Every Boy Name

1,643 boy names with official statistics

Boy names A to Z

A

178 names
  1. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  2. Used in Finnish

  3. Hindi, “sound; loud noise”

  4. Used in Finnish

  5. Hebrew, “possibly bearer of martyrs”

  6. Used in Finnish

  7. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  8. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  9. Arabic, “servant of God”

  10. Arabic, “servant, worshipper”

  11. Hebrew, “breath, vapor; vanity”

  12. Hebrew, “Father is exalted.”

  13. Greek

  14. Common across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 19 more places.

  15. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  16. Arabic, “earth, man, soil, light brown”

  17. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  18. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  19. Used in Hebrew

  20. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  21. Latin, “from the Roman harbor Hadria”

  22. Latin, “from the Roman harbor Hadria”

  23. Latin, “from the Roman harbor Hadria”

  24. Spanish

  25. Hebrew

  26. Arabic, “praiseworthy”

  27. Arabic, “praiseworthy”

  28. Arabic, “praiseworthy”

  29. Irish, “fire”

  30. Irish, “fire”

  31. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  32. Basque, “from good father”

  33. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  34. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  35. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  36. Hebrew

  37. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  38. Arabic

  39. Danish

  40. Celtic, “perhaps noble”

  41. Latin, “resident of Alba”

  42. Germanic, “noble + bright, famous”

  43. Italian, “noble + bright, famous”

  44. Germanic, “noble + bright, famous”

  45. Latin, “white”

  46. Latin, “helper, defender”

  47. Spanish, “defender of man”

  48. Latin, “to defend + man”

  49. Latin, “to ward off, defend”

  50. Russian

  51. Used in Serbo-Croatian

  52. Greek, “helper, defender”

  53. Greek, “to defend + man”

  54. Used in Bulgarian

  55. Italian, “to defend + man”

  56. Greek, “helper, defender”

  57. Greek, “to defend + man”

  58. Common across the UK, Poland, the Netherlands, and 19 more places.

  59. French, “to defend + man”

  60. Greek, “helper, defender”

  61. Germanic, “elf + counsel”

  62. French

  63. Old English, “elf + counsel”

  64. Old Norse

  65. Used in Catalan

  66. Common in France, Israel, Ontario, and 12 more places.

  67. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  68. Used in Slovene

  69. Celtic

  70. Hebrew, “oak tree”

  71. Germanic

  72. Used in Turkish

  73. Used in Turkish

  74. Old Norse, “elf + army”

  75. Spanish

  76. Used in Old Norse

  77. Old English, “elf + friend”

  78. Latin, “love + god”

  79. Sanskrit, “undying, immortal, imperishable”

  80. Greek, “immortal, divine”

  81. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  82. Arabic

  83. Arabic

  84. Arabic, “commander, prince”

  85. Sanskrit

  86. Used in Hebrew

  87. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  88. Used in Arabic

  89. Greek, “manly”

  90. Greek, “manly”

  91. Used in Slovene

  92. Greek, “man”

  93. Greek, “man”

  94. Greek, “manly”

  95. Greek, “manly”

  96. Russian, “manly”

  97. Icelandic

  98. Used in Serbo-Croatian

  99. Used in Romansh

  100. Greek, “manly”

  101. Used in Slovene

  102. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  103. Italian

  104. Scottish Gaelic, “perhaps one choice”

  105. Latin

  106. Danish

  107. Used in Serbo-Croatian

  108. Latin

  109. French

  110. Latin

  111. Polish

  112. Latin

  113. Italian

  114. Used in Slovene

  115. Rare in France, England and Wales, Italy, and 20 more places.

  116. Used in Catalan

  117. Used in Turkish

  118. English, “bowman”

  119. English, “pure, genuine + bold, strong”

  120. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  121. Used in Icelandic

  122. Hebrew, “lion”

  123. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 14 more places.

  124. Hebrew, “lion of God”

  125. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  126. Latin

  127. Sanskrit

  128. Greek, “of Arcadia”

  129. Italian

  130. Used in French

  131. German, “name of a Cherusci chieftain”

  132. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 16.

  133. Germanic, “eagle + power”

  134. Germanic, “eagle + ruler”

  135. Germanic, “eagle”

  136. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in England and Wales in 2024, number 4,270.

  137. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 39.

  138. Hebrew, “possibly bearer of martyrs”

  139. Tamil

  140. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  141. Used in Ukrainian

  142. Common in the Netherlands, Ontario, Austria, and 16 more places.

  143. Russian, “probably bear”

  144. Russian

  145. Scandinavian

  146. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  147. Hebrew

  148. Old Norse, “god + spear”

  149. Hebrew

  150. Old English, “ash (tree species) + enclosure, settlement”

  151. Used in Basque

  152. Old Norse, “ash tree”

  153. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  154. Turkish, “lion”

  155. Old English

  156. Latin, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”

  157. Used in Turkish

  158. English, “venerable”

  159. Latin, “majestic, venerable”

  160. Used in French

  161. Spanish, “golden”

  162. Latin

  163. French, “majestic”

  164. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  165. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  166. Used in Hebrew

  167. Hebrew, “Father is exalted.”

  168. Danish

  169. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  170. Used in Arabic

  171. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 16 more places.

  172. Used in Turkish

  173. Irish, “fire”

  174. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  175. Arabic

  176. Arabic

  177. Arabic, “to be an enemy”

  178. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

B

82 names
  1. Latin

  2. Old Norse, “brave”

  3. Latin, “strong, healthy”

  4. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 46.

  5. Used in French, “Saint John the Baptist”

  6. Hebrew

  7. Hebrew, “prophet's son”

  8. Latin, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”

  9. Used in Polish

  10. Hebrew, “blessed”

  11. Latin, “of the king, kingly, royal”

  12. Greek, “august, venerable, exalted”

  13. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  14. English, “handsome, fine”

  15. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  16. Italian

  17. English, “son of the right/south, or son of days”

  18. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  19. Latin, “conquering”

  20. Used in Danish

  21. Used in Hungarian

  22. Latin, “blessed”

  23. Latin, “blessed”

  24. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  25. Hebrew, “son of the right/south or son of days”

  26. Spanish

  27. Common in England and Wales, the Netherlands, Sweden, and 21 more places.

  28. Latin, “blessed, well spoken of”

  29. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  30. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 53.

