Sir Names for Boys

There are 28 Sir names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Sir names 1 to 20. Anthony was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew, the English, Scottish, and Welsh Gavin, the English, Irish, and Scottish Carson, the Czech, English, French, and German Richard, the English and Scottish Maxwell, the English and Hebrew Malachi, the Frisian, Dutch, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Welsh Kai, the English and Scottish Graham, the English and German Nathanael, and the English name, Cedric. The unusual Sir names are Alistair (English and Scottish), Amyas (English), Clement (English), Conan (English), Dandy (English and Scottish), Kenelm (English), Lennox (English and Scottish), Lindsay (Scottish), and Percival (English).

Sir names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1931, 5.688% of baby boys were given Sir names. There were 15 Sir names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Sir names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but in recent years they are nonetheless of very heavy use. In 2007, 17 Sir names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.191%. Within all Sir names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8859%.

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Alistair ... defender of men ... name of a minstrel in Sir Walter Scott's novel ...

Amyas ... friendship; beloved ... by the key character Sir Amyas Leigh in the ...

Andrew 10 ... male, manly, brave, ... as the slow and comic Sir Andrew Aguecheek; this ...

Anthony 7 ... the name is known from Sir Anthony Absolute in ...

Carson 90 ... rock, coastal rocks; ... Irish Protestant leader Sir Edward Carson ...

Cedric 590 ... pattern of generosity; ... literature, invented by Sir Walter Scott for the ...

Clement ... merciful, gentle ... borne by the fictional Sir Clement Willoughby in ...

Conan ... dog; great ... from the Irish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ...

Dandy ... dandy; male, manly, ... was made popular by Sir Walter Scott, who named ...

Gavin 32 ... white hawk ... in Arthurian legend as Sir Gawain, one of the ...

Graham 383 ... gravelly place, gray ... was borne by the knight Sir William de Graham, who ...

Kai 254 ... hen, chicken; sea; brave with the spear ... Arthurian legend, Sir Kay was one of the first ...

Kenelm ... bold defender ... was later known from Sir Kenelm Digby ...

Lennox ... field on river Leven ... by the British composer Sir Lennox Berkeley ...

Lindsay ... Lincoln's wetland, Lincoln's island ... surname was borne by Sir Walter de Lindesay, one ...

Malachi 155 ... my messenger ... a pseudonym used by Sir Walter Scott ...

Maxwell 153 ... Mack's pool ... name was borne by Sir William Maxwell Aitken, ...

Nathanael 463 ... God has given, gift ... of the character Sir Nathaniel in ...

Percival ... one who pierces the ... legends identified Sir Galahad as the hero ...

Richard 99 ... powerful ruler ... attention in the Sir Walter Scott novel ...