Diminutive Names for Boys | |
There are 71 Diminutive names for baby boys.
Diminutive names are popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1935, 6.283% of baby boys were given Diminutive names. There were 27 Diminutive names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Diminutive names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and in recent years they are of moderate use. In 2011, 24 Diminutive names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.558%. Within all Diminutive names, the English and Dutch Jack was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #45 and a usage of 0.4033%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH:
| Abbey | priest; noble strength; father of light, father is light; breath, vapor; guardian of the abbey larder ... |
Aidan  107 | little fire; fire, brightness, splendor ... Gaelic Aodán, itself a diminutive of Aodh with the suffix ... |
Aldo  572 | old; noble, honorable; noble, honorable; ... as an Italian diminutive of Germanic names ... |
Alec  421 | defender of men ... was first used as a diminutive of Alexander in the ... |
Alf  | noble and ready; inspired advice; ... name has been used as a diminutive of Alfred since the ... |
| Benno | bear; brave as a bear; son, son ... in the Middle Ages as a diminutive of longer Germanic ... |
Bert  | bright, famous; bright shield; famous for his loyalty; angle; hook; famous Northman; bright raven, wise person; will, desire; bright spirit, inspiration; nobly famous; famous landowner; bright pledge; bright ruler; bright famous one; famously famous; army-bright, bright army; bright hollow or bright slope; angle; bright, famous; hook; will, desire; bright, famous; will, desire; protection, fortress, castle ... |
Bob  | bright famous one; famously famous ... was first used as a diminutive of Robert among ... |
Bobby  688 | bright famous one; famously famous ... name developed as a diminutive of Robert in the early ... |
Brennan  293 | descendant of Braonán, tear drop; ... tear drop) and a diminutive suffix. ... |
Calvin  209 | little bald one ... which is from a diminutive of the Norman and ... |
| Cathán | little battle ... battle) combined with a diminutive suffix. ... |
| Chidi | God exists ... is also a diminutive of longer Igbo names starting ... |
| Conan | dog; great ... as a nickname from the diminutive of the Gaelic 'cú' ... |
Dick  | powerful ruler; peaceful ruler; ... developed as a medieval diminutive of Richard, reflecting ... |
| Donaghan | of brown hair or complexion ... brown) and the double diminutive suffix '-og-an' ... |
| Donat | given, given by God ... best known from its diminutive, borne by the famous ... |
Duane  | little dark one, descendant of Dubhán, descendant of the little dark one; to cause one to perceive ... |
Dwight  | white one; white, blond ... and its medieval diminutive Diot, or else it could ... |
| Egil | edge of a sword ... used as an Old Norse diminutive of names starting with ... |
