There are 63 Period names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Period names 1 to 20. Andrew was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #12 and a usage of 0.7694%. The name is primarily used in English, Greek, and Russian, and it was followed in popularity by the English Elijah, Dominic, the English and German Edwin, the English, French, and German Edgar, the English Devon, Emery, and the Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Slavic, Slovenian, and Spanish name, Bruno. The unusual Period names are Idan (Hebrew), Aodh (Irish and Scottish), Baldric (English), Bartholomew (English), Birger (German and Scandinavian), Boniface (English and French), Boye (Dutch), Cecil (English), Constant (English and French), Courtney (English), Cyprian (English and German), and Dietmar (German). Period names are very popular baby names for boys. In 1900, 19.876% of baby boys were given Period names. There were 33 Period names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Period names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 27 Period names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 6.539%. Within all Period names, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9437%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Idan | era, historic period ... name is 'era, historic period'. ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Andrew  12 | male, manly, brave, ... clown during the Tudor period lent a comic touch to ... |
| Aodh | fire, brightness, splendor ... Hugh from the medieval period, and more recently as ... |
| Baldric | bold ruler, brave ruler ... off after the medieval period, and in recent times it ... |
Bartholomew  | son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ... in the medieval period ... |
| Birger | to help ...The name was first adopted in the Viking period ... |
| Boniface | good fate, well-doer, ... (fate); by the medieval period, the form Bonifacius ... |
| Boye | boy; tidings, messenger; ... in the early medieval period ... |
Bruno  801 | brown ... Germans in the medieval period, including three ... |
Cecil  | blind; sixth ... the medieval period, Cecil was sometimes used as an ... |
| Constant | steadfast, constant ... common in the medieval period ... |
Courtney  | short nose; domain of Curtius; domain of the short one ... nez' from an early period ... |
| Cyprian | man from Cyprus ... during the medieval period ... |
Devon  243 | poet; fawn; little dark one ... Age and the early Roman period ... |
| Dietmar | people, race; great, ... after the Migration Period ... |
Dominic  93 | of the lord, belonging ... Catholic name for a period, but it has since ... |
Edgar  193 | wealthy spear, owner ... in an earlier English period ... |
Edwin  175 | rich friend, friend ... popular in the medieval period, but its use declined ... |
Elijah  22 | my God is Yahweh ... used in the medieval period ... |
Emery  744 | work; rich, powerful, ... in the medieval period and gave rise to the ... |
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