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Boy Names associated with Sports
Sports baby names and what they mean, for sports, football, baseball, basketball, with 219 results. Usage of these boy names reached its highest in the 1960s (USAGE OF 40.13%) and is now significantly reduced (USAGE 12.8%, ▼68.1%), with names such as Marcus going out of style. The most fashionable names for newborns here are Lincoln (#40), Beau (#151), Nolan (#64), Beckham (#295) and Hayes (#343), while Unson (TOP 89%) and Karter (40%) are common surnames.
Aaron - Antonio
Aaron
.. baseball celebrity Hank Aaron; composer Aaron .. Aadon is also a slightly prominent baby name. [Ronny, Ronnie, Haroun, Arun, Aron, Aran, Ahron, Aaronn, Aaro, Aaren, .. 27 more]
Abdul
.. Basketball celebrity Kareem Abdul Jabar. Ardul and Asdul are creative variations. [Del, Abdull, Abdoulla, Abdellah, Abdella, Abdalla, Abdall, Abdal, .. 7 more]
Abner
.. Inventer of baseball Abner Doubleday. Abner (UPPER 4%), Avner (64%), Ebner (6%), like Agner (UPPER 16%), Aigner (22%), are popular -ner suffix last names. [Ebner, Ebby, Ebbie, Ab, .. 9 more]
Aeneas
.. Football player Aeneas Williams. Aenneas and variants were not Top birth names in 2018. [Enneiss, Enne, Aineias, Aineas, .. 7 more]
Ahmed▲
.. Football player Ahmad Plumer. Ahmad (UPPER 73%) and Ahmed (82%) are commonly occurring men's names. [Amed, Amahd, Ahmet, .. 7 more]
Akeem▼
.. in part by basketball player Hakeem .. Akeem, Akhim, etc. became less popular last year, dropping -58 rankings as baby names with Akeem dropping the most. [Akim, .. 2 more]
Alamar
.. Baseball player Roberto Alomar. Not much used as a baby name. [Alomar]
Alan▼
.. basketball player Allen Iverson. Al, Alen, Allen and Allyn are prevalent as variations of Alan. [Alyn, Allyn, Allie, Alley, Allen, Allayne, Alin, Alano, Alann, Al, .. 15 more]
Albert▼
.. baseball player Albert Belle; politician Al .. Adoption of Albert and variants as children's names in 2018 was 1.8% less than the previous year. [Ulbricht, Elbert, Delbert, Bertie, Bert, Aubert, Alvert, Albrekt, Albertus, Al, .. 17 more]
Alex▼
.. Baseball players Alex Ochoa and Alex .. Widely used, with usage of 0.174% for Alex and variants as boys' names in 2018, though lower than 0.178% the previous year. [Elex, Allex, Aleks, Aleck, Alec, .. 6 more]
Alexis▼
.. Hockey player Akeksei Kovalev. Usage of Alexis, Aleksi, etc. as birth names in 2018 was down 14% compared to a year ago. [Alexy, Alexius, Alexi, Aleksius, Aleksi, .. 9 more]
Ali▲
.. name adopted by boxer Cassius Clay .. Adoption of Ali and forms is at its apex today. [Alia]
Alonzo▼
.. perhaps due to basketball celebrity Alonzo .. Alanzo (UPPER 86%), Alonso (1%), Alonzo (1%), Lon (40%) and Lonnie (98%) appear commonly as last names. [Lonny, Alohnzo, Alohnso, Allohnso, .. 8 more]
Andre
.. tennis player Andre Agassi. A highly conventional baby name (#274 LAST YEAR), Andre is also used often as a surname. [Ries, Ondrey, Deandre, Andreus, Andres, Andrej, Andrae, .. 15 more]
Andrew▼
.. baseball player Andruw Jones. Andre, Andreas, Andru and Dru are generally used as versions of Andrew. [Ondrey, Drud, Dandy, Andruw, Andro, Andrius, Andrian, Andrey, Andrews, Andor, .. 39 more]
Anfernee▼
.. made famous by basketball celebrity Anfernee .. Usage of Anfernee as a baby name has fallen off circa 1996. [Anferney]
Anson▲
.. Baseball great Cap Anson. Adoption of Anson and variants as baby names in 2018 was up 51.7% compared to 10 years ago. [Hanson, Ansson, .. 1 more]
Anthony▼
.. basketball player Anthony Mason; singer Marc .. Anthony, Antoine, Antoni, Antony and Toni are widely used as forms. [Twan, Antwuan, Antonio, Antoni, Antone, Anton, Anthone, .. 25 more]
Antoine▼
Football player Antone Davis. A familiar boys' name (#1051 IN CURRENT LIST), Antoine also occurs often as a surname. [Antwone, Antwoine, Antwoin, Antwaun, Antwaine, Antuwon, Antuwain, Antjuan, Antione, .. 8 more]
Antonio
.. Football player Antonio Freeman; actor Antonio .. Popular as boys' names, Anton, Antonio, etc. are similar to the familiar Antwan. [Tony, Anton, Antonito, .. 5 more]
Quick Reference
Summary Index of Sports names [and variants] for boys.
