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Church Names for Boys

There are 26 Church names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Church names 1 to 20. Anthony was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Slavic, and Spanish Angel, the English and German Dean, the Italian and Spanish Alfonso, the English Francis, and the English and French name, Bernard. The unusual Church names are Cillian (French and Irish), Kelly (English and Irish), Kirby (English), Kirk (English), Ambrose (English), Anselm (English and German), Arnold (English and German), Athanasios (Greek), Augustine (English), Bonaventura (German and Italian), Borislav (Russian and Slavic), Cyril (Czech, English, German, and Slavic), Kezia (English and Hebrew), and Lucius (English and German).

Church names are popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1960s. At the height of their usage in 1967, 2.474% of baby boys were given Church names. There were 16 Church names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Church names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 9 Church names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.916%. Within all Church names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8859%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Cillian ... war, strife ... ; ceall which means 'church, monastery' ...

Kelly Popularity Trend of Kelly
from 1900 to 2007. ... church, monastery ... 'ceall' which means church, monastery ...

Kirby Popularity Trend of Kirby
from 1900 to 2007. ... village with a church ...Kirby has the meaning village with a church ... in a village with a church ...

Kirk Popularity Trend of Kirk
from 1900 to 2007. ... church ... 'kirkja' which means church ... someone living near a church ...


DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Alfonso Popularity Trend of Alfonso
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 519 519 ... noble and ready ... as a Doctor of the Church ...

Ambrose Popularity Trend of Ambrose
from 1900 to 2007. ... immortal, divine ... doctors of the early Church ...

Angel Popularity Trend of Angel
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 34 34 ... messenger of God, angel ... name is from the Church Latin name Angelus and ...

Anselm ... protected by God ... as a Doctor of the Church, and the name has since ...

Anthony Popularity Trend of Anthony
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 7 7 ... of the Roman Catholic Church ...

Arnold Popularity Trend of Arnold
from 1900 to 2007. ... eagle ruler ... rebelling against the church ...

Athanasios ... immortal ... a great leader of the Church. ...

Augustine Popularity Trend of Augustine
from 1900 to 2007. ... august, dignified, holy ... a Doctor of the Church who developed the ...

Bernard Popularity Trend of Bernard
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 943 943 ... brave as a bear ...

Bonaventura ... good fortune ... is also a Doctor of the Church. ...

Borislav ... famous battle, battle ... name by the Orthodox Church. ...

Cyril Popularity Trend of Cyril
from 1900 to 2007. ... of the lord ... and Doctors of the Church ...

Dean Popularity Trend of Dean
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 353 353 ... valley; dean ... someone who worked as a church dean ...

Francis Popularity Trend of Francis
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 615 615 ... Frenchman ... son to be a man of the Church ...

Kezia ... cassia, cinnamon ... of the Methodist Church. ...

Lucius Popularity Trend of Lucius
from 1900 to 2007. ... bright, born at daybreak ... who was a prophet of a church at Antioch, a Roman ...



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