Reference Names for Boys

There are 38 Reference names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Reference names 1 to 20. Benjamin was the most popular among these names in 2007. 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 Luke, the English, German, Hebrew, and Polish Aaron, the English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adrian, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the English Cole, the English and Irish Cody, the English Beau, Blaze, and lastly the English name, Brenton. The unusual Reference names are Alban (English and German), Balthasar (English and German), Chester (English), Dallin (English), Kell (English and German), Kezia (English and Hebrew), Laurence (English), Marley (English), and Melville (English and Scottish).

Reference names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1946, 7.078% of baby boys were given Reference names. There were 17 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 2007, 21 Reference names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.520%. Within all Reference names, the English, French, and German Benjamin was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #26 and a usage of 0.5984%.

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Aaron 52 ... enlightened, exalted, ... flower clusters, in reference to the biblical account ...

Adam 65 ... man; to make ... of human skin, or in reference to the red clay from ...

Adrian 61 ... man from Hadria; dark ... 'man from Hadria' with reference to Hadria, a town in ...

Alban ... man from Alba; the Albanian ... meaning 'from Alba' in reference possibly to the ethnic ...

Angel 34 ... messenger of God, angel ... New Testament Greek in reference to the celestial being ...

Balthasar ... Baal protect the king ... name Belsharrausur in reference to the Babylonian god ...

Beau 422 ... handsome, sweetheart, ... 1778-1840), in reference to their obsession with ...

Benjamin 26 ... son of the south, son ... 'son of the south' in reference to the fact that ...

Blaze 876 ... blaze; lisping, stammering ... chosen for redheads, in reference to the English root ...

Brenton 993 ... Bryni's town; hill ... name 'Bryni's town' in reference to the Old Norse name ...

Chester ... fort, soldier's camp ... the Latin 'castra' in reference to a fort or soldier's ...

Cody 120 ... son of Óda, son of Otto, son of Cuidightheach, son of the helpful one ...

Cole 84 ... black; dove; victory ... Old English 'kol' in reference to one with swarthy ...

Dallin ... settlement of the descendants ... of Dalla' in reference to the Anglo-Saxon name ...

Kell ... swampy land; ravine; ... meaning 'trowel', in reference to someone who uses a ...

Kezia ... cassia, cinnamon ... the Greek 'cassia', in reference to the cassia or ...

Laurence ... laurel, bay ... 'laurus', possibly in reference to a crown of laurel ...

Luke 46 ... man from Lucania ... 'man from Lucania' in reference to an ancient district ...

Marley ... pleasant wood ... wood', probably in reference to a place name ...

Melville ... bad village ... village', possibly in reference to a settlement on ...