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Founder Names for Boys

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%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Shaka first, founder ...The meaning of the name is 'first, founder'. ...

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Abraham Popularity Trend of Abraham
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 187 187 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 Popularity Trend of Benedict
from 1900 to 2008. 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 Popularity Trend of Cedric
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 650 650 pattern of generosity; ... Wessex, the legendary founder of the kingdom ...

Dominic Popularity Trend of Dominic
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 93 93 of the lord, belonging ... Dominic (1170-1221), founder of the Dominican order ...

Erwin Popularity Trend of Erwin
from 1900 to 2008. boar friend, honored ... (1244-1318) the founder of the Strasbourg ...

Finnian white, fair ... Clonard (470-549), the founder of monasticism in ...

Francis Popularity Trend of Francis
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 656 656 Frenchman, free one ... (1506-1552), the co-founder of the Society of ...

Gaetano Popularity Trend of Gaetano
from 1900 to 2008. person from Caieta ... di Tiene, 1480-1547), founder of the order of the ...

Graham Popularity Trend of Graham
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 323 323 gravelly place, gray ... and thus he was the founder of the clan Graham. ...

Ignatius Popularity Trend of Ignatius
from 1900 to 2008. 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 Popularity Trend of Kieran
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 530 530 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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