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Diminutive Names for Boys

There are 55 Diminutive names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Diminutive names 1 to 20. Aidan was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, Irish, and Scottish, and it was followed in popularity by the English and German Calvin, the English and Irish Brennan, the English Elliot, the English and Spanish Bobby, and the Italian name, Enzo. The unusual Diminutive names are Alf (English), Bert (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Bob (English), Cathán (Irish), Chidi, Conan (English), Donat (Catalan, English, French, German, Hungarian, Polish, Provençal, and Russian), Duane (English and Irish), Dwight (English), Egil (Scandinavian), Eldon (English), Elmo (English and Italian), Elton (English), and Emmet (English).

Diminutive names are fairly popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. At the height of their usage in 1935, 5.071% of baby boys were given Diminutive names. There were 23 Diminutive names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Diminutive names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 20 Diminutive names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.208%, having regained their popularity somewhat in the recent decade. Within all Diminutive names, the English, Irish, and Scottish Aidan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #59 and a usage of 0.3547%.

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Aidan Popularity Trend of Aidan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 59 59 little fire ... Gaelic Aodán, itself a diminutive of Aodh ...

Alf Popularity Trend of Alf
from 1900 to 2008. inspired advice; old ... name has been used as a diminutive of Alfred since the ...

Bert Popularity Trend of Bert
from 1900 to 2008. bright, famous; bright ... name developed as a diminutive of various names ...

Bob Popularity Trend of Bob
from 1900 to 2008. bright famous one; famously famous ... was first used as a diminutive of Robert among ...

Bobby Popularity Trend of Bobby
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 525 525 bright famous one; famously famous ... name developed as a diminutive of Robert in the early ...

Brennan Popularity Trend of Brennan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 263 263 descendant of Braonán, ... (tear drop) and a diminutive suffix. ...

Calvin Popularity Trend of Calvin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 228 228 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' ...

Donat given, given by God ... best known from its diminutive, borne by the famous ...

Duane Popularity Trend of Duane
from 1900 to 2008. little dark one, descendant ... (dark, black) and a diminutive suffix ...

Dwight Popularity Trend of Dwight
from 1900 to 2008. 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 ...

Eldon Popularity Trend of Eldon
from 1900 to 2008. Ella's hill ... masculine name Ella, a diminutive of a first name with ...

Elliot Popularity Trend of Elliot
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 332 332 my God is Yahweh ... medieval Norman French diminutive of Elie, and ultimately ...

Elmo Popularity Trend of Elmo
from 1900 to 2008. helmet, protection; ... it could be from the diminutive of compound names with ...

Elton Popularity Trend of Elton
from 1900 to 2008. Ella's town ... is itself a diminutive of an Old English first name ...

Emmet Popularity Trend of Emmet
from 1900 to 2008. whole, immense, universal ... first name Emmet, a diminutive of Emma, and thus ...

Enzo Popularity Trend of Enzo
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 606 606 giant; winning, conquering; ... could have evolved as a diminutive of names ending in ...


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