There are 47 Reference names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Reference names 1 to 20. Benjamin was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, French, and German, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Slavic, and Spanish Angel, the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish Aaron, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the English Cole, the English and Irish Cody, the English Beau, Darnell, Emery, Blaze, and lastly the English name, Brenton. The unusual Reference names are Alban (English and German), Balthasar (English and German), Chester (English), Dallin (English), Ebenezer (English), Elicio (Italian), Hopkin (English and Welsh), Kell (English and German), and Kezia (English and Hebrew). Reference names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1946, 7.072% of baby boys were given Reference names. There were 18 Reference names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Reference names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but in recent years they are nonetheless of very heavy use. In 2008, 24 Reference names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.215%. Within all Reference names, the English, French, and German Benjamin was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #25 and a usage of 0.593%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Aaron  50 | enlightened, exalted, ... flower clusters, in reference to the biblical account ... |
Adam  72 | man; to make ... of human skin, or in reference to the red clay from ... |
| Alban | man from Alba; the Albanian ... meaning 'from Alba' in reference possibly to the ethnic ... |
Angel  36 | messenger of God, angel ... New Testament Greek in reference to the celestial being ... |
| Balthasar | Baal protect the king ... (Babylonian) in reference to the Babylonian god ... |
Beau  397 | handsome, sweetheart, ... 1778-1840), in reference to their obsession with ... |
Benjamin  25 | son of the south, son ... 'son of the south' in reference to the fact that ... |
Blaze  866 | blaze; lisping, stammering ... chosen for redheads, in reference to the English root ... |
Brenton  975 | Bryni's town; hill ... name 'Bryni's town' in reference to the Old Norse name ... |
Chester  | fort, soldier's camp ... soldier's camp') in reference to a fort or soldier's ... |
Cody  122 | son of Óda, son of Otto, son of Cuidightheach, son of the helpful one ... |
Cole  84 | black; coal town, Cola's ... 'kol' (coal, black) in reference to one with swarthy ... |
Dallin  | settlement of the descendants ... of Dalla' in reference to the Anglo-Saxon name ... |
Darnell  730 | grass; from the hidden ... 'darnel' (grass) in reference to a type of grass ... |
| Ebenezer | stone of help ... century, possibly in reference to the prophet's words ... |
| Elicio | to entice out, to draw ... the gods, Jupiter, in reference to how his lightning ... |
Emery  744 | work; rich, powerful, ... the word 'emery' in reference to the hard grey-black ... |
| Hopkin | son of Hob ... means 'son of Hob' in reference to Hob as a medieval ... |
| Kell | swampy land; ravine; ... meaning 'trowel', in reference to someone who uses a ... |
| Kezia | cassia, cinnamon ... 'cassia' (herb), in reference to the cassia or ... |
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