan, ...

Alberich ... elf ruler, supernaturally ... name was brought to England by the Normans and the ...

Albert 371 ... nobly famous ... in France, and it was brought to England in th 11th ...

Amerigo ... was likely to have been brought to Italy around the 6th ...

Anselm ... protected by God ... Anselm (1033-1109), who brought the name to England in ...

Archibald ... truly brave ... name was first brought to England in the 7th century ...

August 607 ... august, dignified, holy ... name Augustus was later brought to Britain from Germany ...

Augustine ... august, dignified, holy ... of Canterbury (-604), brought Christianity to the ...

Baldwin ... bold friend, brave friend ... name was brought in from Flanders in the 12th ...

Balthasar ... Baal protect the king ... men from the east who brought gifts to the infant ...

Bartholomew ... son of Talmai ... of the saint, and brought widespread attention to ...

Borislav ... famous battle, battle ... his brother Gleb, he brought Christianity to his ...

Cosmo ... order, harmony, beauty ... name was brought to Britain by the Scottish dukes of ...

Ehud ... united ... fight the Moabites and brought peace to Israel for ...

Esmé ... esteemed ...The name was brought into Scotland in the 16th century ...

Fabian 253 ... grower of beans ... name was brought into England by the Normans, but it ...

Gerald 544 ... spear rule ... Ireland, the name was brought in around the 12th ...

Herbert ... army, warrior; bright, ... name was brought by the Normans to England; the ...

Hubert ... bright spirit, inspiration ... among the Normans, who brought it to England in the ...