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Descendant Names for Boys

There are 31 Descendant names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Descendant names 1 to 20. Ryan was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English and Irish, and it was followed in popularity by the English and Irish Brady, Braden, Donovan, Brennan, Quinn, and the English name, Casey. The unusual Descendant names are Cassidy (English), Delaney (English), Detlev (German), Doyle (English and Irish), Duane (English and Irish), Gautam (Indian), Gottlieb (German), Hakan (Scandinavian), Janak (Indian), Malloy (Irish), Quinlan (English), Adnan (Arabic), and finally Anani.

Descendant names are popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1992, 3.154% of baby boys were given Descendant names. There were 16 Descendant names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Descendant names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 14 Descendant names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.898%. Within all Descendant names, the English and Irish Ryan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #18 and a usage of 0.6754%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Braden Popularity Trend of Braden
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 156 156 descendant of Bradan, ...The name Braden means descendant of Bradan, salmon ...

Brady Popularity Trend of Brady
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 94 94 descendant of Brádach, ... roots, its meaning is descendant of Brádach, ...

Brennan Popularity Trend of Brennan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 263 263 descendant of Braonán, ...The name's meaning is descendant of Braonán, tear drop ...

Casey Popularity Trend of Casey
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 336 336 descendant of Cathasaigh, ... roots, its meaning is descendant of Cathasaigh, ...

Cassidy Popularity Trend of Cassidy
from 1900 to 2008. descendant of Caiside, ... name's meaning is descendant of Caiside, descendant of ...

Delaney from the alder grove; ...Here, it means descendant of Dubhshláine ...

Detlev the people's descendant ... meaning 'the people's descendant' ...

Donovan Popularity Trend of Donovan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 214 214 descendant of Donndubhán, ... meaning is 'descendant of Donndubhán, descendant ...

Doyle Popularity Trend of Doyle
from 1900 to 2008. descendant of Dubhghall, ... meaning of Doyle is 'descendant of Dubhghall, descendant ...

Duane Popularity Trend of Duane
from 1900 to 2008. little dark one, descendant ... little dark one, descendant of Dubhán, descendant ...

Gautam gotama's descendant ...The name Gautam means gotama's descendant. ...

Gottlieb Popularity Trend of Gottlieb
from 1900 to 2008. God; dear, beloved; ... relic, inheritance, descendant ...

Hakan high son; fiery; khan, ... 'horse, high' and 'son, descendant' respectively ...

Janak Janaka's descendant ... the name is 'Janaka's descendant'. ...

Malloy descendant of the devotee ... is of the meaning descendant of the devotee of Saint ...

Quinlan descendant of Caoinlean, ... name is of the meaning descendant of Caoinlean, descendant ...

Quinn Popularity Trend of Quinn
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 280 280 descendant of Cuinn; ... roots, its meaning is descendant of Cuinn ...

Ryan Popularity Trend of Ryan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 18 18 descendant of Rian ...The name's meaning is descendant of Rian ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Adnan settler ... the name was borne by a descendant of the patriarch ...

Anani my cloud ... name was borne by a descendant of King David and a ...


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