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Medieval Names for Boys

There are 166 Medieval names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Medieval names 1 to 20. Alexander was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #6 and a usage of 0.8566%. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic, and it was followed in popularity by the English and German Austin, the Breton, English, German, and Scottish Alan, the English Alvin, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, and the English, French, and Italian name, Bernard. The unusual Medieval names are Alban (English and German), Aloysius (Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian), Amerigo (Italian), Amyas (English), Aodh (Irish and Scottish), Arye (Hebrew), Augustine (English), Aylmer (English), Baldric (English), Baldwin (English and German), Bartholomew (English), Benedict (English), Bertram (English and German), and Bob (English).

Medieval names are all-time favorites. Currently they are still very popular baby names for boys, though they were in more widespread use previously. At the height of their usage in 1952, 33.578% of baby boys were given Medieval names. There were 84 Medieval names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Medieval names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 72 Medieval names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 11.974%. Within all Medieval names, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9437%.

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Alan Popularity Trend of Alan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 135 135 little rock; harmony, ... fairly popular in medieval times, but it later saw ...

Alban man from Alba; the Albanian ... name was popular in medieval times, and then fell in ...

Alexander Popularity Trend of Alexander
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 6 6 defender of men ... of his life in the medieval 'Alexander romances', ...

Alfred Popularity Trend of Alfred
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 787 787 inspired advice; old ... a revival among other medieval names in the 19th ...

Aloysius Popularity Trend of Aloysius
from 1900 to 2008. fame, loud; fighter, ... was commonly used in medieval Italy, and was borne by ...

Alvin Popularity Trend of Alvin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 437 437 elf friend; noble friend ... medieval forms were not particulary popular, until ...

Amerigo Popularity Trend of Amerigo
from 1900 to 2008. work; rich, powerful, ... an early medieval Italian byform of Heinrich ...

Amyas friendship; beloved ... could be from the medieval Amis (Latin), a male form ...

Aodh fire, brightness, splendor ... as Hugh from the medieval period, and more ...

Arye lion ... was popular in medieval Europe when 'animal' names ...

Augustine Popularity Trend of Augustine
from 1900 to 2008. august, dignified, holy ... was thus popular among medieval Christians, and it saw ...

Austin Popularity Trend of Austin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 55 55 august, dignified, holy ... developed as a medieval short form of the Roman ...

Aylmer nobly famous ... during the vogue for medieval names. ...

Baldric bold ruler, brave ruler ... dropped off after the medieval period, and in recent ...

Baldwin bold friend, brave friend ... ruling families in medieval times and was used as a ...

Bartholomew Popularity Trend of Bartholomew
from 1900 to 2008. son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ... English speakers in the medieval period ...

Benedict Popularity Trend of Benedict
from 1900 to 2008. blessed ... medieval forms of the name included Benedick and ...

Bernard Popularity Trend of Bernard
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 940 940 brave as a bear ... well-known medieval churchmen include Saint Bernard ...

Bertram Popularity Trend of Bertram
from 1900 to 2008. bright raven, wise person ... name was in medieval times taken as the original form ...

Bob Popularity Trend of Bob
from 1900 to 2008. bright famous one; famously famous ... and Nob, which were medieval diminutives of Robert ...


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