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Referring Names for Boys

There are 8 Referring names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Referring names 1 to 8. Kyle was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the French and English Gael, the English and German Julius, the English Marshall, and lastly the English name, Warren. The unusual Referring names are Achilles (German and Latinized), Ilir (Albanian), and Lanfrank (German).

Referring names are somewhat popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1990, 1.160% of baby boys were given Referring names. There were 4 Referring names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Referring names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 5 Referring names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.378%. Within all Referring names, the English Kyle was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #97 and a usage of 0.2163%.

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Achilles pain, lipless ... 'lipless' - possibly referring to the legend that he ...

Gael Popularity Trend of Gael
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 296 296 jovial ... from the word 'gaelic', referring to descendants of the ...

Ilir to be free ... the Illyrians, broadly referring to an early tribe which ...

Julius Popularity Trend of Julius
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 306 306 Jupiter's child, downy ... of the meaning 'downy', referring to the tender facial ...

Kyle Popularity Trend of Kyle
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 97 97 narrow, slender ... also a topographic term referring to a narrow channel or ...

Lanfrank land, territory, homeland; ... the place name possibly referring to the land of the ...

Marshall Popularity Trend of Marshall
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 392 392 marshal; horse; servant ... and 'scale' (servant) - referring to the original use of ...

Warren Popularity Trend of Warren
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 509 509 game park, game reserve; ... Warini, to protect) referring to a Germanic tribe, ...


Popularity Trend
for Referring Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Referring Names
in 2006