Popes Names for Boys

There are 31 Popes names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Popes names 1 to 20. Alexander was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic, and it was followed in popularity by the English John, the English, French, German, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic Martin, the English Gregory, the English and German Leo, Julius, the English, French, and German Dennis, the English, German, and Romanian Felix, the English Eugene, and the Catalan, French, and German name, Marcel. The unusual Popes names are Anastasius (German), Anicetus (English and German), Benedict (English), Boniface (English and French), Callisto (Italian), Celestine (English), Clement (English), Honorius (German), Lucius (English and German), and Marin (French and German).

Popes names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1950, 10.161% of baby boys were given Popes names. There were 18 Popes names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Popes names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 15 Popes names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.035%. Within all Popes names, the Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Alexander was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #11 and a usage of 0.8196%.

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Alexander 11 ... defender of men ... emperors and eight popes later bore the name ...

Anastasius ... resurrection ... saints, martyrs, and popes with this name. ...

Anicetus ... unconquerable, unconquered ... and one of the first popes. ...

Benedict ... blessed ... by at least sixteen popes ...

Boniface ... good fate, well-doer, ... early saints and nine popes ...

Callisto ... most beautiful ... early saints and popes, including the 3rd ...

Celestine ... heavenly, of sky ... has been borne by five popes, including the 5th ...

Clement ... merciful, gentle ...The name was popular for popes in the Middle Ages ... There were 14 popes with this name ...

Dennis 330 ... dedicated to Dionysios ... early saints and popes; the most notable being ...

Eugene 678 ... well born, noble ... borne by at least four popes. ...

Felix 379 ... lucky, successful ... of saints and by 5 popes to date ...

Gregory 223 ... vigilant ... by at least sixteen popes, including the 6th ...

Honorius ... honored ...The generic name has been used by various popes. ...

John 19 ... Yahweh is gracious, ... fewer than twenty-three popes ...

Julius 302 ... Jupiter's child, downy ...Three popes have also borne the name ...

Leo 238 ... lion; of bold people ...There are at least thirteen popes with the name ...

Lucius ... bright, born at daybreak ...It was also borne by three popes ...

Marcel 853 ... dedicated to Mars ... was borne by several popes and saints, including ...

Marin ... of the sea ...The name was borne by several saints and popes. ...

Martin 208 ... war-like, dedicated ...The name was later borne by five popes ...