There are 16 Story names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Story names 1 to 16. 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, French, and Scandinavian Eric, the English, French, Scandinavian, and Spanish Jonah, the Frisian, Dutch, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Welsh Kai, the English Nehemiah, the English and Scottish Duncan, the English, French, German, and Welsh Roland, the English and German Conrad, Samson, and the English name, Hugh. The unusual Story names are Skelly (English), Günther (German), Leander (English and German), Madoc (Welsh), Paris (English), and Sigmund (English and German). Story names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1970s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the height of their usage in 1972, 2.451% of baby boys were given Story names. There were 8 Story names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Story names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 10 Story names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.401%. Within all Story names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8442%.
WORD/MEANING MATCH: | Skelly | a story-teller ...The name Skelly means 'a story-teller'. ... |
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Anthony  7 | priceless, inestimable ... story is well-known from the Shakespeare tragedy ... |
Conrad  758 | bold counsel ... in Saki's short story Sredni Vashtar (1900 ... |
Duncan  717 | brown warrior; brown ... by Macbeth and had his story retold in Shakespeare's ... |
Eric  86 | ever ruling, lone ruler, ... Farrar's popular story on school life, 'Eric, ... |
| Günther | fight; army, warrior ... 5th century, whose story was also told in the ... |
Hugh  998 | heart, mind, spirit; ... story was retold by Geoffrey Chaucer in The ... |
Jonah  137 | dove ... biblical story was very popular in medieval times, ... |
Kai  229 | to rejoice; victorious; ... Christian Andersen's story The Snow Queen (1845), ... |
Leander  | strong brave man, man ... priestess Hero; their story is told in the 'Hero ... |
| Madoc | fortunate; fire ... today believe that the story was invented in the ... |
Nehemiah  364 | comforted by Yahweh; ... by the Persians; his story is told in the Book of ... |
Paris  | the city of Troy; the story is famous from Homer's ... |
Roland  757 | famous landowner ... of Charlemagne, whose story was immortalized in the ... |
Samson  948 | sun child, little sun ... story was later popularized as the subject of ... |
Sigmund  | victorious defender ... the heroic Sigmund; his story was recorded in the ... |
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