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Personal Names for Boys

There are 23 Personal names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Personal names 1 to 20. Ryan was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English and Irish, and it was followed in popularity by the Spanish and Italian Diego, the English Riley, Corey, the English and German Dustin, the English Kendrick, the English and Welsh Kendall, and the English name, Darwin. The unusual Personal names are Chinelo (Igbo), Baldwin (English and German), Brandt (English and Scandinavian), Callisto (Italian), Erland (Scandinavian), Gumersindo (Spanish), Harvey (English), Haskel (Yiddish and English), Jesko (German), Kenton (English), Marin (French and German), and Montgomery (English).

Personal names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1986, 2.502% of baby boys were given Personal names. There were 11 Personal names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Personal names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 8 Personal names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.326%. Within all Personal names, the English and Irish Ryan was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #18 and a usage of 0.6754%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Chinelo thought of the personal ...The name means 'thought of the personal God' ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Baldwin bold friend, brave friend ... revival of the Norman personal name ...

Brandt Popularity Trend of Brandt
from 1900 to 2008. sword, torch; dweller ... is itself from the personal name Brandr (Old ...

Callisto most beautiful ... from the Late Roman personal name Callistus (Latin), ...

Corey Popularity Trend of Corey
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 289 289 ravine; raven ... Corey, derived from the personal name Kori (Old Norse), ...

Darwin Popularity Trend of Darwin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 788 788 dear friend ... itself evolved from the personal name Deorwine (Old ...

Diego Popularity Trend of Diego
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 68 68 teaching; Yahweh may ... from a lost Iberian personal name ...

Dustin Popularity Trend of Dustin
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 303 303 Thor's stone ... equivalent of the personal name Dórsteinn (Old ...

Erland Popularity Trend of Erland
from 1900 to 2008. foreigner, stranger ... from an Old Norse personal name, originally a ...

Gumersindo man; path ... Germanic or Visigothic personal name. ...

Harvey Popularity Trend of Harvey
from 1900 to 2008. battle worthy ... surname, which is of a personal name formed from haer ...

Haskel wisdom; God strengthens ... from the Old Norse personal name Áskell. ...

Jesko as pet form of the personal name Jan. ...

Kendall Popularity Trend of Kendall
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 645 645 valley of the River ... from the Old Welsh personal name Cynnddelw, which ...

Kendrick Popularity Trend of Kendrick
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 522 522 high summit, greatest ... is possibly from the personal name Cynwrig (Welsh) ...

Kenton Popularity Trend of Kenton
from 1900 to 2008. royal manor ... was also used as a personal name Cena, or else from ...

Marin of the sea ... which is from the personal name Marius, or else it ...

Montgomery Popularity Trend of Montgomery
from 1900 to 2008. Gomeric's hill; hill ... and Gomeric, a Germanic personal name ...

Riley Popularity Trend of Riley
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 106 106 rye field ... else from the Old Irish personal name Raghallach. ...

Ryan Popularity Trend of Ryan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 18 18 descendant of Rian ... Ó Riain; the old Gaelic personal name Riain is of ...


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