Prominent Names

26 Prominent names that mean prominent for boys, listing Prominent baby names 1-20. Daniel, Leslie and Quincy are popular names. Bancroft, Beauregard, Cabot, Endicott, Finbar, Finian, Gobind, Haig, Hampton, Hooker, Hussein, Livingston, Rajiv, Ranjit, Saladin, Salisbury and Scribner 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]

Hooker ... Joseph Hooker was a prominent Union general in the Civil War.

Hussein ... The name of a prominent person in Shiite Islam and a royal name in Jordan ... [4]

Leslie ... Place name and name of a prominent Scottish clan ... [6]

Livingston ... The Livingston family were prominent Hudson River landowners in the 18th and 19th centuries. [3]

Quincy ... Surname of a prominent Massachusetts family whose name is borne by a town and by the sixth American President ... [3]

Rajiv ... Rajiv Gandhi was a prominent Indian politician who was assassinated in 1991.

Ranjit ... Ranjit Singh was a prominent maharajah of the Punjab area of India in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. [1]

Saladin ... Name of a prominent Muslim sultan (12th century) who captured Jerusalem from the Crusaders.

Salisbury ... a picturesque and prominent cathedral town in England ... [6]

Scribner ... Charles Scribner & Son was a prominent American publishing firm.

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