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Founded Names for Boys

There are 26 Founded names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Founded names 1 to 20. Anthony was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English Judah, Chad, Cyrus, the Irish, Scottish, and English Cullen, the Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Slavic, Slovenian, and Spanish Bruno, and the English, French, and Italian name, Bernard. The unusual Founded names are Abelard (English), Aeneas (English), Armel (Breton and French), Bartholomew (English), Burkhard (German), Dan (German, English, and Romanian), Dardan (Albanian), Dieter (German), Diomedes (Greek), Ephraim (English, German, and Hebrew), Fabius (Latvian, Lithuanian, and German), Firmin (French), and Gustav (Czech, French, German, Romanian, and Scandinavian).

Founded names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1970s. At the height of their usage in 1972, 2.246% of baby boys were given Founded names. There were 8 Founded names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Founded names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 9 Founded names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.172%. Within all Founded names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8442%.

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Abelard guardian of the abbey ... and each of them founded a religious ...

Aeneas praiseworthy ... to Italy where he founded the Roman state ...

Anthony Popularity Trend of Anthony
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 7 7 priceless, inestimable ... Great (251-356), who founded Christian monasticism; ...

Armel stone, bear; disciple, ... century Breton monk who founded abbeys at Ergué-Armel, ...

Bartholomew Popularity Trend of Bartholomew
from 1900 to 2008. son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ... I's courtier Rahere founded St Bartholomew's ...

Bernard Popularity Trend of Bernard
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 940 940 brave as a bear ... Benedictine order, who founded monasteries and ...

Bruno Popularity Trend of Bruno
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 801 801 brown ... Bruno of Cologne who founded the Carthusian Order, ...

Burkhard protection, fortress, ... bishop of Würzburg and founded several Benedictine ...

Chad Popularity Trend of Chad
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 454 454 battle, warrior; Chad's ... Varah (1911-2007) who founded the Samaritans ...

Cullen Popularity Trend of Cullen
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 781 781 behind the river; victory ... an ancient German city founded by the Romans in 38BC. ...

Cyrus Popularity Trend of Cyrus
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 512 512 far-sighted; throne; ... the Great (-529 BC) who founded the Persian Empire; his ...

Dan Popularity Trend of Dan
from 1900 to 2008. judge; God is my judge, ... one of Jacob's sons who founded one of the twelve ...

Dardan pear; to devour ... of Zeus and Electra who founded Dardania; his name ...

Dieter warrior of the people; ... Theuderius (-575), who founded several monasteries in ...

Diomedes cunning as Zeus, though ... later founded the Italian cities of Arpi and ...

Ephraim Popularity Trend of Ephraim
from 1900 to 2008. fruitful ... son of Joseph; he founded one of the 12 tribes of ...

Fabius grower of beans ... Fabian Society, founded in 1884, was named after ...

Firmin firm, steadfast ... Pirmin (670-753), who founded several Benedictine ...

Gustav Popularity Trend of Gustav
from 1900 to 2008. staff of the gods, staff of the Goths ... was the king who founded the Swedish Empire ...

Judah Popularity Trend of Judah
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 394 394 praised, he who is praised ... fourth son of Jacob who founded one of the twelve ...


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