Father Names for Boys

There are 48 Father names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Father names 1 to 20. Benjamin was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #26 and a usage of 0.5984%. The name is primarily used in English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the Russian and English Abram, the English Cedric, and the English and German name, Conrad. The unusual Father names are Abner (English), Absalom (Hebrew), Ahab (English), Aitor (Basque and Spanish), Attila (Hungarian), Jupiter (Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, and Scandinavian), Abdallah (Arabic), Amram (Hebrew), Augustine (English), Cassius (English), Chip (English), Claus (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Cosmo (English, German, and Italian), and Elkanah (English).

Father names are very popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1984, 7.168% of baby boys were given Father names. There were 19 Father names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Father names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 17 Father names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.059%. Within all Father names, the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0955%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Abner ... father of light, father ... meaning of Abner is father of light, father is ...

Abraham 192 ... father of a multitude ...Abraham's meaning is 'father of a multitude' ...

Abram 563 ... high father; father ...Abram's meaning is high father ... 'av' which means father ; 'ruwm' which means to ...

Absalom ... God the Father is peace ...Absalom's meaning is 'God the Father is peace' ...

Ahab ... uncle ... 'brother' ; av meaning 'father' ...

Aitor ... father; good ... from aita which means 'father' ; on which means ...

Attila ... little father ...Attila's meaning is 'little father' ... atta with the meaning 'father' ...

Jupiter ... light, deity; father ... deity ; 'pater' meaning father ... mythology he was the father of Mars and thus the ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abdallah ... servant of Allah ... name was borne by the father of the prophet Muhammad ...

Adam 65 ... man; to make ... by God, and thus the father of all mankind ...

Amram ... exalted nation ...In the Bible, Amram was the father of Moses ...

Augustine ... august, dignified, holy ... name of the fictional Father Augustine in Richard ...

Benjamin 26 ... son of the south, son ... father later renamed him Benyamin, which is of the ...

Cassius ... empty, vain ... took his name from his father Cassius Marcellus Clay ...

Cedric 590 ... pattern of generosity; ... of Rotherwood, the father of his titular hero in ...

Chip ... chip of the old block; ... who resembles his father ...

Claus ... victory of the people ... or Saint Nicholas, the Father Christmas figure; thus ...

Conrad 815 ... bold counsel ... manage to succeed his father to become Conrad V ...

Cosmo ... order, harmony, beauty, ... dukes of Tuscany; the father of the 3rd Duke of ...

Elkanah ... God has created ... in the Bible by the father of Samuel the prophet ...