Founded Names for Boys

There are 25 Founded names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Founded 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 English Dominic, Judah, Chad, Cyrus, Francis, the Irish, Scottish, and English Cullen, the Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Slavic, Slovenian, and Spanish Bruno, and the English and French name, Bernard. The unusual Founded names are Aeneas (English), Armel (Breton and French), Bartholomew (English), Burkhard (German), Dan (German and English), Dieter (German), Diomedes (Greek), Ephraim (English and German), Erwin (German), Firmin (French), and Jupiter (Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, and Scandinavian).

Founded names are fairly popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1915, 2.789% of baby boys were given Founded names. There were 10 Founded names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Founded names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and in recent years they are of moderate use. In 2007, 11 Founded names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.492%. Within all Founded names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8859%.

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

Anthony 7 ... Great (251-356), who founded Christian monasticism; ...

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

Bartholomew ... son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ... I's courtier Rahere founded St Bartholomew's ...

Bernard 943 ... brave as a bear ... Benedictine order, who founded monasteries and ...

Bruno 807 ... brown ... Bruno of Cologne who founded the Carthusian Order, ...

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

Chad 433 ... battle, warrior; Chad's ... Varah (1911-2007) who founded the Samaritans ...

Cullen 769 ... behind the river ... an ancient German city founded by the Romans in 38BC. ...

Cyrus 466 ... far-sighted; throne; ... the Great (-529 BC) who founded the Persian Empire; his ...

Dan ... judge; God is my judge, ... one of Jacob's sons who founded one of the twelve ...

Dieter ... people, race; army, ... Theuderius (-575), who founded several monasteries in ...

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

Dominic 85 ... belonging to lord ... Saint Dominic, who founded the Dominican order of ...

Ephraim ... doubly fruitful ... son of Joseph; he founded one of the 12 tribes of ...

Erwin ... honor, respect; army, ... (1244-1318) who founded the Strasbourg ...

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

Francis 615 ... Frenchman ... (1181 1182-1226) who founded the Franciscan order of ...

Judah 425 ... praised, he who is praised ... Jacob in the Bible, who founded one of the twelve ...

Jupiter ... light, deity; father ... Romulus and Remus who founded Rome ...