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Name Statistics

It's impossible to calculate statistics about names in use around the entire world, but on this page you can find statistics about the names and their variations on this website. Under Names by Origin, you can learn where personal names around the world were born, and under Names by Usage, you can see how and where they are used today. Click on either of these name statistics to browse the names in that category in alphabetical order. These name statistics are updated as new names are added to the database.

Last updated: October 17, 2011.

   Total
The dictionary contains 3 855 names.

   Names By Gender
1 867 male names
1 421 female names
558 unisex names

   Names By Origin    Names By Usage
 Akkadian Names - 17
 Albanian Names - 5
 Arabic Names - 156
 Aramaic Names - 14
 Armenian Names - 5
 Basque Names - 17
 Breton Names - 31
 Celtic Names - 18
 Chinese Names - 9
 Cornish Names - 4
 Cushitic Names - 3
 Dutch Names - 10
 Egyptian Names - 14
 English Names - 386
 Etruscan Names - 15
 Finnish Names - 8
 French Names - 113
 Gaulish Names - 6
 German Names - 688
 Greek Names - 656
 Hawaiian Names - 2
 Hebrew Names - 641
 Igbo Names - 5
 Illyrian Names - 39
 Irish Names - 220
 Italian Names - 13
 Japanese Names - 20
 Korean Names - 4
 Latin Names - 730
 Lithuanian Names - 1
 Māori Names - 1
 Native American Names - 11
 Native Australian Names - 1
 Old Norse Names - 80
 Persian Names - 33
 Phoenician Names - 33
 Polish Names - 5
 Portuguese Names - 3
 Russian Names - 6
 Sanskrit Names - 34
 Scottish Gaelic Names - 75
 Semitic Names - 3
 Serbian Names - 1
 Slavic Names - 35
 Spanish Names - 27
 Turkish Names - 8
 Undefined Names - 54
 Vietnamese Names - 3
 Welsh Names - 72
 Yiddish Names - 11
 Yoruba Names - 48

 African Names - 57
 Albanian Names - 8
 Arabic Names - 154
 Aramaic Names - 1
 Armenian Names - 11
 Azerbaijani Names - 4
 Basque Names - 18
 Biblical Names - 146
 Bosnian Names - 6
 Breton Names - 16
 Bulgarian Names - 75
 Catalan Names - 25
 Celtic Names - 369
 Chinese Names - 18
 Cornish Names - 3
 Corsican Names - 1
 Croatian Names - 46
 Czech Names - 111
 Danish Names - 218
 Dutch Names - 225
 English Names - 2119
 Estonian Names - 9
 Finnish Names - 71
 French Names - 334
 Frisian Names - 5
 Galician Names - 10
 Georgian Names - 5
 German Names - 443
 Greek Names - 171
 Hawaiian Names - 6
 Historical Names - 16
 Hungarian Names - 54
 Icelandic Names - 4
 Igbo Names - 7
 Indian Names - 39
 Indonesian Names - 1
 Iranian Names - 21
 Irish Names - 186
 Italian Names - 245
 Japanese Names - 33
 Jewish Names - 188
 Korean Names - 8
 Latvian Names - 7
 Limburgish Names - 12
 Literary Names - 8
 Lithuanian Names - 9
 Macedonian Names - 29
 Māori Names - 2
 Middle African Names - 1
 Muslim Names - 193
 Native American Names - 3
 Native Australian Names - 1
 North African Names - 1
 Norwegian Names - 216
 Polish Names - 130
 Popular Culture Names - 1
 Portuguese Names - 172
 Provençal Names - 1
 Roman Names - 166
 Romanian Names - 85
 Russian Names - 172
 Scandinavian Names - 271
 Scottish Names - 134
 Serbian Names - 50
 Slavic Names - 398
 Slovak Names - 74
 Slovenian Names - 79
 Southern African Names - 1
 Spanish Names - 293
 Swedish Names - 227
 Tatar Names - 1
 Turkish Names - 27
 Ukrainian Names - 16
 Undefined Names - 14
 Vietnamese Names - 5
 Welsh Names - 73
 West African Names - 54
 Yiddish Names - 14
 Yoruba Names - 48

   Name Meanings
181 name meanings to choose from.

   Related Names
2.104 of 3.855 names contain info about their related names.

   Famous Bearers
3.351 of 3.855 names contain info about famous bearer(s).