Minor Names for Boys

There are 23 Minor names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Minor names 1 to 20. 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 and German Julian, Sebastian, Joel, the English, German, and Welsh Micah, the English and Hebrew Malachi, the English, French, German, and Hebrew Raphael, the Dutch, English, and German Cornelius, and the English, German, and Hebrew name, Amos. The unusual Minor names are Achilles (German and Latinized), Aldous (English), Alun (Welsh), Amyas (English), Cyriacus (German), Licio (Italian), Lucius (English and German), Nahum (English, German, and Hebrew), Pascal (French and German), Timaeus (English and German), and Umar (Arabic).

Minor names are popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1993, 2.710% of baby boys were given Minor names. There were 11 Minor names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Minor names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 11 Minor names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 2.362%. Within all Minor 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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Achilles ... pain, lipless ... 'Achilles' heel' for a minor weakness in something ...

Aldous ... noble, honorable; old ...It later saw a minor revival in the 19th century ...

Alexander 11 ... defender of men ... conquered most of Asia Minor, Babylon, Egypt, ...

Alun ... little rock; harmony, ... of Alun of Dyfed, a minor character in the ...

Amos 979 ... borne by God; bearer ... a Hebrew shepherd and minor biblical prophet in the ...

Amyas ... friendship; beloved ... it was borne by a minor character in Edmund ...

Cornelius 975 ... war horn ... as the name of minor characters in ...

Cyriacus ... of the lord ... borne by various early minor saints. ...

Joel 123 ... Yahweh is God ... as an 8th century BC minor prophet who wrote the ...

Julian 66 ... Several minor early saints also bore the name ...

Licio ... from Lycia ... from Lycia in Asia Minor ...

Lucius ... bright, born at daybreak ... the name was borne by minor characters in various ...

Malachi 155 ... my messenger ... the last of the twelve minor prophets, who wrote the ...

Micah 126 ... Who is like Yahweh? ... by the 8th century BC minor prophet; he wrote the ...

Nahum ... comforter ... name was borne by a minor 7th century prophet in ...

Pascal ... of Easter ...The name was borne by two minor medieval popes ...

Raphael 705 ... God has healed ... was borne by several minor Old Testament ...

Sebastian 72 ... man from Sebasta ... name of a town in Asia Minor ...

Timaeus ... honor ... the name was borne by a minor character, the father ...

Umar ... flourishing, prosperous, ... the name was borne by a minor character mentioned in ...