1. Aaron - AntonioAaron [37], Abdul [15], Abner [13], Aeneas [11], Ahmed▲ [10], Akeem▼ [3], Alamar [1], Alan▼ [25], Albert▼ [27], Alex▼ [11], Alexis▼ [14], Ali▲ [1], Alonzo▼ [12], Andre [22], Andrew▼ [49], Anfernee▼ [1], Anson▲ [3], Anthony▼ [32], Antoine▼ [17], Antonio [8]
Arthur▼ [17], Aston, Barclay [13], Barry▼ [9], Bart▼ [2], Beaman [5], Beau▲ [6], Beckham▲, Bjorn▲ [4], Bo▲ [1], Boris [4], Bowie▲ [2], Brett▼ [11], Cal, Canute [3], Canyon, Carter▲ [2], Casey▼ [6], Cassius▲ [3], Chad▼ [5]
Charles▼ [27], Chip [1], Chris▼ [3], Clay [1], Clement▼ [13], Cobb [1], Coby▼ [6], Cordell▼ [7], Cosmo [3], Cunningham [2], Curtis▼ [6], Daly [2], Dante▲ [7], Darrel▼ [20], Darrien [6], Darryl▼ [7], David▼ [21], Deacon▲ [7], Dedrick [5], Deion▼ [1]
Dempsey [1], Dennis▼ [17], Derek▼ [21], Detleff [2], Dexter▲ [3], Dion▼ [9], Dominic▲ [16], Donovan [6], Dorsey▼ [2], Drew▼ [2], Dwight▼, Earl▼ [10], Earvin, Elvis [6], Emmet [5], Erving [1], Ewing [2], Francis▼ [43], Gabriel▲ [21], Gale▼ [8]
Garnet [1], Garrison [1], George▼ [55], Gifford [3], Glen▼ [13], Gonzalo [4], Gordon▼ [4], Graziano [2], Hakeem▲ [3], Haley [7], Hank▲, Hayes▲ [1], Heath▼, Hershel▼ [15], Hideo, Hilliard [5], Horace▼ [7], Hugh▼ [14], Isaac▲ [19], Isaiah▲ [8]
Ismail [8], Ivan▲ [4], Jaromir, Jeremy▼ [12], Jermaine▼ [7], Jerome▼ [20], Jesse▼ [6], Jevon▼ [10], Jock [1], Joe▼ [3], John▼ [85], Jordan▼ [28], Jorge [1], Jose▼ [3], Juan▼ [5], Julius▼ [5], Junius▼ [4], Kareem▲ [3], Karl▼ [15], Keenan [7]
Keith▼, Kemp, Ken▼ [4], Kent▼ [3], Kevin▼ [9], Keyshawn▼, Kirby▼ [6], Knute [3], Kobi [9], Kurt▼ [1], Larry▼, Laverne▼ [5], Lawrence▼ [46], Lawyer, Lebrun [3], Lincoln▲ [2], Lombard [2], Manning [1], Manuel▼ [6], Marcel▲ [10]
Marcus▼ [4], Mariano [3], Mark▼ [18], Marquis▼ [15], Marshall [7], Marvin▼ [11], Matthew▼ [34], Mayes [1], Mercury [3], Merlin▼ [7], Michael▼ [51], Nolan▲ [5], Orel [5], Orlando [9], Patrick▼ [25], Paul▼ [26], Pepper, Peter▼ [21], Peyton▼ [2], Philip▼ [20]
Proverb, Qadir [2], Rafael▲ [8], Ramiro [1], Ramon▼ [3], Randall▼ [13], Ray▼ [11], Reginald▼ [37], Rice [1], Richard▼ [33], Ricky▼ [3], Robert▼ [30], Rocky [7], Rodman [1], Roscoe▼ [3], Ryan▼ [7], Satchel [1], Sayer [3], Scott▼ [4], Sean▼ [7]
Seminole, Shanahan, Shannon▼ [5], Shaquille▼ [6], Shawn▼ [7], Spalding [1], Spark [1], Spike, Starr, Stefan [7], Sterling▲ [2], Strahan [1], Talbet [4], Taylor▼ [6], Terry▼ [3], Thorpe [1], Thurman▼ [1], Tilden [2], Tino [3], Todd▼ [1]
Tommy▼, Torry [4], Tracy▼ [3], Trent▼ [3], Troy▼ [2], Ty▼ [1], Tyrone▼ [5], Vincent▲ [19], Warren▼ [4], Wayne▼ [2], Wells▲, Wheatley [3], White [1], Willis▼ [7], Winfield▼ [3], Woodson, Xavier▲ [12], Yancy [3], Yann [2]
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