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Death Names for Boys

There are 18 Death names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Death names 1 to 18. Nathan 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, French, German, and Scandinavian Thomas, the English Timothy, the Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish Victor, the English and German Seth, Edwin, the English Stephen, the English and German Orion, the English Jair, and the English and Scottish name, Gordon. The unusual Death names are Athanasios (Greek), Aeron (English and Welsh), Agron (Albanian), Lilith (German), Menahem (Hebrew), Nemanja (Slavic), Odin (Scandinavian), and Oswin (English and German).

Death names are popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1951, 4.841% of baby boys were given Death names. There were 8 Death names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Death names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a heavy scale now. In 2007, 10 Death names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.839%. Within all Death names, the English Nathan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #24 and a usage of 0.615%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Athanasios ... immortal ... un ; 'thanatos' meaning death ...


DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Aeron ... battle; berry, fruit; ... goddess of battle and death, derived from a Celtic ...

Agron ... Of Illyria after his death in 232 BC. ...

Edwin Popularity Trend of Edwin
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 171 171 ... rich friend, friend ... and saint after his death in a battle against ...

Gordon Popularity Trend of Gordon
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 989 989 ... great hill ... following his death at Khartoum. ...

Jair Popularity Trend of Jair
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 778 778 ... he enlightens ... years after the death of Tola. ...

Lilith ... of the night ... with wind, disease, and death ...

Menahem ... comforter ... children born after the death of an older sibling. ...

Nathan Popularity Trend of Nathan
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 24 24 ... gift; Yahweh has given, ... David for planning the death of Uriah so as to marry ...

Nemanja ... without possessions ... as a saint after his death. ...

Odin ... fury, inspiration; to blow, to inspire ... god of war, wisdom and death. ...

Orion Popularity Trend of Orion
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 545 545 ... limit, boundary; urine ... giant hunter; after his death Zeus placed him in the ...

Oswin ... god, deity; friend ... as a saint after his death. ...

Seth Popularity Trend of Seth
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 115 115 ... appointed; bridge; white ... an elder brother's death ...

Stephen Popularity Trend of Stephen
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 172 172 ... crowned ... who was stoned to death by a mob encouraged by ...

Thomas Popularity Trend of Thomas
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 51 51 ... twin ... of Boxtel in 1794 whose death was witnessed by the ...

Timothy Popularity Trend of Timothy
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 100 100 ... honoring God, honored ... Paul, who was stoned to death and subsequently ...

Victor Popularity Trend of Victor
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 104 104 ... conqueror ... victory over sin and death; it was borne by ...



Popularity Trend
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from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Death Names
in 2006