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Saint Names for Boys

There are 271 Saint names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Saint names 1 to 20. Adrian was the most popular among these names in 2009 with a rank of #58 and a usage of 0.3615%. The name is primarily used in English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Irish, and Scottish Aidan, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the Spanish Santiago, the Breton, English, German, and Scottish Alan, the English, Greek, and German Alexis, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the English and Scottish Malcolm, the English Blaine, the English, Italian, and Spanish Alfonso, and the Spanish and Portuguese name, Santos. The unusual Saint names are Eren (Turkish), Kabir, Malloy (Irish), Naomhan (Irish), Santana (Spanish), Agapios (Greek), Alban (English and German), Albin (Czech, English, German, Polish, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Russian), and Aloysius (Dutch, English, French, German, and Scandinavian).

Saint names are all-time favorites. Currently they are still very popular baby names for boys, though they were in more widespread use previously. At the height of their usage in 1967, 22.827% of baby boys were given Saint names. There were 79 Saint names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Saint names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2009, 68 Saint names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 10.486%. Within all Saint names, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.8911%.

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Blaine Popularity Trend of Blaine
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 637 637 little yellow one, one who serves Saint Blane ... one, one who serves Saint Blane ...

Eren saint ...The name's meaning is saint ...

Kabir in honor of Saint Kabir ...The name means in honor of Saint Kabir. ...

Malcolm Popularity Trend of Malcolm
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 602 602 disciple of Saint Columba ...The name's meaning is disciple of Saint Columba ...

Malloy descendant of the devotee ... of the devotee of Saint Aodh. ...

Naomhan little saint, little ... Naomhan means 'little saint, little holy one' ...

Santana Popularity Trend of Santana
from 1900 to 2009. Saint Ana ...The name's meaning is Saint Ana ...

Santiago Popularity Trend of Santiago
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 130 130 Saint James; Yahweh ... element 'santo' (saint) with Iago, an obsolete ...

Santos Popularity Trend of Santos
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 845 845 saints ... with the meaning saint ...

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Abel Popularity Trend of Abel
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 328 328 breath, vapor; son ... by Catholics as a saint in the litany for the ...

Adam Popularity Trend of Adam
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 74 74 man; to make ... name was borne by Saint Adamnan (628-704), the ...

Adrian Popularity Trend of Adrian
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 58 58 man from Hadria; dark ... in 304, as well as Saint Adrian of Canterbury ...

Agapios love ... borne by a Caesarean saint martyred under ...

Aidan Popularity Trend of Aidan
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 72 72 little fire ... by several early Irish saints, including Saint Aidan ...

Alan Popularity Trend of Alan
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 142 142 little rock; harmony, ... borne by a 5th-century saint in Brittany, and was ...

Alban man from Alba; the Albanian ...Saint Alban was a famous 3rd- or 4th-century ...

Albin Popularity Trend of Albin
from 1900 to 2009. white; blond, fair one; elf friend; noble friend ...Saint Albinus of Angers (470-550) was a reputable ...

Alexis Popularity Trend of Alexis
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 186 186 defender; defender of men ...

Alfonso Popularity Trend of Alfonso
from 1900 to 2009.
2009 Rank: 647 647 noble and ready ... in the 9th century by Saint Alphonsus the bishop of ...

Aloysius Popularity Trend of Aloysius
from 1900 to 2009. fame, loud; fighter, ... was borne by the Jesuit Saint Aloysius Gonzaga ...


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