Gospel Names for Boys

There are 5 Gospel names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Gospel names 1 to 5. John was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English Luke, the Dutch, English, Russian, and Scandinavian Mark, and the English and German name, Matthias. Joachim (English, French, German, and Polish) is an unusual Gospel name.

Gospel names are fairly popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1961, 6.406% of baby boys were given Gospel names. There were 3 Gospel names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Gospel names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and are used only on a moderate scale now. In 2007, 4 Gospel names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.231%. Within all Gospel names, the English John was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #19 and a usage of 0.6506%.

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Joachim ... Yahweh will establish, ... in the apocryphal Gospel of James ...

John 19 ... Yahweh is gracious, ... who authored the fourth gospel ...

Luke 46 ... man from Lucania ... and author of the third gospel in the New Testament ...

Mark 138 ... war-like, dedicated ... who wrote the second Gospel named after him ...

Matthias 816 ... gift of Yahweh ... the author of the first Gospel ...