There are 36 John names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are John names 1 to 20. John was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #20 and a usage of 0.6102%. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English Elijah, the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christian, the English and Scottish Cameron, the English and German Calvin, the English Byron, Francis, and the English and Greek name, Adonis. The unusual John names are Giambattista (Italian), Hansen (English), Johnson (English), Alun (Welsh), Amyntor (Greek), Archibald (English and Scottish), Baptiste (French), Duke (English and Irish), Elton (English), Hank (English), Hubert (Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, and Polish), and Ignatius (Dutch and English). John names are very popular baby names for boys. In 1900, 12.463% of baby boys were given John names. There were 19 John names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. John names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 17 John names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.252%. Within all John names, the English and French William was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #8 and a usage of 0.8438%.
NAME MATCH: John  20 | Yahweh is gracious, ...The boy name John is pronounced as JHAAN ... |
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Giambattista | John the Baptist ... is of the meaning 'John the Baptist'. ... |
| Hansen | son of Hans, John ...Hansen's meaning is 'son of Hans, John'. ... |
Johnson  | son of John ...The meaning of Johnson is son of John. ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Adonis  854 | lord, ruler ... (1821), written for John Keats ... |
| Alun | little rock; harmony, ... boost by the Welsh poet John Blackwell (1797-1840), ... |
| Amyntor | protector, defender ... Again' (1595), and by John Wilmot the Earl of ... |
Archibald  | truly brave ... Archie Rice in the John Osborne play The ... |
| Baptiste | baptist ... connections with John the Baptist, the name ... |
Byron  451 | at the cow sheds ... first Lord Byron was John Byron (1600-1652), who ... |
Calvin  228 | little bald one ... honor of Jean Chauvin (John Calvin) (1509-1564), a ... |
Cameron  53 | crooked nose ... Scots, the theologian John Cameron (1579-1623) and ... |
Christian  23 | Christian, follower ... of the same name in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's ... |
Duke  | duke; disciple of Maedóc; ... nickname of the actor John Wayne (1907-1979), who ... |
Elijah  22 | my God is Yahweh ... an alternative name by John the Baptist ... |
Elton  | Ella's town ... pop singer Elton John (1947-), who chose the ... |
Francis  656 | Frenchman, free one ... Bernardone in honor of John the Baptist, but was ... |
Hank  | house owner, lord of ... a medieval form of John that has fallen into ... |
Hubert  | bright spirit, inspiration ... in Shakespeare's King John (1596) as the name of a ... |
Ignatius  | fire ... student of the apostle John ... |
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