  31. Germanic, “bear”

  32. Catalan, “bear”

  33. Used in Catalan

  34. Arabic

  35. English, “will + helmet”

  36. English, “will + helmet”

  37. Used in German

  38. Used in Hebrew

  39. Old English, “fortification, city”

  40. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2024, number 6.

  41. Used in Icelandic

  42. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Rostock in 2023, number 191.

  43. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 39.

  44. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 164.

  45. Used in Dutch

  46. French, “possibly stammering”

  47. Scottish Gaelic, “field, plain”

  48. Old English, “black”

  49. Used in Slovene

  50. Latin, “possibly stammering”

  51. Old Norse, “dweller, long-time resident”

  52. Hebrew

  53. Germanic, “shining glory”

  54. Sanskrit, “enlightenment”

  55. Slavic, “gift of God”

  56. Slavic

  57. Used in Hungarian

  58. Used in Slovene

  59. Slavic

  60. Slavic

  61. Ukrainian

  62. Italian

  63. Used in Hungarian

  64. Welsh, “son of Owen”

  65. Used in English

  66. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  67. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 91.

  68. Used in Polish

  69. Hebrew, “Father is exalted.”

  70. Used in Italian

  71. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  72. “descendant of Bradán”

  73. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 34.

  74. Used in Slovene

  75. Scottish Gaelic, “possibly ditch, mire; or muddy place”

  76. Scottish Gaelic, “possibly ditch, mire or muddy place (suggested)”

  77. Used in English

  78. Used in Catalan

  79. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  80. Germanic, “brown”

  81. Irish

  82. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Norway in 2024, number 435.

C

67 names
  1. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  2. Rare in France, England and Wales, Italy, and 20 more places.

  3. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  4. Hebrew, “possibly dog”

  5. Irish, “descendant of Cathalán”

  6. Scottish Gaelic, “dove”

  7. Scottish Gaelic, “dove”

  8. Used in Dutch, “bald”

  9. Scottish Gaelic, “crooked, bent + nose”

  10. Used in English

  11. Irish

  12. Germanic, “free man”

  13. Italian, “free man”

  14. Portuguese, “free man”

  15. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  16. English, “carter; or son of Arthur (Irish)”

  17. Used in Dutch

  18. “descendant of (a person named) Watchful”

  19. Persian, “treasurer”

  20. Irish, “strong in battle”

  21. Used in Slovene

  22. Spanish

  23. Used in Italian

  24. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  25. Latin

  26. Hebrew, “life”

  27. Germanic, “free man”

  28. Common across France, England and Wales, three Canadian provinces, and 8 more places.

  29. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  30. Used in English

  31. English, “a town or city, especially a Roman one”

  32. Greek, “Christ; the anointed one”

  33. Greek, “carrier of Christ + carrier, bearer”

  34. Greek, “carrier of Christ + carrier, bearer”

  35. Irish, “long, distant, lasting”

  36. Irish

  37. Persian, “world, universe”

  38. Irish, “possibly strife; or monastery, church”

  39. Used in Turkish

  40. Persian

  41. Latin, “merciful”

  42. Latin, “merciful”

  43. Irish, “descendant of the helpful one; or son of Odo”

  44. Hebrew

  45. Old English, “coal, coal-black”

  46. Greek, “victory + people”

  47. Greek, “victory + people”

  48. Old English, “coal + settlement”

  49. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  50. Irish, “dog, hound + prince, chief”

  51. Irish, “dog”

  52. Irish

  53. Irish, “lover of hounds”

  54. Irish, “lover of hounds”

  55. Germanic, “bold, brave + counsel”

  56. Latin, “constant, steadfast”

  57. English, “cooper (barrel maker)”

  58. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  59. Irish

  60. Greek, “Christ; the anointed one”

  61. Used in Slovene

  62. Spanish, “cross”

  63. Used in Hungarian

  64. Used in Hungarian

  65. Rare in France, England and Wales, Italy, and 20 more places.

  66. Spanish

  67. Persian

D

57 names
  1. Used in Dutch

  2. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 31.

  3. Used in Irish

  4. Irish

  5. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  6. Greek, “to tame”

  7. Greek, “to tame”

  8. Greek, “to tame”

  9. Slavic

  10. Hebrew

  11. French, “God is my judge”

  12. Common across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 23 more places.

  13. Hebrew, “God is my judge”

  14. Russian

  15. English, “God is my judge”

  16. Italian

  17. Ukrainian

  18. Irish

  19. Persian

  20. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  21. Latin

  22. Irish, “descendant of Dubhdarach”

  23. Common in England and Wales, Italy, Poland, and 22 more places.

  24. Hebrew

  25. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  26. Used in Belarusian

  27. Latin, “beloved”

  28. Used in English

  29. English

  30. Irish

  31. Used in Ukrainian

  32. Greek, “follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”

  33. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  34. Greek, “follower of (the wine god) Dionysus”

  35. Germanic, “people + king”

  36. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  37. English, “right (handed)”

  38. Latin

  39. Spanish

  40. Used in Arabic

  41. Italian

  42. Arabic

  43. Russian

  44. Greek, “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess”

  45. Used in Slovene

  46. Latin, “Lord”

  47. Latin, “Lord”

  48. Latin, “Lord”

  49. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  50. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  51. Used in Hebrew

  52. Greek

  53. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  54. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  55. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  56. Welsh, “possibly son of the sea”

  57. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

E

99 names
  1. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  2. Old English, “east + settlement”

  3. Danish

  4. English, “wealth, riches + ward, guard”

  5. Old English, “prosperity + protection”

  6. Old English, “rich + guard”

  7. French, “wealth, riches + guard (via Edward)”

  8. English, “wealth, riches”

  9. English

  10. Old English, “wealth, riches + ward, guard”

  11. Old English

  12. Used in Finnish

  13. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  14. Used in Finnish

  15. Used in Finnish

  16. Used in Finnish

  17. Used in Finnish

  18. Hebrew, “fruitful”

  19. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  20. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  21. Old Norse

