There are 40 Hero names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Hero names 1 to 20. Ethan was the most popular among these names in 2008. 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 Beau, the Arabic and English Ali, the English Cedric, and lastly the English name, Draven. The unusual Hero names are Akinwunmi (Yoruban), Anlon (Irish), Curran (English), Mahavira (Indian), Rooney (English), Aeneas (English), Aladdin (English), Arindam (Bengali and Indian), Beowulf (English), Dan (German, English, and Romanian), Egmont (Dutch, French, German, and Hungarian), Ezio (Italian), Fergus (English, Irish, and Scottish), and Fingal (Scottish). Hero names are popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. The names rose in popularity from the 1960s up to the 1970s. At the height of their usage in 1974, 4.063% of baby boys were given Hero names. There were 15 Hero names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Hero names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 14 Hero names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.853%. Within all Hero names, the English and Hebrew Ethan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.9301%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Akinwunmi | like a hero ...The name means 'like a hero'. ... |
| Anlon | great hero ...The meaning of Anlon is 'great hero'. ... |
| Curran | hero or champion ...The meaning of Curran is hero or champion. ... |
Gabriel  24 | man of God, hero of ... meaning is man of God, hero of God; my strength is ... |
| Mahavira | great hero ...The meaning of the name is great hero. ... |
| Rooney | hero ...Rooney is of the meaning hero. ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: | Aeneas | praiseworthy ... was the Trojan hero in Greek mythology who ... |
| Aladdin | paragon of faith ... is known from the boy hero who summoned genies ... |
Ali  398 | high, lofty, sublime; ... name is 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  397 | 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  650 | 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 ... |
Draven  670 | hunter; poet; fawn; ... name of the fictional hero Eric Draven in the ... |
| Egmont | edge of a sword; awe, ... is borne by the hero in Goethe's tragedy Egmont ... |
Ethan  3 | enduring, long-lived ... revolutionary and hero ... |
| Ezio | eagle ... revolutionary hero Ezio in the Verdi opera ... |
| Fergus | man of vigor ... with the Ulster hero ... |
| Fingal | fair stranger ... the name of the warrior hero in James Macpherson's ... |
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