Character Names for Boys

There are 59 Character names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Character names 1 to 20. Benjamin was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #26 and a usage of 0.5984%. The name is primarily used in English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Slavic, and Spanish Angel, the German and English Austin, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the English and German Calvin, the English Cade, Beau, Chad, Brent, Alvin, Cedric, the English and German Bailey, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, and the English and Greek name, Adonis. The unusual Character names are 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 1996, 6.303% of baby boys were given Character names. There were 34 Character names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Character names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 33 Character names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.347%. Within all Character names, the English and French Nicholas was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #20 and a usage of 0.6482%.

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Adam 65 ... man; to make ... and by the titular character in the George Eliot ...

Adonis 763 ... lord, ruler ... Greeks borrowed the character from older Semitic ...

Alfred 742 ... 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 513 ... elf friend; noble friend ... of the singing chipmunk character in the popular US ...

Amyas ... friendship; beloved ... it was borne by a minor character in Edmund Spenser's The ...

Angel 34 ... messenger of God, angel ... a male name, as in the character Angel Clare in Thomas ...

Austin 48 ... august, dignified, holy; to increase ... 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 666 ... 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 422 ... handsome, sweetheart, ... the nickname from the character in the Margaret ...

Benjamin 26 ... 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 509 ... hill ... part contributed by the character Brent Tarleton in ...

Cade 293 ... round ... film (1939), for the character Cade Calvert. ...

Calvin 230 ... little bald one ... the imaginative boy character in Bill Watterson's ...

Cedric 590 ... pattern of generosity; ... Walter Scott for the character Cedric of Rotherwood, ...

Chad 433 ... battle, warrior; Chad's ... cartoon character Chad later appeared in UK popular ...