Widely Names for Boys

There are 27 Widely names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Widely 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 Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic Alexander, the English John, the English and German Jonathan, the English and Irish Brian, Braden, the English, German, and Scandinavian Peter, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the English and German Gary, the English Nigel, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, and the English and French name, Bernard. The unusual Widely names are Italo (Italian), Jethro (English), Joachim (English, French, German, and Polish), Kenelm (English), Marius (Dutch, English, French, German, Romanian, and Scandinavian), Menahem (Hebrew), Nahum (English, German, and Hebrew), and Nicodemus (English).

Widely names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1914, 8.390% of baby boys were given Widely names. There were 12 Widely names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Widely names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 17 Widely names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.427%. Within all Widely names, the English Joshua was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #4 and a usage of 0.929%.

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Abraham 192 ... father of a multitude ... current adoption is widely influenced by the 19th ...

Alexander 11 ... defender of men ... his conquests and widely translated accounts of ...

Alfred 742 ... inspired advice; old ... King of Wesse; he was widely respected for his ...

Bernard 943 ... brave as a bear ... origins, that was widely used as an English ...

Braden 156 ... descendant of Bradan, ... name has been widely in recent times, in line with ...

Brian 81 ... strength, power, force ... name was widely used in Ireland because of Brian ...

Gary 388 ... spear ... Sobers, 1936-), widely regarded as the ...

Italo ... him, but it is more widely believed that the ...

Jethro ... excellence, abundance ... name was widely adopted by English Puritans in the ...

Joachim ... Yahweh will establish, ... name was thereafter widely adopted by English ...

John 19 ... Yahweh is gracious, ... the name has long been widely used, given its strong ...

Jonathan 23 ... Yahweh has given, gift ... 13th century, and was widely used by the 17th ...

Joshua 4 ... Yahweh is salvation ... name was widely adopted by 18th century English ...

Kenelm ... bold defender ... of Mercia, who was widely revered in England ...

Marius ... male, manly, virile; ... masculine form of the widely used name Mary ...

Menahem ... comforter ... but it was nonetheless widely used in the Jewish ...

Nahum ... comforter ... speakers, it was widely adopted by the Puritans ...

Nicodemus ... victory of the people ... name was widely adopted by English Puritans in the ...

Nigel 741 ... champion, cloud, passionate ... name was widely used in the Middle Ages, and it ...

Peter 178 ... rock, stone ... form Peter became widely used by the 14th ...