  22. Used in Finnish

  23. Old Norse, “sole ruler”

  24. Hebrew

  25. Old Norse, “luck, good fortune”

  26. Hebrew, “God has helped”

  27. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  28. Hebrew, “ascent”

  29. Latin, “Yahweh is my god”

  30. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  31. Used in Bulgarian

  32. Common across England and Wales, three Canadian provinces, the Netherlands, and 11 more places.

  33. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  34. Hebrew, “Yahweh is my god”

  35. Hebrew, “El is my lord”

  36. Hebrew

  37. Hebrew, “Yahweh is my god”

  38. Greek

  39. Hebrew, “my God is Yahweh”

  40. Hebrew, “my God is Yahweh”

  41. Used in Swedish

  42. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  43. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  44. Hebrew, “my God is Yahweh”

  45. Hebrew, “my God is Yahweh”

  46. Hebrew

  47. Old English, “noble + famous”

  48. Old English, “noble + famous”

  49. French, “to pick, to choose from”

  50. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  51. Old English, “eel + farm, village”

  52. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 23.

  53. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  54. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  55. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  56. Hebrew, “God is with us”

  57. Hebrew

  58. Used in English

  59. Latin, “possibly rival”

  60. French, “possibly rival”

  61. Latin

  62. Latin, “rival”

  63. Arabic

  64. Hebrew

  65. Germanic, “entire”

  66. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  67. Latin

  68. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  69. Used in Basque, “probably mine, my”

  70. Latin

  71. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 16 more places.

  72. Italian, “home + ruler”

  73. Irish, “yew-born”

  74. Latin, “God is gracious”

  75. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  76. Used in Turkish

  77. Germanic, “always, eternal + ruler”

  78. Old Norse, “ever ruler”

  79. Old Norse, “son or descendant of an earl”

  80. Germanic, “vigor, strife”

  81. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 25.

  82. Germanic, “always, eternal + ruler”

  83. Greek, “crown, wreath”

  84. Common across France, the UK, Italy, and 9 more places.

  85. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  86. Italian, “possibly to restrain”

  87. Scottish Gaelic

  88. Welsh, “God is gracious”

  89. Old Norse, “luck, good fortune”

  90. Dutch, “wild boar + hard, brave”

  91. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  92. Scottish Gaelic

  93. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  94. Arabic, “right-handed”

  95. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 53.

  96. Hebrew, “God strengthens”

  97. Hebrew, “God strengthens”

  98. Greek

  99. Hebrew, “help, succor”

F

58 names
  1. Latin, “belonging to Fabius”

  2. Latin

  3. Used in German, “falcon”

  4. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 126.

  5. Irish, “wolf”

  6. Used in Arabic

  7. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  8. Latin, “peaceful ruler”

  9. Latin, “happy, lucky”

  10. Portuguese, “fond of horses”

  11. Common across England and Wales, three Canadian provinces, the Netherlands, and 12 more places.

  12. Germanic, “journey + daring”

  13. Latin, “French(man)”

  14. Scottish Gaelic

  15. Germanic, “journey + daring”

  16. Celtic, “fighting king”

  17. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 14 more places.

  18. Greek, “fond of horses”

  19. Greek, “fond of horses”

  20. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  21. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  22. Scottish Gaelic, “fair warrior/hero”

  23. Scottish Gaelic, “fair warrior/hero”

  24. Common across the UK, Austria, Switzerland, and 12 more places.

  25. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  26. Irish, “white, bright, fair, handsome”

  27. Latin

  28. “arrow-maker”

  29. French, “flourishing”

  30. Latin

  31. Dutch

  32. Used in Slovene

  33. Irish, “descendant of Flann (red)”

  34. Used in Swedish, “people”

  35. Latin, “French(man)”

  36. Italian

  37. Latin, “French(man)”

  38. Spanish, “French(man)”

  39. Italian, “French(man)”

  40. Germanic, “French(man)”

  41. Germanic, “French(man)”

  42. Latin, “French(man)”

  43. German, “French(man)”

  44. Latin, “French(man)”

  45. Used in English

  46. English

  47. Germanic, “peace king, peaceful ruler”

  48. Germanic, “peace king, peaceful ruler”

  49. Dutch, “peace + king”

  50. Old Norse

  51. Icelandic

  52. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  53. German, “peace”

  54. German, “peace”

  55. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 80.

  56. German, “peace king, peaceful ruler”

  57. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  58. Russian

G

48 names
  1. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  2. Used in French

  3. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  4. Common in England and Wales, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  5. Italian, “God is my strong man”

  6. Used in Serbo-Croatian

  7. Irish

  8. Hebrew

  9. Used in French

  10. Used in Slovene

  11. Celtic

  12. Used in Greek

  13. Latin, “source, origin; birth”

  14. Latin, “farmer”

  15. Greek, “farmer, earth worker”

  16. Germanic, “spear + hard, brave”

  17. Greek, “watchful, vigilant”

  18. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  19. Hebrew, “possibly holding the heel”

  20. Used in Italian

  21. English, “God is gracious”

  22. Used in Dutch

  23. Used in Italian

  24. Hebrew, “Yahweh (is) God”

  25. Greek, “farmer, earth worker”

  26. Italian, “Yahweh is gracious”

  27. Latin, “possibly downy first beard hairs”

  28. Italian, “(God) shall add”

  29. Used in Turkish

  30. Spanish

  31. Used in Polish

  32. English, “steward”

  33. Greek, “watchful, vigilant”

  34. English, “steward”

  35. Welsh

  36. Polish, “watchful, vigilant”

  37. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 19.

  38. Germanic, “will + helmet”

  39. Spanish, “will + helmet”

  40. Used in Catalan

  41. Used in Catalan

  42. Old Norse

  43. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  44. Germanic, “Geat/Goth + staff”

  45. Germanic, “Geat/Goth + staff”

  46. Swedish, “support (of the Geats, southern Swedes)”

  47. Used in Dutch

  48. Germanic

H

49 names
  1. Old Norse

  2. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 39.

  3. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 108.

  4. Used in Danish

  5. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 53.

  6. Scottish Gaelic, “possibly holding the heel”

  7. Arabic, “lion”

  8. German, “Yahweh is gracious”

  9. German, “Yahweh is gracious”

  10. Scandinavian, “army + ruler, authority”

  11. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 213.

