Prominent Names

26 Prominent names that mean prominent for boys, listing Prominent baby names 1-10. Daniel is a popular name. Bancroft, Beauregard, Cabot, Endicott, Finbar, Finian, Gobind, Haig and Hampton are uncommon names. View Prominent baby names for name meanings, search Prominent names for girls, or search other baby names.

Bancroft ... Huwe Howe Bancroft was a prominent historian in the western America whose collection forms the nucleus of the Bancroft Library of the University of California. [5]

Beauregard ... Dennis took this name from the names of three prominent Confederate generals ... [1]

Cabot ... the name of a prominent Boston mercantile and shipping family. [1]

Daniel ... Many prominent men have had the name since ... [20]

Endicott ... Endicotts have been prominent in Massachusetts since 1628 ... [1]

Finbar ... A prominent abbott and bishop who kept the Catholic Church alive in Ireland during the seventh and eighth centuries ... [7]

Finian ... Saint Finnian of Clonard (fifth and sixth century) was called "The Teacher of Irish Saints" because a number of students at his school became very prominent ecclesiastics. [6]

Gobind ... Guru Gobind Singh was a prominent 17th century guru of the Sikhs ... [3]

Haig ... Place name. Douglas Haig was a prominent English soldier in World War I.

Hampton ... South Carolina planter Wade Hampton was an important soldier in the Revolutionary War and his grandson (of the same name) was a prominent Confederate general and later ... [1]

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