John Names for Boys

There are 27 John names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are John names 1 to 20. John was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #19 and a usage of 0.6506%. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Christian, the English Elijah, the English and German Jordan, the English and Scottish Cameron, the English Johnathan, the English and German Calvin, the English Byron, Francis, the English and Greek Adonis, and the English name, Milton. The unusual John names are Alun (Welsh), Amyntor (Greek), Archibald (English and Scottish), Baptiste (French), Duke (English), Elton (English), Kennedy (English, Irish, and Scottish), Kezia (English and Hebrew), and Nepomuk (Czech, German, and Hungarian).

John names are very popular baby names for boys. In 1900, 12.318% of baby boys were given John names. There were 16 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 2007, 17 John names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.395%. Within all John names, the English and French William was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #8 and a usage of 0.8529%.

NAME MATCH:

John 19 ... Yahweh is gracious, ...The boy name John is pronounced as JHAAN ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Adonis 763 ... 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 523 ... at the cow sheds ... first Lord Byron was John Byron (1600-1652), who ...

Calvin 230 ... little bald one ... honor of Jean Chauvin (John Calvin) (1509-1564), a ...

Cameron 50 ... crooked nose ... Calvinist theologian John Cameron (1597-1623), ...

Christian 22 ... Christian, follower ... of the same name in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's ...

Duke ... duke ... of the popular actor John Wayne (1907-1979), ...

Elijah 30 ... my god is Yahweh ... an alternative name by John the Baptist ...

Elton ... old city, Ella's city ... pop singer Elton John (1947-), who adopted ...

Francis 615 ... Frenchman ... Bernardone in honor of John the Baptist, but ...

Johnathan 187 ... from the name John. ...

Jordan 45 ... flowing down ... Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist ...

Kennedy ... ugly head ... assassinated President John F ...

Kezia ... cassia, cinnamon ... (-1741), the sister of John Wesley, the founder of ...

Milton 899 ... mill town, middle of ... to the English poet John Milton (1608-1674), ...

Nepomuk ... in tribute to Saint John of Nepomuk (1345-1393), ...