  12. Used in Hebrew

  13. Old English, “rock”

  14. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  15. Arabic, “possibly bearer of martyrs”

  16. English, “son of Harry (Henry: home + king)”

  17. English, “son of Harry”

  18. English, “home + king”

  19. Arabic, “possibly bearer of martyrs”

  20. Celtic, “iron + blazing”

  21. Arabic, “doer of good”

  22. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 91.

  23. Old Norse, “high”

  24. Old English, “hay + valley”

  25. Old English, “brushwood”

  26. Greek, “holding fast”

  27. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 23.

  28. Used in Finnish, “hale + famous”

  29. Used in German

  30. French, “home + king”

  31. Old Norse

  32. Common across the UK, Sweden, Austria, and 10 more places.

  33. Germanic

  34. Germanic, “army + man”

  35. Frisian

  36. Used in German

  37. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 53.

  38. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 16.

  39. Old Norse, “helmet + army”

  40. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 108.

  41. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 53.

  42. Old Norse, “island + spear”

  43. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 80.

  44. Germanic, “mind + bright, famous”

  45. English, “son of Hudd”

  46. Germanic, “heart, mind”

  47. Germanic, “thought, mind, spirit”

  48. Used in Hungarian

  49. English, “hunter”

I

46 names
  1. Galician, “possibly holding the heel”

  2. Scottish Gaelic, “God is gracious”

  3. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  4. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  5. Used in Basque

  6. Arabic, “Father is exalted.”

  7. Used in Hebrew

  8. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  9. Welsh

  10. Used in Arabic

  11. Latin, “fire”

  12. Latin, “fire”

  13. Russian

  14. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Finland in 2023, number 49.

  15. Spanish

  16. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  17. Used in Scots

  18. Russian, “Yahweh is my god”

  19. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  20. Used in Arabic

  21. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  22. Arabic

  23. Hebrew

  24. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  25. Used in Scots

  26. Common across France, the UK, three Canadian provinces, and 8 more places.

  27. Hebrew, “possibly Yahweh is salvation”

  28. Used in Finnish

  29. Arabic

  30. Hebrew, “God hears, God will hear”

  31. Arabic, “God hears, God will hear”

  32. Hebrew, “he wrestles with God”

  33. Arabic

  34. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  35. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  36. Used in Hebrew

  37. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  38. Russian, “God is gracious”

  39. Used in Italian

  40. Old Norse

  41. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  42. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  43. Used in Polish

  44. Used in Arabic

  45. Latin, “he laughs, he will laugh”

  46. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

J

106 names
  1. Greek, “I heal”

  2. Used in Polish

  3. English, “God is gracious”

  4. English, “son of Jack”

  5. Hebrew, “possibly holding the heel”

  6. Hebrew, “possibly holding the heel”

  7. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  8. Portuguese

  9. Used in Slovene

  10. English, “possibly holding the heel”

  11. Hebrew, “possibly holding the heel”

  12. Hebrew, “possibly holding the heel”

  13. Hebrew, “possibly holding the heel”

  14. Hebrew, “possibly holding the heel”

  15. Used in English

  16. English, “may He heel (via Jacob)”

  17. Dutch, “Yahweh is gracious”

  18. French, “God is gracious”

  19. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  20. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  21. Used in Finnish

  22. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  23. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  24. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  25. Greek, “I heal”

  26. Persian, “treasurer”

  27. Hebrew

  28. Spanish, “the new house”

  29. English

  30. English, “son of Jack”

  31. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  32. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  33. Greek, “I heal”

  34. Modern coinage

  35. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  36. French, “God is gracious”

  37. Used in Polish

  38. Frisian

  39. German, “God is gracious”

  40. Danish

  41. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  42. Used in Polish

  43. Hebrew, “Yahweh exalt”

  44. Polish, “Yahweh exalt”

  45. Used in Slovene

  46. Czech, “farmer, earth worker”

  47. Old Norse

  48. Hebrew, “God's gift; or God exists”

  49. Spanish, “the Lord saves”

  50. English, “possibly holding the heel”

  51. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  52. Hebrew, “may Yahweh raise up”

  53. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  54. Catalan, “God is gracious”

  55. Spanish, “may Yahweh raise up”

  56. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  57. Hebrew, “to be an enemy”

  58. Hebrew, “(God) shall add”

  59. Hebrew, “Yahweh (is) God”

  60. Used in Dutch

  61. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  62. French, “(God) shall add”

  63. Hebrew, “Yahweh is gracious”

  64. German, “Yahweh is gracious”

  65. Latin, “God is gracious”

  66. Hebrew, “God is gracious”

  67. Used in Icelandic

  68. Hebrew, “Yahweh is gracious”

  69. Norwegian, “dove”

  70. Hebrew, “dove”

  71. Hebrew, “dove”

  72. Latin, “dove”

  73. Hebrew, “God has given”

  74. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  75. Used in Finnish

  76. Hebrew, “Jordan (river); possibly "to descend"”

  77. Catalan, “farmer, earth worker”

  78. Spanish, “farmer, earth worker”

  79. German, “farmer”

  80. Greek, “farmer, earth worker”

  81. Spanish, “to add”

  82. Hebrew, “(God) shall add”

  83. Hebrew, “(God) shall add”

  84. Hebrew, “(God) shall add”

  85. Hebrew, “Yahweh is salvation”

  86. Hebrew, “Yahweh is salvation”

  87. Hebrew

  88. Used in Slovene

  89. Used in Czech

  90. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  91. Hebrew, “(God) shall add”

  92. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  93. Manx, “Yahweh is gracious”

  94. Hebrew, “praised”

  95. Spanish

  96. French, “possibly downy first beard hairs”

  97. Latin

  98. French

  99. Used in Slovene

  100. Latin, “possibly downy first beard hairs”

  101. Latin, “possibly downy first beard hairs”

  102. Used in Slovene

  103. Latin, “farmer”

  104. Frisian

  105. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  106. Latin, “just”

K

63 names
  1. Used in Turkish

  2. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  3. Persian, “treasurer”

