Famous Names For Boys, Meanings, and their History

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Connie (KAH-nee)

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scottish-irish dutch-german german-dutch irish-french scottish-portuguese irish-english french-dutch

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Erik (ER-ik or AIR-ik)

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german-icelandic nordic german-swedish finnish-german famous icelandic-swedish traditional

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Freddie (FREH-dee)

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girl boy famous nickname male masculine female

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Gerard (juh-RAHRD)

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famous english-haitian creole english-french masculine french french-english haitian creole

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Humayun (hoo-MAI-yoon)

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indian urdu urdu-indian historical pakistani urdu-pakistani surname

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Irving (UR-ving)

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german-hebrew english-german german-english jewish philosopher hebrew-english male

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Jefferey (JEF-uh-ree)

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famous boy male medieval english english-american baby

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Justin (JUHS-tin)

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english-american english masculine actors latin french-english christian

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Louis (loo-ee)

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baby christian french-german christianity masculine french-english english

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Mohandas (moh-hun-dahs)

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gujarati male hindu famous indian leader activist

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Nelson (NEL-suhn)

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Rajnikant (rahj-ni-kant)

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actor masculine hindi-indian tamil telugu indian marathi

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