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Starting Names for Boys

There are 29 Starting names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Starting names 1 to 20. Alexander was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Hebrew, and Yiddish Eli, the Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Czech, and Hawaiian Leo, the English and Irish Finn, the Arabic, English, and Indian Jamal, and the English name, Leroy. The unusual Starting names are Chi, Chidi, Chukwudi, Chukwuma, Courtney (English), Del (English), Drogo (English), Ebbe (Scandinavian and German), Egil (Scandinavian), Gustaf (English, German, and Scandinavian), Ingo (German), Jarek (Czech and Polish), Lanny (English), and Mo (English).

Starting names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names have been increasing in popularity since the 1960s. At the recent height of their usage in 2008, 1.283% of baby boys were given Starting names. There were 8 Starting names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. In 2008, within all Starting names, the Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Alexander was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #6 and a usage of 0.8566%.

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Alexander Popularity Trend of Alexander
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 6 6 defender of men ... three Scottish kings, starting from Alexander I, who ...

Chi God; careful ... of longer Igbo names starting with the element 'Chi' ...

Chidi God exists ... of longer Igbo names starting with the element 'Chi' ...

Chukwudi God ... from Chidi, with the starting element 'Chukwu' (God), ...

Chukwuma God; God knows ... from Chima, with the starting element 'Chukwu' (God), ...

Courtney Popularity Trend of Courtney
from 1900 to 2008. short nose; domain of Curtius; domain of the short one ... the mid-19th century, starting from the USA ...

Del Popularity Trend of Del
from 1900 to 2008. of the; from the alder ... short form older names starting with 'Del-' which are ...

Drogo to bear, to carry; ghost; precious and peaceful; precious and famous ...

Ebbe boar; brave like a boar; divine bear ... Germanic compound names starting with 'Eber-' and hence ...

Egil edge of a sword ... diminutive of names starting with the element 'eg' ...

Eli Popularity Trend of Eli
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 100 100 height, ascension; God is salvation; my God is Yahweh; God is help, God is my helper; God has helped ...

Finn Popularity Trend of Finn
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 368 368 white, fair; fair warrior; ... form of various names starting with 'Finn-'. ...

Gustaf Popularity Trend of Gustaf
from 1900 to 2008. staff of the gods, staff of the Goths ... by six Swedish kings, starting from Gustav Vasa ...

Ingo name of a god ... the short form of names starting with 'Ing-' ...

Jamal Popularity Trend of Jamal
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 568 568 beauty; beautiful ... in France, the variants starting with a 'D-' are popular ...

Jarek spring; strong, fierce; ... of Slavic names starting with the element 'jaro' ...

Lanny Popularity Trend of Lanny
from 1900 to 2008. land, territory, homeland; ... of other names starting with 'Lan-'. ...

Leo Popularity Trend of Leo
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 227 227 lion; brave, hardy; ... forms of other names starting with 'Leo-' ...

Leroy Popularity Trend of Leroy
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 917 917 the king ... in the 19th century, starting from the USA; it is ...

Mo born of, child; swarthy, ... form of other names starting with this sound, ...


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