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Term Names for Boys

There are 19 Term names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Term names 1 to 19. Andrew was the most popular among these names in 2007. The name is primarily used in English, Greek, and Russian, and it was followed in popularity by the English John, the English and German Jonathan, the English, French, and German Samuel, the English, Slavic, and Spanish Angel, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the English Kyle, the English, French, German, and Irish Patrick, the English, French, and German Simon, the English and German Frank, the English, French, and German Roger, and the English and Greek name, Adonis. The unusual Term names are Achilles (German and Latinized), Caesar (English), Darby (English), Otto (English, French, German, and Italian), Prospero (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Randolph (English), and Wallace (English and Scottish).

Term names are very popular baby names for boys. In 1900, 9.787% of baby boys were given Term names. There were 12 Term names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Term names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 12 Term names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.097%. Within all Term names, the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #10 and a usage of 0.8328%.

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Achilles ... pain, lipless ... for his heel, hence the term 'Achilles' heel' for a ...

Adam Popularity Trend of Adam
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 65 65 ... man; to make ... but it is the generic term for 'man' ...

Adonis Popularity Trend of Adonis
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 763 763 ... lord, ruler ... Adonai was a Semitic term of addressing a god ...

Andrew Popularity Trend of Andrew
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 10 10 ... male, manly, brave, ... with the use of the term 'Merry Andrew' to refer ...

Angel Popularity Trend of Angel
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 34 34 ... messenger of God, angel ... the word 'angel' as a term of endearment for a ...

Caesar Popularity Trend of Caesar
from 1900 to 2007. ... he who was cut out of the womb, he with a head of hair, blue-grey color ...

Darby Popularity Trend of Darby
from 1900 to 2007. ... deer town ... term 'Darby and Joan' is familiar to English ...

Frank Popularity Trend of Frank
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 262 262 ... Frenchman; frenchman ... Franks into Gaul, the term Frank was taken to mean ...

John Popularity Trend of John
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 19 19 ... Yahweh is gracious, ... term 'John Bull' is used to refer to the typical ...

Jonathan Popularity Trend of Jonathan
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 23 23 ... Yahweh has given, gift ... term 'Brother Jonathan' is used to personify the ...

Kyle Popularity Trend of Kyle
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 86 86 ... narrow, slender ... is also a topographic term referring to a narrow ...

Otto Popularity Trend of Otto
from 1900 to 2007. ... wealth, fortune ... term Otto has sometimes been used as a derogatory ...

Patrick Popularity Trend of Patrick
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 116 116 ... nobleman ... to the extent that the term 'Paddy', used since the ...

Prospero ... prosperous, lucky; according to one's wishes ... which is itself of the term 'pro spe' ...

Randolph Popularity Trend of Randolph
from 1900 to 2007. ... strong defender ... term Randy has been used as a slang for a lecher ...

Roger Popularity Trend of Roger
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 467 467 ... famous warrior ... been used in the term 'Jolly Roger' for the ...

Samuel Popularity Trend of Samuel
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 25 25 ... God has heard; asked ... United States (US); the term has been used since ...

Simon Popularity Trend of Simon
from 1900 to 2007.
2007 Rank: 258 258 ... he who hears, God has ... Spirit gave rise to the term simony ...

Wallace Popularity Trend of Wallace
from 1900 to 2007. ... foreign, Celtic ... is used as colloquial term for a young cucumber ...



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