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World Names for Boys

There are 23 World names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are World names 1 to 20. Daniel was the most popular among these names in 2008. The name is primarily used in Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish, and it was followed in popularity by the English Bradley, the English and Scottish Donald, and the English name, Chad. The unusual World names are Bishvajit (Indian), Jagadis (Indian), Jagannath (Indian), Jagjit (Indian), Jahan (Indian and Iranian), Adnan (Arabic), Adolf (German), Amin (Arabic and East Indian), Björn (Scandinavian and German), Dwight (English), Franz (German), Fridtjof (Scandinavian), Ishmael (English and Spanish), Montgomery (English), Otto (Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, and Scandinavian), and Patton (English).

World names are fairly popular baby names for boys. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1930s; prior to that, they were of only moderate use. At the height of their usage in 1934, 3.557% of baby boys were given World names. There were 6 World names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. World names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 5 World names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 1.198%. Within all World names, the Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish Daniel was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #5 and a usage of 0.8702%.

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WORD/MEANING MATCH:

Bishvajit ruler of the whole world ...The name's meaning is ruler of the whole world. ...

Donald Popularity Trend of Donald
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 331 331 world ruler, world-mighty ...The name's meaning is world ruler, world-mighty ...

Jagadis world ruler ...Jagadis' meaning is world ruler. ...

Jagannath ruler of world ...The name's meaning is 'ruler of world'. ...

Jagjit world conqueror ...Jagjit's meaning is world conqueror. ...

Jahan world ...The name's meaning is world. ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Adnan settler ... in the Arabic-speaking world; according to the ...

Adolf Popularity Trend of Adolf
from 1900 to 2008. noble wolf ... was hardly used after World War II due to the ...

Amin Popularity Trend of Amin
from 1900 to 2008. faithful, truthful, ... names in the Islamic world. ...

Björn bear; brave as a bear ...The name is famous from the former World No ...

Bradley Popularity Trend of Bradley
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 201 201 broad clearing ... key commanders during World War II. ...

Chad Popularity Trend of Chad
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 454 454 battle, warrior; Chad's ... culture graffiti during World War II, further ...

Daniel Popularity Trend of Daniel
from 1900 to 2008.
2008 Rank: 5 5 God is my judge, God ... the Champion of the World' (1975), the children's ...

Dwight Popularity Trend of Dwight
from 1900 to 2008. white, blond ... World War II general and US president Dwight ...

Franz Popularity Trend of Franz
from 1900 to 2008. Frenchman, free one ... sparked off World War I ...

Fridtjof peace; thief ... stateless persons after World War I. ...

Ishmael Popularity Trend of Ishmael
from 1900 to 2008. God will hear ... popular in the Islamic world as the form Ismail, as ...

Montgomery Popularity Trend of Montgomery
from 1900 to 2008. Gomeric's hill; hill ... commander in the Second World War often referred to ...

Otto Popularity Trend of Otto
from 1900 to 2008. wealth, fortune ... English speakers since World War I. ...

Patton bald; nobleman ... in honor of the World War II general George ...


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