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%.

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 171 ... rich friend, friend ... and saint after his death in a battle against ...

Gordon 989 ... great hill ... following his death at Khartoum. ...

Jair 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 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 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 115 ... appointed; bridge; white ... an elder brother's death ...

Stephen 172 ... crowned ... who was stoned to death by a mob encouraged by ...

Thomas 51 ... twin ... of Boxtel in 1794 whose death was witnessed by the ...

Timothy 100 ... honoring God, honored ... Paul, who was stoned to death and subsequently ...

Victor 104 ... conqueror ... victory over sin and death; it was borne by ...