Living Names for Boys

There are 21 Living names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Living names 1 to 20. Trent was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English and Welsh, and it was followed in popularity by the English Lane, Silas, the English and German Dean, the English Holden, the English and Scottish Craig, the English Clark, Dale, Heath, and lastly the English name, Sheldon. The unusual Living names are Darby (English), Denzel (English), Dietmar (German), Erwin (German), Gordian (German), Grover (English), Kirby (English), Kirk (English), Petronio (Italian), and Wallace (English and Scottish).

Living names are somewhat popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1960, 1.313% of baby boys were given Living names. There were 13 Living names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Living names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and in recent years they are of occasional use. In 2007, 10 Living names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.290%. Within all Living names, the English and Welsh Trent was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #289 and a usage of 0.0535%.

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Clark 628 ... cleric, clerk ... clergy, who earned his living through his then ...

Craig 539 ... rock ... a nickname for someone living near a cliff or any of ...

Dale 780 ... dale, valley ... denoting someone living in a dale or valley ...

Darby ... deer town, farmstead ... local name for someone living in the city Derby or ...

Dean 353 ... dean; valley ... given for someone living in a valley or a place ...

Denzel ... fort ... given to someone living in Denzell in Cornwall, ...

Dietmar ... people, race; great, ... missionary to the Slavs living near or within Germanic ...

Erwin ... honor, respect; army, ... especially those living in the Rhine region ...

Gordian ... from Gordion ... nickname for someone living in the city of Gordion, ...

Grover ... grove ... given to someone living near a grove of trees ...

Heath 905 ... heath ... a byname for seomeone living on a heath, which ...

Holden 382 ... deep valley, hollow ... been given to someone living in such a location ...

Kirby ... village with a church ... given to someone living in a village with a ...

Kirk ... church ... as a byname to someone living near a church ...

Lane 317 ... lane ... a byname for someone living along or near a lane. ...

Petronio ... from a rocky place; ... as a byname for someone living in a rocky place, or ...

Sheldon 954 ... plateau, steep valley ... a byname for someone living in various places so ...

Silas 346 ... wood, forest ... a nickname for someone living in the woods, or else ...

Trent 289 ... a byname for someone living along the river Trent ...

Wallace ... foreign, Celtic ... such as Welshmen living around the border of ...