There are 32 Church names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Church names 1 to 20. Anthony was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Slavic, and Spanish Angel, the English, German, Polish, and Russian Damian, the English and German Dean, the English Demetrius, the English, Italian, and Spanish Alfonso, the English Elvis, and the English, French, and Italian name, Bernard. The unusual Church names are Cillian (French and Irish), Kelly (English and Irish), Kirby (English), Kirk (English), Ambrose (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Anselm (English, German, and Spanish), Arnold (English and German), Athanasios (Greek), Augustine (English), Bonaventura (German and Italian), Borislav (Russian and Slavic), and Cyril (Czech, English, German, and Slavic). 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, 2.514% of baby boys were given Church names. There were 19 Church names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Church names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 12 Church names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.008%. Within all Church names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8442%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Cillian | war, strife ... strife') or ceall ('church, monastery') ... |
Kelly  | church, monastery ... 'ceall' which means church, monastery ... |
Kirby  | village with a church ... 'kirkja' meaning church ; 'býr' meaning town, ... |
Kirk  | church ... 'kirkja' which means church ... someone living near a church ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Alfonso  585 | noble and ready ... as a Doctor of the Church ... |
Ambrose  | immortal, divine ... doctors of the early Church ... |
Angel  36 | 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  7 | priceless, inestimable ... of the Roman Catholic Church ... |
Arnold  | eagle ruler ... rebelling against the church ... |
| Athanasios | immortal ... a great leader of the Church. ... |
Augustine  | august, dignified, holy ... a Doctor of the Church who developed the ... |
| Bonaventura | good fortune ... is also a Doctor of the Church. ... |
| Borislav | famous battle, battle ... name by the Orthodox Church. ... |
Cyril  | of the lord ... and Doctors of the Church ... |
Damian  133 | tamer ... and Doctor of the Church ... |
Dean  345 | dean; valley ... someone who worked as a church dean; the word 'dean' ... |
Demetrius  520 | follower of Demeter ... in the Eastern Church ... |
Elvis  713 | all-knowing ... gave his name to the church of St Elvis in ... |
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