Tragedy Names for Boys

There are 8 Tragedy names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Tragedy names 1 to 8. Anthony 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, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adrian and the German, Italian, Romanian, Slavic, and Spanish Romeo. The unusual Tragedy names are Amyntor (Greek), Benvolio (English and Italian), Cassius (English), Clyde (English and Scottish), and Egmont (Dutch, French, and German).

Tragedy names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1990s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the height of their usage in 1990, 1.365% of baby boys were given Tragedy names. There were 3 Tragedy names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Tragedy names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2007, 3 Tragedy names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.259%. Within all Tragedy names, the English Anthony was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.8859%.

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Adrian 61 ... man from Hadria; dark ... Shakespearean plays The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1608) ...

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

Anthony 7 ... from the Shakespeare tragedy Antony and Cleopatra ...

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

Cassius ... empty, vain ... in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar ...

Clyde ... washer ... novel An American Tragedy (1925). ...

Egmont ... edge; protection, protector ... by the hero in Goethe's tragedy, Egmont (1787), which ...

Romeo 505 ... pilgrim to Rome ... from the Shakespeare tragedy play Romeo and Juliet ...