Gave Names for Boys

There are 29 Gave names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Gave names 1 to 20. Cameron was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #50 and a usage of 0.4066%. The name is primarily used in English and Scottish, and it was followed in popularity by the English and French Charles, the English Blake, Hudson, the English and German Calvin, the English and Welsh Morgan, the English Beau, Alvin, and lastly the English name, Cedric. The unusual Gave names are Potiphar (English and German), Alban (English and German), Birger (German and Scandinavian), Bradford (English), Callisto (Italian), Calum (English and Scottish), Dalmat (Albanian), Giles (English), Korbinian (German), Lothar (German), and Madison (English).

Gave names are popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1905, 5.439% of baby boys were given Gave names. There were 13 Gave names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Gave names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but in recent years they are nonetheless of heavy use. In 2007, 15 Gave names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.047%. Within all Gave names, the English, French, and German Samuel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #25 and a usage of 0.6003%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Potiphar ... he whom Ra gave; dedicated ... Potiphar is 'he whom Ra gave; dedicated to Ra' ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Alban ... man from Alba; the Albanian ... saint who gave shelter to Christians ...

Alvin 513 ... elf friend; noble friend ... and Aethelwine, which gave rise to the forms Alwin ...

Beau 422 ... handsome, sweetheart, ... (1941-), whose parents gave him the nickname from ...

Birger ... to help ... and Byrghir gave rise to Birger, while Byrghe ...

Blake 88 ... dark; fair ... for the nickname, which gave rise to the subsequent ...

Bradford ... broad ford ... which subsequently gave rise to the surname and ...

Callisto ... most beautiful ... Callistus, which also gave rise to later variants ...

Calum ... dove ... Colum, which in turn gave rise to Calum or Callum ...

Calvin 230 ... little bald one ... Reformation leader who gave his name to the ...

Cameron 50 ... crooked nose ... Cameron (1648-1680) who gave his name to the ...

Cedric 590 ... pattern of generosity; ... Lord Fauntleroy (1886) gave the name a somewhat ...

Charles 62 ... man, free man ... Old English 'ceorl', gave rise to the German ...

Dalmat ... sheep ... the Dalmations, which gave the region Dalmatia, a ...

Giles ... young goat, goat skin ... latter in turn gave rise to the English forms ...

Hudson 206 ... son of Hudd, son of ... Hudson (1570-1611), who gave Hudson Bay its name. ...

Korbinian ... raven ... Latin 'corvus', which gave rise to the Latin Latin ...

Lothar ... fame, loud; army, warrior ... known as Lothair, who gave his name to the ...

Madison ... son of Maud ... (1751-1836), who gave his name to Madison ...

Morgan 405 ... sea; edge, circle, completion; to be born, bright one ... Morgan of Gwent who gave his name to Glamorgan ...