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Eastern Names for Boys

There are 10 Eastern names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Eastern names 1 to 10. Charles was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English and French, and it was followed in popularity by the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the English Easton, the English and Irish Kane, the English Demetrius, and lastly the English name, Thaddeus. The unusual Eastern names are Adis (Slavic), Cyril (Czech, English, German, and Slavic), Dalmat (Albanian), and Tapio (Finnish).

Eastern names are fairly popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1932, 2.946% of baby boys were given Eastern names. There were 4 Eastern names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Eastern names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and in recent years they are of only moderate use. In 2008, 6 Eastern names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.547%, having regained their popularity somewhat in the recent decade. Within all Eastern names, the English and French Charles was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #63 and a usage of 0.3339%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Easton Popularity Trend of Easton
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 302 302 eastern town ...The meaning of Easton is eastern town ...

Kane Popularity Trend of Kane
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 439 439 little battle; from ...Meaning: 'man, the eastern sky'. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abraham Popularity Trend of Abraham
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 187 187 father of a multitude ... various saints of the Eastern Roman Empire ...

Adis among people in South Eastern Europe, such as ...

Charles Popularity Trend of Charles
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 63 63 man, free man ... Charles, as well as eastern European forms such as ...

Cyril Popularity Trend of Cyril
from 1900 to 2008. of the lord ... thus been popular with Eastern European Christians ...

Dalmat sheep ... region on the Croatian eastern coast of the Adriatic ...

Demetrius Popularity Trend of Demetrius
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 520 520 follower of Demeter ... venerated in the Eastern Church ...

Tapio name was borne in Eastern Finnish mythology by the ...

Thaddeus Popularity Trend of Thaddeus
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 955 955 praise, desired; gift ... name was popular in Eastern Europe, and immigrants ...


Popularity Trend
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for Eastern Names
in 2006