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Favor Names for Boys

There are 13 Favor names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Favor names 1 to 13. Daniel was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish, and it was followed in popularity by the English Miles, the English, French, and German Edgar, the English Gregory, and the English, German, and Hungarian name, Saul. The unusual Favor names are Esmond (French and English), Jaromil (Czech), Milan (Czech, Indian, Slavic, Spanish, and Russian), Miloslav (Czech and Russian), Radomil (Czech, Polish, and Slavic), Rida (Arabic), Aubrey (English), and Orson (English and French).

Favor names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1980s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the height of their usage in 1985, 2.614% of baby boys were given Favor names. There were 6 Favor names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Favor names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 5 Favor names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.191%. Within all Favor names, the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #5 and a usage of 0.8702%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Esmond favored protector; wealthy guard, protector of wealth ... from est meaning 'favor, grace' ; mund meaning ...

Jaromil strong, fierce; favor, ... element could be 'mil' (favor, grace) or 'mily' ...

Milan Popularity Trend of Milan
from 1900 to 2008. favor, grace; imitating, ... element 'mil' meaning favor, grace. ...

Miles Popularity Trend of Miles
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 167 167 soldier; favor, grace ... as the Slavic mil ('favor, grace') ...

Miloslav favor, grace; fame, ... elements 'mil' meaning favor, grace ; 'slav' meaning ...

Radomil happy favor ...The name's meaning is happy favor ... happy ; 'mil' meaning favor, grace. ...

Rida favor ...The name is of the meaning favor. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Aubrey Popularity Trend of Aubrey
from 1900 to 2008. elf ruler, supernaturally ... later fell out of favor before seeing an increase ...

Daniel Popularity Trend of Daniel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 5 5 God is my judge, God ... dropped from favor after the 15th century but was ...

Edgar Popularity Trend of Edgar
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 193 193 wealthy spear, owner ... but it soon lost favor in the Middle Ages, ...

Gregory Popularity Trend of Gregory
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 236 236 vigilant ... the name fell out of favor for a period following ...

Orson Popularity Trend of Orson
from 1900 to 2008. bear cub ... first name George in favor of his middle name ...

Saul Popularity Trend of Saul
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 329 329 asked for, prayed for ... name has dropped from favor among English speakers ...


Popularity Trend
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from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Favor Names
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