  4. Common across the UK, the Netherlands, Ontario, and 10 more places.

  5. Modern coinage

  6. Used in Estonian

  7. Latin, “inhabitant of Gaeta”

  8. Hebrew, “dog”

  9. Swedish

  10. Latin

  11. Japanese

  12. Swedish

  13. Arabic, “noble, generous”

  14. Germanic, “free man”

  15. Used in Ukrainian

  16. Latin, “free man”

  17. Used in German

  18. Latin, “treasurer”

  19. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  20. Modern coinage

  21. Slavic, “destroyer of peace”

  22. Hebrew

  23. Used in Hungarian

  24. Japanese

  25. Arabic, “nobleness, kindness”

  26. Arabic

  27. Irish, “dear birth/person”

  28. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  29. Arabic

  30. Irish, “long, distant, lasting”

  31. Irish, “strife; or monastery, church”

  32. Irish, “strife; or monastery, church”

  33. Used in English

  34. Russian, “lord, master”

  35. “carrier of Christ + carrier, bearer”

  36. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  37. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  38. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Slovenia in 2023, number 242.

  39. Old Norse, “knot”

  40. Hawaiian, “warrior, courage; koa tree”

  41. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 53.

  42. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  43. Germanic, “bold, brave + counsel”

  44. Latin, “constant, steadfast”

  45. Latin, “constant, steadfast”

  46. Used in Polish

  47. Latin

  48. Latin

  49. Greek, “anointed”

  50. Latin, “Christian; follower of Christ”

  51. Greek, “Christ; the anointed one”

  52. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  53. Greek, “carrier of Christ + carrier, bearer”

  54. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  55. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  56. Latin, “Christ; the anointed one”

  57. Greek, “messiah + I carry, I bear”

  58. Latin

  59. Used in Polish

  60. Turkish, “north”

  61. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  62. Used in English, “narrows”

  63. English, “strife; or monastery, church”

L

102 names
  1. Scottish Gaelic, “land of the lochs, loch or fjord land, i.e. Scandinavia”

  2. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  3. Old English, “long + hill”

  4. Latin

  5. Used in Finnish

  6. Hungarian, “power”

  7. Old Norse, “probably friend”

  8. Latin, “a person from Laurentum”

  9. French, “a person from Laurentum”

  10. Latin

  11. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  12. Latin, “a person from Laurentum”

  13. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  14. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  15. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  16. Serbo-Croatian

  17. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  18. Greek, “people + man”

  19. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  20. Greek, “lion + man”

  21. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 12 more places.

  22. Used in Finnish

  23. Used in Slovene

  24. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  25. Danish, “lion”

  26. Used in Finnish

  27. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  28. Germanic, “lion”

  29. Loved across France, the UK, Canada, and 16 more places.

  30. Common across three Nordic countries, Quebec, Ireland, and 9 more places.

  31. Germanic, “lion”

  32. Italian, “as strong as a lion”

  33. Germanic, “lion”

  34. Germanic, “people + bold”

  35. Used in Czech

  36. Used in Hungarian, “to be”

  37. Common across three Canadian provinces, Israel, Sweden, and 10 more places.

  38. Russian

  39. Germanic, “loud; famous + battle”

  40. Common across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  41. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 13 more places.

  42. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  43. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  44. English, “the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”

  45. Greek

  46. Latin

  47. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 10 more places.

  48. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  49. Latin, “lion”

  50. Hebrew, “my light”

  51. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  52. Latin

  53. Latin

  54. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  55. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  56. Scottish Gaelic

  57. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  58. Scottish Gaelic, “little hollow”

  59. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 80.

  60. Latin

  61. Used in French

  62. English

  63. Rare in France, England and Wales, Italy, and 20 more places.

  64. Latin, “a person from Laurentum”

  65. Latin, “a person from Laurentum”

  66. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  67. Used in Italian

  68. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  69. Used in Swedish

  70. French, “loud; famous + battle”

  71. Common in England and Wales, the Netherlands, Austria, and 12 more places.

  72. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  73. English

  74. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  75. Used in Slovene

  76. Used in Swedish

  77. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  78. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 16 more places.

  79. Loved across the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and 7 more places.

  80. Common across France, the UK, three Nordic countries, and 11 more places.

  81. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  82. Latin, “light”

  83. Latin, “light”

  84. French

  85. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  86. Germanic, “loud, famous + battle”

  87. French, “loud; famous + battle”

  88. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  89. German, “famed; loud”

  90. Germanic, “loud; famous + battle”

  91. Italian, “loud, famous + battle”

  92. Spanish, “loud, famous + battle”

  93. Common in the Netherlands, Ontario, Austria, and 15 more places.

  94. Latin, “a man from Lucania”

  95. Used in English

  96. Latin

  97. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  98. Latin

  99. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  100. Used in Latin

  101. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  102. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

M

157 names
  1. Latin, “the greatest”

  2. Latin

  3. Polish, “gift of Yahweh”

  4. Welsh

  5. Breton, “prince”

  6. Used in Catalan

  7. Latin, “great”

  8. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  9. Arabic

  10. Chinese, “Maia's month”

  11. Used in Icelandic

  12. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  13. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  14. Used in Russian

  15. Latin, “the greatest”

  16. Used in Belarusian

  17. Latin

  18. Latin, “the greatest”

  19. Hebrew, “my messenger”

  20. Polynesian, “my messenger”

  21. Scottish Gaelic, “devotee of Columba”

  22. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  23. Arabic, “leader”

  24. Used in Breton

  25. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  26. Germanic, “helmet + to rule”

  27. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  28. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  29. Spanish, “God is with us”

  30. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  31. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  32. French

  33. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  34. French, “little Marcus (Marcus is from the god Mars)”

  35. Latin

  36. Latin

  37. Latin, “of or like Mars”

  38. Romance, “pertaining to Mars”

  39. Spanish

  40. Latin, “from Mars, the Roman god”

  41. Latin

  42. Serbo-Croatian

  43. Italian

  44. Latin

  45. Latin

  46. English

  47. Latin

  48. Old English, “boundary”

  49. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 16 more places.

