There are 28 Minor names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Minor names 1 to 20. Ethan was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English and Hebrew, and it was followed in popularity by the Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Alexander, the English, Irish, and Welsh Owen, the English, German, and Polish Julian, the Spanish and Italian Diego, the English and German Joel, the English, German, Welsh, and Hebrew Micah, the English and Hebrew Malachi, the Spanish and Italian Emiliano, and the Dutch, English, and German name, Cornelius. The unusual Minor names are Achilles (German and Latinized), Aldous (English), Alun (Welsh), Amos (English, German, and Hebrew), Amyas (English), Azriel (Hebrew), Cyriacus (German), Licio (Italian), Lucius (English, German, and French), and Nahum (English, German, and Hebrew). Minor names are very popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1950s. At the recent height of their usage in 2006, 4.146% of baby boys were given Minor names. There were 14 Minor names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2008, 14 Minor names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.046%. Within all Minor names, the English and Hebrew Ethan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.9301%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: | 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  6 | defender of men ... conquered most of Asia Minor, Babylon, Egypt, ... |
| Alun | little rock; harmony, ... of Alun of Dyfed, a minor character in the ... |
Amos  | borne by God; bearer ... a Hebrew shepherd and minor biblical prophet in the ... |
| Amyas | friendship; beloved ... it is borne by a minor character in Edmund ... |
| Azriel | God helps ... was borne by several minor characters, including ... |
Cornelius  988 | war horn ... as the name of minor characters in ... |
| Cyriacus | of the lord ... borne by various early minor saints. ... |
Diego  68 | teaching; Yahweh may ... of the Order of Friars Minor. ... |
Emiliano  315 | imitating, rivaling ... borne by various early minor saints, making it ... |
Ethan  3 | enduring, long-lived ... in the Bible by four minor characters, most ... |
Joel  113 | Yahweh is God ... as an 8th century BC minor prophet who wrote the ... |
Julian  61 | Jupiter's child, downy ...Several minor early saints also bore the name ... |
| Licio | from Lycia ... from Lycia in Asia Minor ... |
Lucius  | bright, born at daybreak; ... name has been borne by minor characters in the ... |
Malachi  162 | my messenger ... the last of the twelve minor prophets, who wrote the ... |
Micah  123 | Who is like Yahweh?; ... by the 8th century BC minor prophet; he wrote the ... |
| Nahum | comforter; full of comfort ... of the Bible by a minor 7th-century prophet; he ... |
Owen  58 | lamb; youth; born of ... in reference to the minor Celtic god Esos or ... |
|
