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Tragedy Names for Boys

There are 12 Tragedy names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Tragedy names 1 to 12. 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, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adrian, the English, French, and German Edgar, the German, Italian, Romanian, Slavic, and Spanish Romeo, the English and Scottish Duncan, and the English name, Cassius. The unusual Tragedy names are Amyntor (Greek), Benvolio (English and Italian), Clyde (English and Scottish), Edmund (English and German), Egmont (Dutch, French, German, and Hungarian), and Hippolyt (German).

Tragedy names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1940s up to the 1990s. At the height of their usage in 1990, 1.483% of baby boys were given Tragedy names. There were 6 Tragedy names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Tragedy names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 6 Tragedy names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.356%. Within all Tragedy names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8442%.

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Adrian Popularity Trend of Adrian
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 56 56 man from Hadria; dark ... Shakespearean plays The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1608) ...

Amyntor protector, defender ... play The Maid's Tragedy (1619). ...

Anthony Popularity Trend of Anthony
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 7 7 priceless, inestimable ... from the Shakespeare tragedy Antony and Cleopatra ...

Benvolio goodwill ... in the Shakespearean tragedy Romeo and Juliet ...

Cassius Popularity Trend of Cassius
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 945 945 empty, vain ... in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar ...

Clyde Popularity Trend of Clyde
from 1900 to 2008. washer ... novel An American Tragedy (1925). ...

Duncan Popularity Trend of Duncan
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 717 717 brown warrior; brown ... retold in Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth (1603-1606) ...

Edgar Popularity Trend of Edgar
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 193 193 wealthy spear, owner ... in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear (1603-1606), ...

Edmund Popularity Trend of Edmund
from 1900 to 2008. wealthy guard, protector ... in the Shakespeare tragedy King Lear (1603-1606). ...

Egmont edge of a sword; awe, ... by the hero in Goethe's tragedy Egmont (1787), which is ...

Hippolyt horse; to free ... in the Jean Racine tragedy Phèdre (1677), boosting ...

Romeo Popularity Trend of Romeo
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 466 466 pilgrim to Rome ... from the Shakespeare tragedy play Romeo and Juliet ...


Popularity Trend
for Tragedy Names
from 1900 to 2006Variant Popularity Chart
for Tragedy Names
in 2006