  50. English

  51. Used in Greek

  52. Used in Icelandic

  53. Used in Dutch

  54. Used in Estonian

  55. Latin, “of or like Mars”

  56. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  57. English, “stonemason”

  58. Latin, “greatest”

  59. Used in Hebrew

  60. Used in English

  61. Hebrew, “gift of the Lord”

  62. Common across three Canadian provinces, Sweden, Austria, and 9 more places.

  63. Hebrew, “gift of the Lord”

  64. Latin, “gift of the Lord”

  65. Used in Slovene

  66. French, “gift of the Lord (via Matthieu)”

  67. Danish, “gift of Yahweh”

  68. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 17 more places.

  69. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  70. Latin, “gift of Yahweh”

  71. Used in Slovene

  72. Used in Slovene

  73. Old Norse, “gift of Yahweh”

  74. Common in Italy, the Netherlands, Ontario, and 11 more places.

  75. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  76. Hebrew, “gift of the Lord”

  77. Hebrew, “gift of Yahweh”

  78. Used in Italian

  79. Hebrew, “gift of Yahweh”

  80. Used in Russian

  81. Used in Ukrainian

  82. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  83. Used in Finnish

  84. Latin

  85. Latin, “Moor; dark, swarthy”

  86. English

  87. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  88. Common across the UK, the Netherlands, three Nordic countries, and 17 more places.

  89. French

  90. Latin

  91. Latin, “the greatest”

  92. Spanish

  93. Latin

  94. Old English, “Mack's well or spring”

  95. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  96. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  97. English

  98. Hebrew

  99. Turkish, “praised, commendable, laudable”

  100. Used in Hebrew

  101. Hebrew, “king of light”

  102. Used in Frisian

  103. Latin

  104. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  105. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  106. Persian, “male human”

  107. Used in Turkish

  108. Hebrew, “who is like Yahweh”

  109. Common across the UK, three Canadian provinces, Israel, and 7 more places.

  110. Hebrew, “who is like God?”

  111. Hebrew, “who is like God?”

  112. French, “who is like God?”

  113. Hebrew, “Who is like God?”

  114. Hebrew, “who is like God?”

  115. Old Norse

  116. Portuguese, “Who is like God?”

  117. Used in Slovene

  118. Used in Slovene

  119. Hebrew, “who is like God?”

  120. Hebrew, “who is like Yahweh”

  121. Latin, “who is like God?”

  122. Russian, “who is like God?”

  123. Used in Danish

  124. Latin, “victory + people”

  125. Slavic

  126. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  127. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  128. English, “grace, favor”

  129. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  130. Used in English

  131. Common in France, England and Wales, the Netherlands, and 11 more places.

  132. Used in Hungarian

  133. English, “mill”

  134. Italian, “my”

  135. Hebrew, “who is like God?”

  136. Arabic, “ascension to heaven”

  137. Used in Slovene

  138. Used in Finnish

  139. Greek

  140. Arabic, “praised, commendable, laudable”

  141. Arabic, “praised, commendable”

  142. Arabic, “praised, commendable, laudable”

  143. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  144. Used in Hebrew

  145. Germanic

  146. Used in Dutch

  147. Hebrew, “to give birth to”

  148. Arabic, “to give birth to”

  149. Arabic, “praised, commendable, laudable”

  150. Arabic, “praised, commendable, laudable”

  151. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  152. Latin, “sea + settlement”

  153. Arabic, “to give birth to”

  154. Arabic, “the chosen one”

  155. Used in Ukrainian

  156. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  157. Germanic, “grace, favor”

N

69 names
  1. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  2. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  3. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  4. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 15 more places.

  5. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  6. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  7. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  8. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  9. Used in Arabic

  10. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  11. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  12. Used in Hungarian

  13. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  14. Hebrew, “God has given”

  15. Used in Polish

  16. Hebrew, “God has given”

  17. Hebrew, “God has given”

  18. Hebrew, “God has given”

  19. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  20. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  21. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  22. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  23. Used in Slovene

  24. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  25. Modern coinage, “new”

  26. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  27. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  28. Latin

  29. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  30. Irish, “cloud”

  31. Rare across France, the UK, Poland, and 18 more places.

  32. Greek, “victory + people”

  33. Greek, “victory + people”

  34. Latin, “victory + people”

  35. Greek, “victory + people”

  36. Latin, “victory + people”

  37. Latin, “victory + people”

  38. Greek, “victory + people”

  39. Used in Dutch

  40. Greek, “victory + people”

  41. Greek, “victory + people”

  42. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in New Zealand in 2023, number 60.

  43. Greek, “conqueror”

  44. German, “victory + people”

  45. Greek, “victory + people”

  46. Latin, “victory + people”

  47. French, “victory + people”

  48. Greek, “victory + people”

  49. Greek, “victory + people”

  50. Latin, “victory + people”

  51. Used in Russian

  52. Used in Turkish

  53. Swedish

  54. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  55. Used in Italian

  56. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  57. Loved across France, the UK, Canada, and 19 more places.

  58. Hebrew, “my pleasantness”

  59. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  60. Latin

  61. French, “Christmas”

  62. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  63. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  64. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 91.

  65. Irish, “descendant of Nuallán”

  66. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  67. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  68. Germanic, “north + bright”

  69. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

O

49 names
  1. Old English, “oak + woodland clearing, glade”

  2. Used in French

  3. Irish, “dun”

  4. Used in Norwegian

  5. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 34.

  6. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  7. Irish, “deer”

  8. Used in Finnish

  9. Used in Polish

  10. Used in Swedish

  11. Old Norse

  12. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 34.

  13. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  14. Old Norse

  15. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Finland in 2024, number 44.

  16. Danish

  17. Used in Ukrainian

  18. Lithuanian

  19. Loved across England and Wales, three Canadian provinces, the Nordic countries, and 9 more places.

  20. French

  21. French

  22. French

  23. Used in Swedish

  24. English, “olive tree”

  25. Old Norse

  26. Arabic

  27. Hebrew

  28. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  29. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  30. Used in Finnish

  31. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  32. Used in Hebrew

  33. Irish, “dun, sallow”

  34. Catalan, “golden”

  35. Italian, “fame-land”

  36. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 126.

  37. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  38. Common in France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and 14 more places.

