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Life Names for Boys

There are 17 Life names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Life names 1 to 17. Alexander was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic, and it was followed in popularity by the English Eric, Spencer, and the German and Italian name, Dante. The unusual Life names are Arian (Albanian), Beathan (Scottish), Chayim (Hebrew), Jetmir (Albanian), Jeton (Albanian), Veit (Dutch and German), Vitale (Italian), Athanasios (Greek), Clyde (English and Scottish), Darby (English), Peregrine (English), René (French), and Timon (German and Hungarian).

Life names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1992, 1.942% of baby boys were given Life names. There were 5 Life names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Life names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 4 Life names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.253%. Within all Life names, the Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Alexander was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #11 and a usage of 0.8196%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Arian ... golden life ...Arian has the meaning golden life ... gold ; 'jetë' meaning life. ...

Beathan ... life ... 'beatha' which means life. ...

Chayim ... life ...Derived from the element 'hayyim' meaning life ...

Jetmir ... good life ...The meaning of Jetmir is good life ... words 'jetë' meaning life ; 'mirë' meaning good. ...

Jeton ... life ...Derived from the element 'jetë' meaning life. ...

Veit ... life; wide; wood, forest ... element 'vitus' meaning life ...

Vitale ... vital, of life, life-giving ... meaning vital, of life, life-giving ...


DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Alexander Popularity Trend of Alexander
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 11 11 ... defender of men ... accounts of his life in the medieval ...

Athanasios ... immortal ... the name with eternal life, it was popular among ...

Clyde Popularity Trend of Clyde
from 1900 to 2007. ... washer ... which portrayed the life of Clyde Barrow ...

Dante Popularity Trend of Dante
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 270 270 ... enduring, steadfast ... medieval text The New Life (1295) to express his ...

Darby Popularity Trend of Darby
from 1900 to 2007. ... deer town, farmstead ... a happy and peaceful life; in England, senior ...

Eric Popularity Trend of Eric
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 83 83 ... lone ruler ... Farrar story on school life, 'Eric, or, Little by ...

Peregrine ... stranger, foreigner, ... the notion that man's life on earth is a temporary ...

René ... born again ... into a new spiritual life through baptism ...

Spencer Popularity Trend of Spencer
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 174 174 ... steward, dispenser of supplies ... Churchill in public life ...

Timon ... honor, revere ... in his play The Life of Timon of Athens ...



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