There are 8 Gospel names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Gospel names 1 to 8. Matthew was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English John, Luke, the Dutch, English, Russian, and Scandinavian Mark, and the English and German name, Matthias. The unusual Gospel names are Evangelos (Greek), Joachim (English, French, German, and Polish), and Theophil (German). Gospel names are popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1964, 6.770% of baby boys were given Gospel names. There were 4 Gospel names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Gospel names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a heavy scale now. In 2008, 5 Gospel names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.995%. Within all Gospel names, the English Matthew was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #10 and a usage of 0.8061%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Evangelos | gospel, good news; good, well; news, tidings ... 'euangelion' meaning gospel, good news ; 'eu' ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: | Joachim | Yahweh will establish, ... in the apocryphal Gospel of James ... |
John  20 | Yahweh is gracious, ... who authored the fourth gospel ... |
Luke  43 | man from Lucania ... and author of the third gospel in the New Testament ... |
Mark  139 | war-like, dedicated ... who wrote the second Gospel named after him ... |
Matthew  10 | gift of Yahweh ... the author of the first Gospel named after him ... |
Matthias  772 | gift of Yahweh ... the author of the first Gospel ... |
| Theophil | friend of god; loved ... Luke addressed his gospel and the Book of Acts to ... |
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