  39. Swedish, “probably outsider, newcomer”

  40. Irish, “deer”

  41. English, “wealth, riches (the root shared with Otto)”

  42. German, “wealth, riches”

  43. Used in Slovene

  44. Used in Finnish

  45. Germanic, “wealth, riches”

  46. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  47. English

  48. Used in English

  49. Used in Slovene

P

40 names
  1. Spanish, “small”

  2. English, “patrician”

  3. Rare in France, England and Wales, Italy, and 20 more places.

  4. Javanese

  5. Italian, “small”

  6. English, “gamekeeper”

  7. Latin, “Paschal; of or pertaining to Easter”

  8. English, “patrician”

  9. English, “patrician”

  10. English, “patrician”

  11. Latin, “small”

  12. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  13. Latin, “small”

  14. Latin, “small”

  15. Used in Slavic

  16. Greek, “stone, rock”

  17. Danish, “stone, rock”

  18. Spanish, “stone, rock”

  19. Hebrew

  20. Used in Dutch

  21. Used in Catalan

  22. Used in Spanish

  23. Germanic

  24. Latin

  25. Catalan, “stone, rock”

  26. Used in Slovene

  27. Greek, “stone, rock”

  28. Used in Swedish

  29. Greek, “fond of horses”

  30. Greek, “fond of horses”

  31. Greek, “fond of horses”

  32. Latin

  33. Dutch, “rock, stone”

  34. Greek, “stone, rock”

  35. Used in Dutch

  36. Hebrew

  37. Polish, “stone, rock”

  38. Latin, “small”

  39. Used in Turkish

  40. Polish, “famous from being artful”

Q

1 name
  1. Used in Catalan

R

73 names
  1. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  2. Hebrew, “God cures/has healed”

  3. Hebrew, “God cures/has healed”

  4. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  5. Hebrew, “God cures/has healed”

  6. Old Norse

  7. Scottish Gaelic

  8. German

  9. Germanic

  10. Hebrew, “God cures/has healed”

  11. Used in Swedish, “beloved”

  12. Spanish

  13. Sanskrit, “the sun or the sun-god.”

  14. French, “advice + protection”

  15. Arabic, “well-watered”

  16. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  17. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  18. English, “counsel + ruler (via Reginald)”

  19. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  20. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  21. Latin, “oarsman”

  22. French, “oarsman”

  23. French

  24. French

  25. Used in Dutch

  26. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  27. Hebrew, “see, a son”

  28. Latin, “king”

  29. Dutch

  30. Welsh, “ardor, fiery warrior”

  31. Irish

  32. Germanic, “king, ruler + hard, brave”

  33. Germanic, “king, ruler + hard, brave”

  34. Old English, “rye + clearing, meadow”

  35. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  36. English, “river”

  37. Used in Dutch

  38. Germanic, “shining glory”

  39. Germanic, “shining glory”

  40. English, “shining glory”

  41. Italian, “possibly crow”

  42. Germanic, “famous ruler”

  43. Germanic, “fame-spear”

  44. Germanic

  45. Used in Serbo-Croatian

  46. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 46.

  47. Used in Serbo-Croatian

  48. Germanic, “fame-land”

  49. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  50. French

  51. Latin, “Roman, of Rome”

  52. Romance

  53. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Estonia in 2023, number 22.

  54. Hebrew, “Song of Joy”

  55. Irish, “little seal”

  56. English, “advice + power”

  57. Scottish Gaelic, “red-haired king”

  58. Used in Irish

  59. Irish, “little red one”

  60. Scottish Gaelic

  61. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  62. Irish, “red, auburn”

  63. Irish

  64. Irish, “red-haired king”

  65. Rare in France, England and Wales, Italy, and 20 more places.

  66. Hebrew, “see, a son”

  67. German

  68. Germanic, “shining glory”

  69. Russian

  70. Irish, “descendant of Rian”

  71. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  72. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  73. Germanic, “king, ruler + hard, brave”

S

92 names
  1. French

  2. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  3. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  4. Arabic, “pious”

  5. Italian, “savior”

  6. English, “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”

  7. Arabic, “high, exalted”

  8. Used in Slovene

  9. Common across France, the UK, Italy, and 25 more places.

  10. Hebrew, “he who listens to God”

  11. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  12. Greek, “to ward off, defend”

  13. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  14. Italian

  15. Spanish, “Saint James”

  16. Hebrew

  17. German

  18. Used in English

  19. Irish, “possibly holding the heel”

  20. Irish, “God is gracious”

  21. Latin, “august, venerable, exalted”

  22. Latin, “august, venerable, exalted”

  23. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  24. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  25. Hebrew

  26. Rare in France, England and Wales, Italy, and 19 more places.

  27. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  28. Used in Dutch

  29. Used in Dutch

  30. Used in Slovene

  31. Russian

  32. Latin

  33. Spanish

  34. Hebrew, “chosen one, appointed, placed”

  35. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  36. Latin

  37. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  38. Hebrew

  39. Irish, “God is gracious”

  40. Irish, “possibly holding the heel”

  41. Irish

  42. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  43. Hebrew

  44. Hebrew, “peace”

  45. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  46. Hebrew, “'God has set' or 'God has placed'”

  47. Used in Dutch

  48. Used in Swedish

  49. Used in Finnish

  50. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 16.

  51. Aramaic

  52. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  53. Hebrew, “hearkening, listening”

  54. Used in Serbo-Croatian

  55. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 70.

  56. German

  57. Old Norse, “victory + stone”

  58. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 53.

  59. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  60. Rare across the UK, Italy, Poland, and 18 more places.

  61. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 70.

  62. Sanskrit

  63. Old Norse, “possibly one of two”

  64. English, “familiar form of address for a boy”

  65. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  66. English

  67. Old English, “stone + meadow”

  68. Polish, “stand, become + glory, fame”

  69. Old English, “stone + meadow”

  70. Used in Slovene

  71. French, “to crown”

  72. Latin, “to crown”

  73. Greek

  74. Old Norse

  75. Used in Swedish

  76. Used in Dutch

  77. Used in Dutch

  78. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 126.

  79. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  80. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2024, number 5.

