Testament Names for Boys

There are 44 Testament names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Testament names 1 to 20. Joshua 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, French, and German Joseph, the English John, the Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Gabriel, the English, Slavic, and Spanish Angel, the English Jason, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the English Cyrus, the Italian Carmine, and the English, German, and Hebrew name, Amos. The unusual Testament names are Achaz (German), Ahab (English), Bartholomew (English), Candelario (Spanish), Concetto (Italian), Donat (French, German, and Polish), Gad (English and German), Hosea (English and German), and Jehovah (English).

Testament names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1980, 11.005% of baby boys were given Testament names. There were 21 Testament names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Testament names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 26 Testament names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 6.466%. Within all Testament names, the English Joshua was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #4 and a usage of 0.929%.

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Abel 344 ... breath, vapor; son ... been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. ...

Achaz ... God is holding ... been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. ...

Adam 65 ... man; to make ... been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. ...

Ahab ... uncle ... of Israel in the Old Testament ...

Amos 979 ... borne by God; bearer ... Book of Amos in the Old Testament ...

Angel 34 ... messenger of God, angel ... of God' in New Testament Greek in reference to ...

Bartholomew ... son of Talmai, son of the one who abounds in furrows ... gospels of the New Testament of the Bible; some ...

Candelario ... Candlemas ... been used in the New Testament of the Bible. ...

Carmine 922 ... fruit garden, fruitful ... been used in the New Testament of the Bible. ...

Concetto ... conception ... been used in the New Testament of the Bible. ...

Cyrus 466 ... far-sighted; throne; ... his mention in the Old Testament of the Bible as the ...

Donat ... given by God ... been used in the New Testament of the Bible. ...

Gabriel 28 ... man of God, hero of ... the Bible; in the Old Testament he appeared to Daniel, ...

Gad ... been used in the Old Testament of the Bible ...

Hosea ... salvation ... been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. ...

Jason 59 ... to heal ... host to Paul; in New Testament Greek, the name Jason ...

Jehovah ... I am who is ... name of God in the Old Testament, transliterated from ...

John 19 ... Yahweh is gracious, ... Johannes or the New Testament Greek Ioannes, which ...

Joseph 13 ... Yahweh will add (another ... son of Jacob in the Old Testament of the Bible, after ...

Joshua 4 ... Yahweh is salvation ... was borne in the Old Testament of the Bible by the ...