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Older Names for Boys

There are 184 Older names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Older 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, German, Hebrew, and Polish Aaron, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Antonio, the Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, the English and Greek Adonis, and the English name, Alden. The unusual Older names are Emre (Turkish), Abelardo (Spanish), Abner (English), Absalom (Hebrew), Adelmar (German), Adolar (German), Alice (English), Aloysius (Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian), Alwin (English, German, Portuguese, and Dutch), Ambrose (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Anastasius (German), Anatoli (Russian), Aurelius (English and German), and Álvaro (Portuguese and Spanish).

Older names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1916, 13.269% of baby boys were given Older names. There were 64 Older names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Older names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 49 Older names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 7.984%. Within all Older names, the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #5 and a usage of 0.8702%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Emre loving friend, older ... Emre is loving friend, older brother ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Aaron Popularity Trend of Aaron
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 50 50 enlightened, exalted, ... Bible, Aaron was the older brother of Moses ...

Abelardo Popularity Trend of Abelardo
from 1900 to 2008. noble strength ... (Germanic) is an older form of the name. ...

Abner Popularity Trend of Abner
from 1900 to 2008. father of light, father ...An older form of Abner is Avner (Hebrew) ...

Absalom God the Father is peace ...Older forms of the name include Avsalom (Hebrew) and ...

Adelmar nobly famous ... Almar (Germanic) are older forms of Adelmar ...

Adolar noble, honorable; eagle; ... (Old English) are older forms of Adolar ...

Adonis Popularity Trend of Adonis
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 854 854 lord, ruler ... the character from older Semitic traditions; ...

Albert Popularity Trend of Albert
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 372 372 nobly famous; white ... (Germanic) are older forms of Albert ...

Alden Popularity Trend of Alden
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 916 916 old friend ...Older forms of the name include Aldwyn (Old English) ...

Alexander Popularity Trend of Alexander
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 6 6 defender of men ... (Old Greek) is an older form of Alexander ...

Alice Popularity Trend of Alice
from 1900 to 2008. of a noble kind ...Alix (Medieval French) is an older form of Alice ...

Aloysius Popularity Trend of Aloysius
from 1900 to 2008. fame, loud; fighter, ... Looïs (Old French) are older forms of Aloysius ...

Alwin elf friend; noble friend ... Albwin (Germanic) are older forms of Alwin. ...

Ambrose Popularity Trend of Ambrose
from 1900 to 2008. immortal, divine ... Ambrosius (Latin) are older forms of Ambrose ...

Anastasius resurrection ... (Old Greek) is an older form of Anastasius ...

Anatoli sunrise, east ... Anatolius (Latin) are older forms of Anatoli ...

Antonio Popularity Trend of Antonio
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 102 102 priceless, inestimable ...Antoninus (Latin) is an older form of Antonio. ...

Aurelius golden-haired ...Aurelius (Latin) is an older form of Aurelius ...

Álvaro guard of all ...Alewar (Gothic) is an older form of Álvaro ...


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