There are 28 Prominent names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Prominent names 1 to 20. Adrian was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #56 and a usage of 0.365%. The name is primarily used in English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian, and it was followed in popularity by the English Hayden, the English and Polish Edward, the English and Scottish Donald, Douglas, the English Dayton, Brent, Clinton, and lastly the English name, Broderick. The unusual Prominent names are Bonaventura (German and Italian), Boniface (English and French), Cathal (Irish), Cian (English and Irish), Clifford (English), Cyril (Czech, English, German, and Slavic), Dudley (English), Fabius (Latvian, Lithuanian, and German), Galen (English), Gaylord (English), and Herbert (English, French, and German). Prominent names are popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1929, 5.767% of baby boys were given Prominent names. There were 16 Prominent names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Prominent names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but in recent years they are nonetheless of heavy use. In 2008, 13 Prominent names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.616%. Within all Prominent names, the English, French, and German Samuel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #28 and a usage of 0.5829%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Adrian  56 | man from Hadria; dark ... association with a prominent Roman officer who ... |
| Bonaventura | good fortune ... (1221-1274), a prominent monk considered as the ... |
| Boniface | good fate, well-doer, ... of the Germans, was a prominent missionary in Germany ... |
Brent  558 | hill ... ground or named for the prominent hills in their ... |
Broderick  899 | broad ridge; famously ... place names with prominent ridges in its vicinity ... |
| Cathal | battle-mighty; man, ... and descendants of the prominent Clan Macpherson (Gaelic ... |
| Cian | ancient one ... and by the ancient and prominent Clan Cian otherwise ... |
Clifford  | ford by a cliff ... was well known from a prominent aristocratic family ... |
Clinton  856 | settlement by the River ... in honor of the prominent Clinton family, which ... |
Cyril  | of the lord ... (378-444) were prominent theologians and Doctors ... |
Dayton  484 | ditch town; dairy town ... whose members were prominent 18th- and 19th-century ... |
Donald  331 | world ruler, world-mighty ... associated with the prominent Scottish clan ... |
Douglas  424 | dark river ... first name is from the prominent Scottish surname ... |
Dudley  | Dudda's clearing ... and became a prominent governor; his surname ... |
Edward  148 | guardian of riches ... Conquest, but the most prominent were King Edward the ... |
| Fabius | grower of beans ... was well-known for its prominent warriors, including ... |
Galen  | calm ... Galen of Pergamum, a prominent Greek physician whose ... |
Gaylord  | dandy ... Gaylords were a prominent US family in New England; ... |
Hayden  76 | heathen ... one of the most prominent composers of the ... |
Herbert  | army, warrior; bright, ... earls of Pembroke, a prominent family in the 16th and ... |
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