Dickens Names for Boys

There are 7 Dickens names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Dickens names 1 to 7. Nicholas was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English and French, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, and the English name, Sidney. The unusual Dickens names are Barnabas (English and German), Ebenezer (English), and Uriah (Hebrew).

Dickens names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1995, 1.529% of baby boys were given Dickens names. There were 4 Dickens names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Dickens names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 4 Dickens names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.716%. Within all Dickens names, the English and French Nicholas was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #20 and a usage of 0.6482%.

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Abel 344 ... breath, vapor; son ... Magwitch in Charles Dickens' novel Great ...

Alfred 742 ... inspired advice; old ... appeared in the Charles Dickens novel Pickwick Papers ...

Barnabas ... son of consolation, ... character in the Dickens novel Barnaby Rudge ...

Ebenezer ... stone of help ... Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas ...

Nicholas 20 ... victory of the people ... of the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby ...

Sidney 840 ... wide island, wide meadow ... Carton in the Charles Dickens novel A Tale of Two ...

Uriah ... God is light ... Heep in the Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield ...