There are 36 Widely names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Widely names 1 to 20. Joshua was the most popular among these names in 2008. 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 Dutch Jack, the English and Scottish Ian, the English and Irish Brian, Braden, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the English and German Gary, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, and the English, French, and Italian name, Bernard. The unusual Widely names are Achilles (German and Latinized), Desiderio (Italian and Spanish), Godwin (English), Ignatius (Dutch and English), Italo (Italian), Jethro (English), Joachim (English, French, German, and Polish), and Kenelm (English). Widely names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1911, 9.062% of baby boys were given Widely names. There were 15 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 2008, 19 Widely names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 4.998%. Within all Widely names, the English Joshua was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #4 and a usage of 0.8799%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: Abraham  187 | father of a multitude ... adoption has been widely influenced by the US ... |
| Achilles | pain, lipless ... has been more widely used in continental Europe, ... |
Alexander  6 | defender of men ... his conquests and widely translated accounts of ... |
Alfred  787 | inspired advice; old ... King of Wesse; he was widely respected for his ... |
Bernard  940 | 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  87 | strength, power, force ... name was widely used in Ireland because of Brian ... |
| Desiderio | longing, desire ... name was widely used by early Christians in ... |
Gary  426 | spear; from Garriston; ... Sobers, 1936-), widely regarded as the ... |
| Godwin | friend of god ... given name was widely used during the medieval ... |
Ian  80 | Yahweh is gracious, ... is now widely used among English speakers without ... |
Ignatius  | fire ... has been widely used among Roman Catholics since the ... |
| Italo | him, but it is more widely believed that the ... |
Jack  39 | son of Jack; Yahweh ... times, the name was widely used, and it became a ... |
Jethro  | excellence, abundance ... name was widely adopted by English Puritans in the ... |
| Joachim | Yahweh will establish, ... name was thereafter widely adopted by English ... |
John  20 | Yahweh is gracious, ... the name has long been widely used, given its strong ... |
Jonathan  26 | 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 ... |
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