Family Names for Boys

There are 108 Family names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Family names 1 to 20. Anthony 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, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Alexander, the English and Irish Brady, the English Casey, the English and German Arthur, the English and Scottish Bruce, and the English name, Addison. The unusual Family names are Behzad (Arabic, Iranian, and Kurdish), Olaf (English, German, and Scandinavian), Abelard (English), Adolf (German), Alban (English and German), Albin (Finnish, German, Polish, Scandinavian, and Slavic), Antonino (Italian), Archibald (English and Scottish), Attilio (Italian), Aureliano (Italian and Spanish), Caesar (English), Cassian (English), and Cearbhall (Irish).

Family names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1901, 14.796% of baby boys were given Family names. There were 50 Family names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Family names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but in recent years they are nonetheless of very heavy use. In 2007, 44 Family names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 5.854%. Within all Family names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8859%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Behzad ... of noble family ...The name Behzad means of noble family. ...

Olaf ... family descendant ...The meaning of Olaf is family descendant ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abelard ... guardian of the abbey ... was castrated by the family of his wife Heloïse for ...

Addison 692 ... son of Adam ... name is derived from a family name with the meaning ...

Adolf ... noble wolf ... in the Swedish royal family, as borne by the ...

Alban ... man from Alba; the Albanian ... derived from the Roman family name Albanus, meaning ...

Albin ... white; man from Alba ... itself from the Roman family name Albius and the ...

Alexander 11 ... defender of men ... in the Macedonian royal family, who alternately named ...

Anthony 7 ... name is from the Roman family name, of which the most ... Roman family name is of obscure and probably ...

Antonino ... derived from the Roman family name Antoninus, which ...

Archibald ... truly brave ... the East Anglian royal family who became Bishop of ...

Arthur 374 ... stone, bear ... or from the Roman family name Artorius ...

Attilio ... Roman family name Attilius is itself of Etrusk ...

Aureliano ... golden-haired ... derived from the Roman family name Aurelius. ...

Brady 93 ... descendant of Brádach, ... around a large blended family bearing the surname ...

Bruce 438 ... an influential Norman family in Scotland during ...

Caesar ... he who was cut out of the womb, he with a head of hair, blue-grey color ...

Casey 326 ... descendant of Cathasaigh, ... name is fom an Irish family name Ó Cathasaigh ...

Cassian ... empty, vain ... derived from the Roman family name Cassianus, which ...

Cearbhall ... hacking ... the learned bardic family Ó Dálaigh, who first ...