There are 15 Comedy names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Comedy names 1 to 15. 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 Matthew, the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew, the English and Irish Brady, the German and Italian Dante, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the English Darren, and the English, French, and Slavic name, Ernest. The unusual Comedy names are Augustine (English), Baldric (English), Benedict (English), Bob (English), Lancelot (English), Leander (English and German), and Prospero (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish). Comedy names are popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1987, 5.653% of baby boys were given Comedy names. There were 8 Comedy names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Comedy names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 8 Comedy names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.784%. Within all Comedy names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8442%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Abel  360 | breath, vapor; son ... Nab, in Ben Jonson's comedy The Alchemist (1610), ... |
Andrew  12 | male, manly, brave, ... in Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night (1601); ... |
Anthony  7 | priceless, inestimable ... Brinsley Sheridan's comedy The Rivals (1775), and ... |
Augustine  | august, dignified, holy ... Brinsley Sheridan's comedy play, The Rivals ... |
| Baldric | bold ruler, brave ruler ... in the BBC television comedy sitcom Blackadder ... |
Benedict  | blessed ... in the Shakespeare comedy play Much Ado about ... |
Bob  | bright famous one; famously famous ... Brinsley Sheridan's comedy The Rivals (1775) and ... |
Brady  94 | descendant of Brádach, ... US television comedy series The Brady Bunch ... |
Dante  291 | enduring, steadfast ... who wrote The Divine Comedy, as well as the ... |
Darren  385 | wealthy; small and great ... the popular 1960s US TV comedy series Bewitched ... |
Ernest  789 | earnest, serious ... in Oscar Wilde's comedy The Importance of Being ... |
| Lancelot | the servant ... in Shakespeare's comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona ... |
Leander  | strong brave man, man ... Moliere in his comedy dramas ... |
Matthew  10 | gift of Yahweh ... used in Ben Jonson's comedy play Every Man in his ... |
| Prospero | prosperous, lucky; according to one's wishes ... of the Shakespeare comedy play The Tempest ... |
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