There are 31 Sir names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Sir names 1 to 20. Anthony was the most popular among these names in 2008. 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 English and Scottish Maxwell, the English and Hebrew Malachi, the English, French, and German Edgar, the Frisian, Dutch, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Welsh Kai, the English and Scottish Graham, 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), Lancelot (English), Lennox (English and Scottish), Lindsay (Scottish), and Marmaduke (English and Irish). Sir names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1931, 5.878% of baby boys were given Sir names. There were 17 Sir names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Sir names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2008, 18 Sir names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 3.443%. Within all Sir names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8442%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: | Alistair | name of a minstrel in Sir Walter Scott's novel ... |
| Amyas | friendship; beloved ... by the key character Sir Amyas Leigh in Charles ... |
Andrew  12 | male, manly, brave, ... by the slow and comic Sir Andrew Aguecheek in ... |
Anthony  7 | priceless, inestimable ... the name is known from Sir Anthony Absolute in ... |
Carson  89 | rock, coastal rocks; ... Irish Protestant leader Sir Edward Carson ... |
Cedric  650 | 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 ... |
Edgar  193 | wealthy spear, owner ... bearing the name in Sir Walter Scott's novel ... |
Gavin  30 | white hawk ... in Arthurian legend as Sir Gawain, one of the ... |
Graham  323 | gravelly place, gray ... was borne by the knight Sir William de Graham, who ... |
Kai  229 | to rejoice; victorious; ... known as the name of Sir Kay or Kai, one of the ... |
| Kenelm | bold defender ... was later known from Sir Kenelm Digby ... |
| Lancelot | the servant ...Sir Lancelot was the most prominent of King Arthur's ... |
| 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  162 | my messenger ... a pseudonym used by Sir Walter Scott ... |
| Marmaduke | disciple of Maedóc ... borne by the fictional Sir Marmaduke Morecombe in ... |
Maxwell  134 | Mack's pool ... name was borne by Sir William Maxwell Aitken, ... |
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