Modern Names for Boys

There are 52 Modern names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Modern names 1 to 20. Jacob was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, and Scandinavian, and it was followed in popularity by the English and French Charles, the German Hugo, the English, French, and German Gideon, the English Braylen, Jamarcus, Demarion, and lastly the English name, Darryl. The unusual Modern names are Aeron (English and Welsh), Arnold (English and German), Benedict (English), Constantine (English), Cyprian (English and German), Damari (English), Daquan (English), Dardan (Albanian), Demarius (English), Gaetano (Italian), Gordian (German), and Ilan (Hebrew).

Modern names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1964, 6.131% of baby boys were given Modern names. There were 18 Modern names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Modern names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 21 Modern names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.149%. Within all Modern names, the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0955%.

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Aeron ... battle; berry, fruit; ... equivalent of the modern 'aer' ...

Arnold ... eagle ruler ... modern form of the name evolved via forms such as ...

Benedict ... blessed ... revival in its use as a modern given name ...

Braylen 695 ... first name is a modern invention under the ...

Charles 62 ... man, free man ... British royalty is in modern times seen in the ...

Constantine ... steadfast, constant ... it Constantinople; the modern name of the city is ...

Cyprian ... man from Cyprus ... been affected by its modern use as a slang for ...

Damari ... name is a modern invention, possibly for its ...

Daquan ... modern name was formed from the popular name ...

Dardan ... pear; to devour ... that corresponds to modern day Kosovo and part of ...

Darryl 861 ... from Airelle ... or 'courtyard', and in modern French, 'airelle' means ...

Demarion 837 ... name is a modern invention from the popular prefix ...

Demarius ... name is a modern invention from the popular prefix ...

Gaetano ... person from Caieta ...Caieta is the old name of the modern day Gaeta ...

Gideon 528 ... hewer, one who cuts ... also commonly used in modern Hebrew. ...

Gordian ... from Gordion ... located at the site of modern Yassihüyük. ...

Hugo 398 ... heart, mind, spirit ... that reach into modern times ...

Ilan ... tree ...Ilan is a modern Jewish name. ...

Jacob 1 ... Yahweh may protect; ... modern times, the name is still more popular with ...

Jamarcus 743 ... name could be a modern coinage from the combination ...