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Older Names for Boys

There are 177 Older names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Older names 1 to 20. Benjamin was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #25 and a usage of 0.593%. The name is primarily used in English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish Aaron, the Irish, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Russian, and Slavic Albert, the English and Greek Adonis, the English Alden, and the English, French, and Italian name, Bernard. The unusual Older names are Emre (Turkish), Abelardo (Spanish), Abner (English), Absalom (Hebrew), Adelmar (German), Adolar (German), Aloysius (Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian), Alwin (English, German, Portuguese, and Dutch), Ambrose (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Anastasius (German), Anatoli (Russian), Álvaro (Portuguese and Spanish), Baldric (English), and Barnabas (English and German).

Older names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1916, 13.027% of baby boys were given Older names. There were 61 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, 46 Older names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 6.888%. 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) ...

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 ...

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

Baldric bold ruler, brave ruler ...An older form of Baldric is Baldarich (Germanic) ...

Barnabas son of consolation, ...An older form of Barnabas is Barnebhuah (Aramaic) ...

Benjamin Popularity Trend of Benjamin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 25 25 son of the south, son ...Benyamin (Hebrew) is an older form of Benjamin ...

Bernard Popularity Trend of Bernard
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 940 940 brave as a bear ... (Germanic) are older forms of Bernard ...


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