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Names in History

NameCurrent Rank
Alfhild

N/A

unranked
Alwilda

N/A

unranked
Andrew

manly, strong

68
Attila

little father

6854
Augustus

great, magnificent

unranked
Aurelian

N/A

3690
Bonaventure

N/A

12491
Brunhilda

armed for battle

unranked
Caedmon

N/A

9089
Charlemagne

Charles the Great

8411
Charles

free man

51
Clovis

N/A

unranked
Cyprian

man of Cyprus

5083
Cyra

sun or throne, or lord

3511
Darius

possessing goodness

unranked
Duncan

dark warrior

unranked
Dymphna

fawn

unranked
Edana

fire

unranked
Ephraim

fruitful, fertile, productive

979
Ephrem

N/A

6933
Flavian

yellow hair

unranked
Flavius

yellow, blond

unranked
Florian

flowering

unranked
Gaston

the foreigner, the guest

4101
Genghis

universal ruler

unranked
Geronimo

sacred name

3401
Gratian

N/A

12897
Hadrian

dark-haired

2835
Hannibal

grace of Baal, god of fertility and fortune

8541
Hiawatha

he makes rivers

unranked
Horus

sun god

8549
Inna

N/A

7719
Innocent

harmless, innocent

unranked
Ives

yew wood, a tree used to make bows to shoot arrows

12991
Jerome

sacred name

1335
Joseph

God will increase

32
Josephus

Jehovah increases

13125
Jozef

N/A

5314
Julia

youthful or sky father

116
Julitta

N/A

unranked
Justin

fair, righteous

14240
Justinian

N/A

unranked
Juvenal

youthful

10335
Kateri

pure

3993
Katherine

pure

175
Knut

knot

unranked
Lothar

famous army

unranked
Louise

renowned warrior

540
Lucan

N/A

7066
Ludwig

famous warrior

8064
Makeda

greatness

5880
Malcolm

devotee of St. Colomba

unranked
Maria

bitter

9520
Mariamne

N/A

unranked
Mars

N/A

1457
Martial

N/A

unranked
Napoleon

lion of the new city

unranked
Octavian

eighth

2270
Octavius

eighth

2020
Ouida

N/A

unranked
Ovid

N/A

unranked
Pascal

of the Passover; Easter

2773
Paschal

of the Passover; Easter

13683
Pietro

rock

3658
Pliny

N/A

unranked
Pompey

five

unranked
Ptolemy

aggressive, warlike

13670
Saladin

peace through faith

13897
Shaka

N/A

7168
Sina

God is gracious

7877
Spartacus

from the city of Sparta

unranked
Suleiman

N/A

1785
Tahira

pure and chaste

6347
Tan

N/A

unranked
Tarquin

N/A

unranked
Temujin

N/A

13959
Timur

N/A

2621
Tiziano

N/A

12095
Tomyris

N/A

13403
Tullio

N/A

unranked
Tully

flood, peaceful, or hill

10786
Tupac

native Inca accountant

unranked
Tycho

hitting the mark

5853
Tyge

N/A

unranked
Valerian

strength, health

6137
Voltaire

determined thing

unranked
Wenceslaus

N/A

unranked
Werner

protecting army

8251
Winifred

blessed peacemaking

unranked
Xerxes

hero among heroes

5209
Yves

yew wood

5423