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Ground Names for Boys

There are 8 Ground names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Ground names 1 to 8. Daniel was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish, and it was followed in popularity by the English John, Clayton, Brent, and lastly the English name, Clay. The unusual Ground names are Galt, Clyde (English and Scottish), and Lyle (English).

Ground names are popular baby names for boys. In 1900, 6.839% of baby boys were given Ground names. There were 6 Ground names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Ground names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a heavy scale now. In 2008, 5 Ground names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.586%. Within all Ground names, the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #5 and a usage of 0.8702%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Galt high ground ...The name means high ground. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Brent Popularity Trend of Brent
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 558 558 hill ... that were on high ground or named for the ...

Clay Popularity Trend of Clay
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 849 849 clay; clay settlement ... who lived near a clay ground, or else it could be ...

Clayton Popularity Trend of Clayton
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 233 233 clay settlement ... in a settlement of clay ground, or else in various ...

Clyde Popularity Trend of Clyde
from 1900 to 2008. washer ... but its use has gained ground among the general ...

Daniel Popularity Trend of Daniel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 5 5 God is my judge, God ... before gaining ground among the wider ...

John Popularity Trend of John
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 20 20 Yahweh is gracious, ... name continued to gain ground throughout and after ...

Lyle Popularity Trend of Lyle
from 1900 to 2008. from the island ... raised land or higher ground, not necessarily in the ...


Popularity Trend
for Ground Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Ground Names
in 2006