There are 34 General names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are General names 1 to 20. Evan was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #38 and a usage of 0.4566%. The name is primarily used in Scottish, English, and Welsh, and it was followed in popularity by the English Dominic, the English and Scottish Grant, the English Bradley, Cassius, and the English and Scottish name, Gordon. The unusual General names are Amid (Arabic), Fariq (Arabic), Attilio (Italian), Clive (English), Clyde (English and Scottish), Dermot (English), Dougal (Irish, Scottish, and English), Dwight (English), Egmont (Dutch, French, German, and Hungarian), Eustace (English), Ezio (Italian), Fabius (Latvian, Lithuanian, and German), Forrest (English), and Holger (German and Scandinavian). General names are popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1920s up to the 1960s. At the height of their usage in 1969, 3.435% of baby boys were given General names. There were 18 General names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. General names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 13 General names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.816%. Within all General names, the English Jackson was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #32 and a usage of 0.5344%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Amid | general ...The name means general. ... |
| Fariq | lieutenant general ...The name means 'lieutenant general'. ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Attilio  | (250BC), the Roman general who fought in the First ... |
Bradley  201 | broad clearing ... in honor of the US General Omar Nelson Bradley ... |
Cassius  945 | empty, vain ... was borne by the Roman general Gaius Cassius Longinus ... |
Clive  | cliff, riverbank, slope ... in honor of Major-General Robert Clive ... |
Clyde  | washer ... gained ground among the general population by the end ... |
| Dermot | free from envy, free ... been adopted by the general English speaker, ... |
Dominic  93 | of the lord, belonging ... it has since entered general use ... |
| Dougal | dark stranger; the dark stranger's son ... it later spread to the general English speaker by the ... |
Dwight  | white, blond ... World War II general and US president Dwight ... |
| Egmont | edge of a sword; awe, ... is based on the Flemish general Lamoraal Graaf van ... |
| Eustace | good harvest, fruitful ... was a 2nd-century Roman general who converted to ... |
Evan  38 | born of the yew; Yahweh ... being adopted by the general English speaker around ... |
| Ezio | eagle ... was a 5th-century Roman general who defeated Attila the ... |
| Fabius | grower of beans ... Maximus (-203BC), the general who delayed and foiled ... |
Forrest  | forest ... a lieutenant general in the Confederate ... |
Grant  142 | great ... (1822-1885), who was a general in the Civil War ... |
| Holger | island; spear ... the Dane, who was a general of the emperor ... |
|
