Prophet Names for Boys

There are 30 Prophet names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Prophet names 1 to 20. Daniel was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish, and it was followed in popularity by the English Elijah, the English and Hebrew Isaiah, the English Jeremiah, the English and German Joel, the English and Hebrew Eli, the English Jonah, Ezekiel, the English and German Ezra, the Arabic and German Ahmad, the English Ellis, and the English, German, and Hebrew name, Amos. The unusual Prophet names are Barnabas (English and German), Abdallah (Arabic), Adlai (English and Hebrew), Anas (Arabic), Baruch (Greek and Hebrew), Burak (Turkish), Elkanah (English), and Lucius (English and German).

Prophet names are very popular baby names for boys, and they are also considered rather trendy. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1930s. At the recent height of their usage in 2004, 4.251% of baby boys were given Prophet names. There were 16 Prophet names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2007, 17 Prophet names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.206%. Within all Prophet 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 0.9113%.

WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Barnabas ... son of consolation, ... exhortation, son of the prophet' ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Abdallah ... servant of Allah ... by the father of the prophet Muhammad as well as one ...

Adlai ... Yahweh is just; my ornament ... the grandfather of the prophet Elisha ...

Ahmad 555 ... most praiseworthy ... the many names of the prophet Muhammad, and it is ...

Amos 979 ... borne by God; bearer ... and minor biblical prophet in the 8th century; his ...

Anas ... friendship ... the companions of the prophet Muhammad. ...

Baruch ... blessed ... was borne by one of the prophet Jeremiah's companions ...

Burak ... lightning ... horse which carried the prophet Mohammed for his ...

Daniel 5 ... God is my judge, God ... name was borne by the prophet who rose to prominence ...

Eli 130 ... height, ascension ... judge who taught the prophet Samuel ...

Elijah 30 ... my god is Yahweh ... borne by an important prophet in the Bible who fought ...

Elkanah ... God has created ... father of Samuel the prophet ...

Ellis 819 ... kind ... name of the biblical prophet Elijah ...

Ezekiel 248 ... God strengthens ... Bible by an important prophet who wrote the Book of ...

Ezra 342 ... help ... borne in the Bible by a prophet who wrote the Book of ...

Isaiah 43 ... Yahweh is salvation ... was borne by a major prophet in the Bible who lived ...

Jeremiah 67 ... exalted by Yahweh, appointed by Yahweh ... a major 7th century BC prophet in the Bible who wrote ...

Joel 123 ... Yahweh is God ... an 8th century BC minor prophet who wrote the Book of ...

Jonah 165 ... dove ... borne in the Bible by a prophet who was thrown ...

Lucius ... bright, born at daybreak ... of Cyrene who was a prophet of a church at Antioch, ...