  81. Arabic, “peace”

  82. Used in Finnish

  83. Slavic

  84. Swedish, “boy, young man, servant”

  85. Old Norse, “boy, young man, servant”

  86. Old Norse, “to swing around, spin; move violently”

  87. Used in Slovene

  88. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  89. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  90. Used in Hungarian

  91. Czech, “crown, wreath”

  92. Hebrew, “hearkening, listening”

T

69 names
  1. Greek

  2. Latin

  3. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  4. Irish, “poet”

  5. Used in Swedish, “a guarantor”

  6. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  7. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  8. Used in Persian

  9. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  10. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  11. English, “wealth, riches + ward, guard”

  12. Old English, “wealth, riches + ward, guard”

  13. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  14. Greek

  15. Greek, “god + gift”

  16. Used in Dutch

  17. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  18. Common in France, England and Wales, Ontario, and 12 more places.

  19. Latin, “god + gift”

  20. Latin, “god + gift”

  21. Hebrew, “possibly holding the heel”

  22. Hebrew, “gift of the Lord”

  23. Common across the UK, Italy, the Netherlands, and 9 more places.

  24. Germanic

  25. Hebrew, “Saint James”

  26. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  27. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  28. Latin

  29. Irish, “lord”

  30. Used in Dutch

  31. Used in Dutch

  32. Used in Slovene

  33. Germanic, “people”

  34. English, “to honour + god”

  35. Greek, “honour”

  36. Greek, “to honour + god”

  37. Used in Russian

  38. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  39. Greek, “to honour + god”

  40. Turkish, “iron”

  41. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  42. Used in Slovene

  43. Hebrew, “my good is YHWH”

  44. Used in Polish

  45. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  46. Hebrew, “my good is YHWH”

  47. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  48. Finnish

  49. English, “twin”

  50. Used in Bulgarian

  51. Spanish, “twin”

  52. Latin, “twin”

  53. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Slovenia in 2024, number 139.

  54. Latin

  55. English, “twin”

  56. Spanish

  57. Old Norse

  58. Welsh

  59. Celtic, “riot”

  60. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  61. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  62. Old Norse

  63. Used in Dutch

  64. English, “tiler”

  65. Used in Ukrainian

  66. Latin

  67. Latin, “to honour + god”

  68. French

  69. Hebrew, “gazelle”

U

13 names
  1. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Iceland in 2022, number 53.

  2. German, “heritage, homestead + ruler”

  3. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  4. Arabic

  5. Used in Turkish

  6. Basque, “shepherd, cowboy”

  7. Latin, “of the town or city, urbane”

  8. Used in Slovene

  9. Used in Finnish

  10. Hebrew, “light”

  11. Hebrew, “God is my light”

  12. Used in Slovene

  13. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

V

42 names
  1. Used in Finnish

  2. Latin, “strong, healthy”

  3. German, “power, rule”

  4. Latin, “strong, healthy”

  5. Latin, “strong, healthy”

  6. Latin

  7. Germanic

  8. Used in Serbo-Croatian

  9. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  10. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Finland in 2021, number 46.

  11. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  12. Used in Finnish

  13. Used in Hungarian

  14. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  15. Latin, “conqueror”

  16. Used in Slovene

  17. Old Norse, “wide + army”

  18. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  19. Germanic, “battle”

  20. Latin, “conqueror”

  21. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  22. Germanic, “will + helmet”

  23. Used in Finnish

  24. Used in Finnish

  25. Used in Icelandic

  26. Used in Finnish

  27. Old English

  28. Used in Finnish

  29. Not in the latest lists. Last listed in Denmark in 2021, number 43.

  30. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  31. Germanic, “will + helmet”

  32. English, “conquering”

  33. Latin, “conquering”

  34. Italian, “conquering”

  35. Latin, “conquering”

  36. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  37. Latin

  38. Latin, “conqueror”

  39. Russian, “power”

  40. Used in Ukrainian

  41. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  42. Slavic

W

20 names
  1. Used in English

  2. Germanic

  3. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  4. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  5. Old English, “west + wood, clearing”

  6. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  7. Latin, “conqueror”

  8. Old English, “will + peace”

  9. German, “will + helmet”

  10. Germanic, “will + helmet”

  11. Used in German

  12. Germanic, “will + helmet”

  13. Old English, “mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish + famous”

  14. Used in Polish

  15. Latin, “conquering”

  16. Lithuanian, “possibly wood + forest”

  17. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  18. Slavic

  19. Germanic

  20. Germanic, “war + hard, brave”

X

3 names
  1. Spanish

  2. Spanish

  3. Spanish, “possibly new house”

Y

36 names
  1. Hebrew, “possibly holding the heel”

  2. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  3. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  4. Used in Hebrew

  5. Arabic, “God is gracious”

  6. Hebrew, “he will light up”

  7. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  8. Turkish

  9. Used in Hebrew

  10. Used in Greek

  11. Hebrew

  12. Russian

  13. Used in Arabic

  14. Used in Arabic

  15. Used in Arabic

  16. Arabic

  17. Used in Yiddish

  18. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  19. Hebrew

  20. Used in Hebrew

  21. Hebrew

  22. Used in Spanish

  23. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  24. Used in Hebrew

  25. Used in Hebrew

  26. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  27. Used in Icelandic

  28. Hebrew

  29. Hebrew, “Yahweh (is) God”

  30. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  31. Hebrew, “(God) shall add”

  32. Used in Dutch

  33. Arabic, “(God) shall add”

  34. Arabic

  35. Rare in all 24 places we hold figures for.

  36. Arabic, “to add”

Z

24 names
  1. Hebrew, “Yahweh has remembered”

  2. Hebrew, “Yahweh has remembered”

  3. Hebrew, “Yahweh has remembered”

  4. Hebrew, “Yahweh has remembered”

  5. Hebrew, “Yahweh has remembered”

  6. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 18 more places.

  7. Hebrew, “Yahweh has remembered”

  8. Hebrew, “the Lord has remembered”

  9. Arabic, “Yahweh has remembered”

  10. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  11. Hebrew

  12. Greek, “to defend + man”

  13. Arabic

  14. Arabic, “beauty”

  15. Slavic, “chase away + anger, wrath”

  16. Greek

  17. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 19 more places.

  18. Used in Hungarian

  19. Used in Slovene

  20. Hebrew

  21. Hungarian, “sultan”

  22. Rare across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  23. Used in Hungarian

  24. Used in Hungarian

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