There are 16 Root names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Root names 1 to 16. Amir was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Arabic and English, and it was followed in popularity by the English Trey, Philip, Kelvin, Chandler, Clark, the English and Scottish Ross, and the English name, Blaze. The unusual Root names are Basil (English and German), Erasmus (German), Hilary (English), Lleu (Welsh), Lugh (Irish), Malak (Arabic), Peregrine (English), and Tyr (Scandinavian). Root names are somewhat popular baby names for boys. At the modest height of their usage in 1949, 0.427% of baby boys were given Root names. There were 4 Root names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Root names have since experienced a decline in frequency, and are of occasional use now. In 2008, 8 Root names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 0.232%. Within all Root names, the Arabic and English Amir was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #297 and a usage of 0.0517%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Amir  297 | prince, ruler, emir, ... is the root of the English words 'Emir' and ... |
Basil  | royal, kingly; valiant, ... derived from the same root word 'basileus' (king) ... |
Blaze  866 | blaze; lisping, stammering ... to the English root word. ... |
Chandler  457 | candle maker, candle ...The root word is the Latin 'candela' (light, candle) ... |
Clark  698 | cleric, clerk ... clerk), and the Latin root word is 'clericus' ... |
| Erasmus | beloved, desired ... which is of the root 'eran' (to love) ... |
Hilary  | cheerful ... Latin root 'hilarus' is the source of the English ... |
Kelvin  456 | narrow water ... be from Old English root elements for 'ship' and ... |
| Lleu | shining one ... of the Indoeuropean root word 'leuk' ... |
| Lugh | shining one ... of the Indoeuropean root word 'leuk' ... |
| Malak | angel ... shares a common Semitic root with the Hebrew ... |
| Peregrine | stranger, foreigner, ... name shares the same root as the name of the ... |
Philip  378 | lover of horses, friend ... an ancient Indoeuropean root word 'ekwo' (horse) ... |
Ross  845 | promontory, cape, peninsula, ... derivations suggest the root word as the Old German ... |
Trey  316 | three; from the house ... and the Indoeuropean root word 'trejes' (three). ... |
| Tyr | light, deity ... which is also the root of the names Zeus and ... |
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