There are 82 Character names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Character names 1 to 20. Benjamin was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #25 and a usage of 0.593%. The name is primarily used in English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Slavic, and Spanish Angel, the English and German Austin, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the English and German Calvin, the English Cade, Beau, Alvin, Brent, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, the English and German Bailey, and the English and Greek name, Adonis. The unusual Character names are Sushil (Indian), Alf (English), Alun (Welsh), Amyas (English), Álvaro (Portuguese and Spanish), Barnabas (English and German), Basil (English and German), and Boniface (English and French). Character names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1997, 7.856% of baby boys were given Character names. There were 45 Character names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Character names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 42 Character names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 6.160%. Within all Character names, the English and Hebrew Ethan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.9301%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Sushil | good-tempered, well-disposed ... meaning conduct, character. ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Adam  72 | man; to make ... (1599), and the titular character in the George Eliot ... |
Adonis  854 | lord, ruler ... Greeks borrowed the character from older Semitic ... |
Alf  | inspired advice; old ... of the fictional TV character Alf Garnett played by ... |
Alfred  787 | inspired advice; old ... and later by the character Alfie Moon in the ... |
| Alun | little rock; harmony, ... Alun of Dyfed, a minor character in the Mabinogi ... |
Alvin  437 | elf friend; noble friend ... of the singing chipmunk character in the popular US ... |
| Amyas | friendship; beloved ... it is borne by a minor character in Edmund Spenser's The ... |
Angel  36 | messenger of God, angel ... a male name, as in the character Angel Clare in Thomas ... |
Austin  55 | august, dignified, holy ... as the name of the key character Dr Austin Sloper in the ... |
| Álvaro | guard of all ... due to a central character named Don Alvaro in ... |
Bailey  790 | bailiff; berry wood ... popularized by the male character Bailey Salinger in the ... |
| Barnabas | son of consolation, ... messenger and titular character in the Dickens novel ... |
Basil  | royal, kingly; valiant, ... in the 1960s, and the character Basil Fawlty from the ... |
Beau  397 | handsome, sweetheart, ... the nickname from the character in the Margaret ... |
Benjamin  25 | son of the south, son ... the name of the central character portrayed by Dustin ... |
| Boniface | good fate, well-doer, ... by the eponymous character in the play. ... |
Brent  558 | hill ... part contributed by the character Brent Tarleton in ... |
Cade  310 | round ... film (1939), for the character Cade Calvert. ... |
Calvin  228 | little bald one ... the imaginative boy character in Bill Watterson's ... |
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