Fame Names for Boys

There are 44 Fame names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Fame names 1 to 20. Robert was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #47 and a usage of 0.4232%. The name is primarily used in English, French, German, Scandinavian, and Scottish, and it was followed in popularity by the English and French Louis, the English Rodney, the English, French, and German Roger, Roland, the English Roderick, and the English and Scottish name, Ross. The unusual Fame names are Borislav (Russian and Slavic), Branislav (Czech and Slavic), Bratislav (Czech and Slavic), Dragoslav (Slavic), Jaroslav (Czech), Lothar (German), Miloslav (Czech and Russian), Miroslav (Czech), Rudolph (English), Stanislav (Czech, German, Russian, and Slavic), Tomislav (Slavic), Vladislav (Czech, Russian, and Slavic), and Wenceslas (English).

Fame names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1945, 9.295% of baby boys were given Fame names. There were 21 Fame names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Fame names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 22 Fame names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.044%. Within all Fame names, the English and Hebrew Ethan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.9533%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Borislav ... famous battle, battle ... battle ; 'slav' meaning fame, glory, Slav ...

Branislav ... glorious protector ... armor ; 'slav' meaning fame, glory, Slav. ...

Bratislav ... brother; fame, glory, ... ; 'slav' meaning fame, glory, Slav. ...

Dragoslav ... dear; fame, glory, Slav ... ; 'slav' which means fame, glory, Slav. ...

Jaroslav ... glory of spring ... ; 'slav' which means fame, glory, Slav. ...

Lothar ... fame, loud; army, warrior ... elements 'hlud' meaning fame, loud ; 'heri' meaning ...

Louis 345 ... fame, loud; fighter, ... elements 'hlud' meaning fame, loud ; 'wig' meaning ...

Miloslav ... favor, grace; fame, ... grace ; 'slav' meaning fame, glory, Slav. ...

Miroslav ... great, famous; peace; ... peace + 'slav' meaning fame, glory, Slav ...

Robert 47 ... bright famous one; famously famous ... 'hruod' meaning fame ; 'berht' meaning ...

Roderick 835 ... famously powerful ... 'hruod' meaning fame ; 'ric' meaning rich, ...

Rodney 439 ... Hroda's island; reed ... words 'hrod' meaning fame ; 'ey' meaning island ...

Roger 467 ... famous warrior ... hruod + ger meaning 'fame' + 'spear' ...

Roland 745 ... famous landowner ... the elements 'hruod' fame ; 'lant' land, ...

Ross 828 ... promontory, cape, peninsula, ... ; hros 'horse' ; hruod 'fame' ; rous 'red' ...

Rudolph ... famous wolf ... wulf with the meanings 'fame' and 'wolf' ... boost from the fame of the Italian ...

Stanislav ... strength, firmness; ... ; 'slav' meaning fame, glory, Slav. ...

Tomislav ... fame, glory, Slav ... element 'slav' meaning fame, glory, Slav. ...

Vladislav ... rule with glory ... rule ; 'slav' meaning fame, glory, Slav. ...

Wenceslas ... more, greater; fame, ... 'more, greater' and 'fame, glory, Slav' ...