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%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: | Abelard | guardian of the abbey ... and each of them founded a religious ... |
| Aeneas | praiseworthy ... to Italy where he founded the Roman state ... |
Anthony  7 | priceless, inestimable ... 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  940 | brave as a bear ... Benedictine order, who founded monasteries and ... |
Bruno  801 | brown ... Bruno of Cologne who founded the Carthusian Order, ... |
| Burkhard | protection, fortress, ... bishop of Würzburg and founded several Benedictine ... |
Chad  454 | battle, warrior; Chad's ... Varah (1911-2007) who founded the Samaritans ... |
Cullen  781 | behind the river; victory ... an ancient German city founded by the Romans in 38BC. ... |
Cyrus  512 | 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 ... |
| 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  | 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  | staff of the gods, staff of the Goths ... was the king who founded the Swedish Empire ... |
Judah  394 | praised, he who is praised ... fourth son of Jacob who founded one of the twelve ... |
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