Hero Names for Boys

There are 27 Hero names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Hero names 1 to 20. Ethan was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English and Hebrew, and it was followed in popularity by the Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Gabriel, the English Jason, the English and German Julius, the Arabic Ali, the English and Irish Finn, the English Beau, and lastly the English name, Cedric. The unusual Hero names are Aeneas (English), Aladdin (English), Arindam (Bengali and Indian), Beowulf (English), Dan (German, English, and Romanian), Egmont (Dutch, French, and German), Ezio (Italian), Guy (English and French), Hildebrand (German), Holger (German and Scandinavian), Leander (German), and Percival (English).

Hero names are popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. The names rose in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1970s. At the height of their usage in 1974, 3.895% of baby boys were given Hero names. There were 13 Hero names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Hero names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 11 Hero names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.363%. Within all Hero names, the English and Hebrew Ethan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.9533%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Gabriel 28 ... man of God, hero of ... meaning is man of God, hero of God; my strength is ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Aeneas ... praiseworthy ... was the Trojan hero in Greek mythology who ...

Aladdin ... paragon of faith ... name was borne by a boy hero in the ancient Arabian ...

Ali 386 ... high, lofty, sublime ... name was borne by the hero in the tale 'Ali Baba ...

Arindam ... he who has won all his enemies ... mythology, the tragic hero Indrajit received the ...

Beau 422 ... handsome, sweetheart, ... in literature, from the hero Michael "Beau" Geste of ...

Beowulf ... bear ... name was borne by the hero of an 8th century Old ...

Cedric 590 ... pattern of generosity; ... father of his titular hero in the novel Ivanhoe ...

Dan ... judge; God is my judge, ... a British comic space hero created by Frank ...

Egmont ... edge; protection, protector ... name was borne by the hero in Goethe's tragedy, ...

Ethan 3 ... enduring, long-lived ... revolutionary and hero. ...

Ezio ... eagle ... revolutionary hero in the Verdi opera ...

Finn 387 ... white, fair; Finn ... by the fair and wise hero Finn MacCool (Fionn mac ...

Guy ... wide; wood, forest ... English romance hero well-known in England ...

Hildebrand ... battle, fight; burning, ... German and Scandinavian hero songs such as the ...

Holger ... island; spear ... by the legendary Danish hero Holger Danske, also ...

Jason 59 ... to heal ... by a legendary hero who assembled a group ...

Julius 302 ... Jupiter's child, downy ... the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas ...

Leander ... strong brave man, man ... lover, the priestess Hero; their story is told in ...

Percival ... one who pierces the ... Sir Galahad as the hero ...