Diminished Names for Boys

There are 7 Diminished names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Diminished names 1 to 7. John was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the Dutch, English, Russian, and Scandinavian Mark and the English Jonah. The unusual Diminished names are Humbert (German), Jethro (English), Octavius (English and German), and Wallace (English and Scottish).

Diminished names are fairly popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1961, 6.421% of baby boys were given Diminished names. There were 3 Diminished names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Diminished names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and are used only on a moderate scale now. In 2007, 3 Diminished names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.897%. Within all Diminished names, the English John was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #19 and a usage of 0.6506%.

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Humbert ... famous Hun ... novel Lolita (1955) has diminished the popularity of the ...

Jethro ... excellence, abundance ... century, but its use diminished over the later ...

John 19 ... Yahweh is gracious, ... for treachery diminished the popularity of the ...

Jonah 165 ... dove ... association somewhat diminished the popularity of the ...

Mark 138 ... war-like, dedicated ... of Isolde led to the diminished popularity of the name ...

Octavius ... eighth ... association may have diminished its popularity as ...

Wallace ... foreign, Celtic ... latter use has possibly diminished the popularity of the ...