There are 33 Founder names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Founder names 1 to 20. Dominic was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #93 and a usage of 0.2284%. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the English and Scottish Graham, the English and Irish Kieran, the English Cedric, and lastly the English name, Francis. The unusual Founder names are Shaka, Aldous (English), Bahaullah (Arabic), Benedict (English), Bonaventura (German and Italian), Camillo (Italian), Erwin (Czech, Dutch, German, and English), Finnian (Irish), Gaetano (Italian), Ignatius (Dutch and English), José María (Spanish), Kemal (Turkish), Kezia (English and Hebrew), and Lech (Polish). Founder names are popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1930s up to the 1960s. At the height of their usage in 1969, 4.965% of baby boys were given Founder names. There were 11 Founder names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Founder names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 13 Founder names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.584%. Within all Founder names, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9437%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Shaka | first, founder ...The meaning of the name is 'first, founder'. ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Abraham  187 | father of a multitude ... is regarded as the founder of the Arabs, and the ... |
| Aldous | noble, honorable; old ... an Italian printer and founder of the Aldine Press who ... |
| Bahaullah | God's glory ... borne by the Persian founder of the Bahai faith; he ... |
Benedict  | blessed ... Benedict (480-550), the founder of Christian monastic ... |
| Bonaventura | good fortune ... as the second founder of the Franciscan order ... |
| Camillo | acolyte, attendant at a ritual ... and of nurses, and the founder of the order of the ... |
Cedric  650 | pattern of generosity; ... Wessex, the legendary founder of the kingdom ... |
Dominic  93 | of the lord, belonging ... Dominic (1170-1221), founder of the Dominican order ... |
Erwin  | boar friend, honored ... (1244-1318) the founder of the Strasbourg ... |
| Finnian | white, fair ... Clonard (470-549), the founder of monasticism in ... |
Francis  656 | Frenchman, free one ... (1506-1552), the co-founder of the Society of ... |
Gaetano  | person from Caieta ... di Tiene, 1480-1547), founder of the order of the ... |
Graham  323 | gravelly place, gray ... and thus he was the founder of the clan Graham. ... |
Ignatius  | fire ... the Spanish founder of the Jesuits or the ... |
| José María | the Spanish founder of the Opus Dei. ... |
| Kemal | perfection ... (1881-1938), the founder of modern Turkey. ... |
| Kezia | cassia, cinnamon ... of John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist ... |
Kieran  530 | little dark one, little ... of Clonmacnoise, the founder of Clonmacnoise Abbey; ... |
| Lech | Slavic mythology by the founder of the Polish people; ... |
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