Seventeenth century baby names and what they mean, with 53 results. Adoption of these boy names reached its highest in the 1880s (USAGE OF 15.5%) and has become much lower since (USAGE 4.6%, ▼70%), with names such as Frank going out of style. The more fashionable boy names here are Ezra (#59), Elias (#67), Gideon (#308), Raphael (#527) and Titus (#312), while Torner (TOP 45%) and Gedeon (12%) are popular surnames. Here is the list of 17th century names for girls.

Artemas - Ezra

Artemas
.. Puritans in the 17th century, but .. Common. Compare Artemas, Artimas and popular -mas surnames Armas (TOP 5%), Admas (80%). [Arty, Artimus, Artie, Artemus, Artemis, Artemio, .. 4 more]

Asa
.. the Puritans in the 17th century. Asa is a commonly occurring (UPPER 93%) masculine name, whereas Ase is uncommonly used. [Ase]

Ashley▼
.. an English saint's name (17th century). Usage of Ashlan and variants was widespread in the 1890s and is now lower, with Ashley going out of style. [Lee, Ashlynn, Ashleigh, Ashelie, Asheley, .. 11 more]

Austin▼
.. as late as the 17th century .. Used widely as birth names, Austin, Austyn, etc. are comparable to the popular Dustin. [Ostynn, Ostyn, Austyn, .. 2 more]

Baldwin
.. England into the 17th century, but .. Baldwin (UPPER 1%), Baudoin (11%), Bald (18%) and Baldovino (48%) are found regularly as surnames. [Baudoin, Baldewin, .. 8 more]

Blaise▲
.. was a brilliant 17th century child .. Adoption of Blaise and variants as children's names in 2018 was down 8.3% compared to a year ago. [Blaze, Blayze, Blase, Blaize, Blais, .. 1 more]

Boaz
.. England in the 17th and 18th .. A familiar children's name (#1099 IN LATEST RANKINGS), Boaz is also found frequently as a surname. [Boase, .. 1 more]

Bradford▼
.. Plymouth colony, William Bradford (17th century) .. Bradfurd and forms were popular with parents during 1970-1979, but now, Brad has become less in vogue. [Brad, .. 2 more]

Charles▼
.. especially since the 17th century reigns .. Usage of Charles as a children's name has fallen off circa the 1920s. [Karoly, Karol, Karel, Chaz, Charly, Charls, Charlot, Charleson, Cary, Carl, .. 17 more]

Clifford▼
.. given name from the 17th century .. Cliff (TOP 50%) and Clifford (12%) are commonplace men's names, while Clyff, Clyfford and Clyford are intermittently used. [Clyford, Cliff, .. 2 more]

Constant
.. Christians in the 17th century, partly .. Constant grew in popularity a century ago. See also Konstant.

Cosmo
.. to Britain in the 17th century .. Less common today. Cosmo was the variation last appearing (1950-1959) in the Top 2000. [Kosmo, .. 2 more]

Cromwell
17th century reformer Oliver Cromwell; actor .. Cromwell is unique as a baby name.

Cyrano
.. Bergerac was a 17th century soldier .. Not that common as a baby name. [Cyran]

Don▼
.. John Donne, the 17th century poet .. A conventional birth name (#1501 THE PAST YEAR), Don also occurs often as a last name. [Donny, Donnan, Donn, .. 2 more]

Ebenezer
.. the Puritans in the 17th century .. Somewhat atypical as a birth name, Ebenezer occurs more conventionally as a last name. [Evenezer, .. 9 more]

Edmund▼
.. the 16th and 17th centuries, Edmund .. Edmund, Eddie, Edmond and Ted are common as variations. [Teddy, Ted, Edmondine, Edmonde, Eddie, Eadmund, .. 14 more]

Eli▲
.. among Puritans in the 17th century .. Conventional, with usage of 0.339% for Eli and variants as boys' names in 2018, but lower than 0.362% in 2017. [Heli, Eloy, .. 3 more]

Elias▲
.. Common in the 17th century and .. Adoption of Elias and variants as baby names in 2018 was up a lot compared to the previous decade. [Ilyas, Ilie, Elyas, Ellis, Eliyahu, Elie, Elice, .. 15 more]

Ezra▲
.. the Puritans in the 17th century .. Usage of Ezra, Azur, etc. as children's names in 2018 was up 15.5% compared to a year ago. [Ezri, Ezrah, Esra, .. 4 more]