Philosopher baby names and what they mean, for philosopher, scholar, theologian, sage, with 60 results. These boy names reached the peak of their popularity in the 1900s (ADOPTION OF 5.8%) and have become significantly less conventional since (ADOPTION 1.6%, ▼73%), with names like Frederick becoming less trendy. The most fashionable birth names in this compilation are Emerson (#281), Immanuel (#989), Lucian (#651), Maximus (#212) and Soren (#559), while Sorin (TOP 42%) and Syren (98%) are familiar surnames.

Abelard - Fulbright

Abelard
.. 12th century French philosopher Pierre Abelard .. Abelard (cf. Akard, Attard) is a popular -ard suffix surname. [Abelardo, Abe, Abbey, .. 3 more]

Albert▼
.. philosopher Albert Camus; artist Albrecht Durer .. Usage of Albert as a baby name has waned circa the 1900s. [Ulbricht, Berty, Bertie, Alvert, Adelbrecht, Abert, .. 22 more]

Aristotle
.. by the Greek philosopher Aristotle, and .. Ari is more widely used than the rest. [Ary, Aristotellis, Arie, .. 3 more]

Bernard▼
.. mountain climbers, and a scholastic philosopher .. Bernard has fallen off in popularity as a children's name circa 1920-1929. [Vernados, Burnard, Bernhardo, Bernardo, Barnie, Barnhardo, Barnhard, .. 16 more]

Bertrand
.. Philosopher Bertrand Russell. Bertrand and Bertrando are unconventional masculine names, and Bertrand occurs frequently (TOP 2%) as a last name. [Bertrando]

Blaise▲
.. child prodigy, mathematician, scientist, and philosopher .. Usage of Blaise, Blais, etc. as boys' names in 2018 was 8.3% less than the year before. [Blaze, .. 5 more]

Brant▼
.. also a devout scholar who translated .. Brant is commonly occurring (UPPER 75%) as a men's name, whereas Brandt, Brannt, Brantley and Brantt are sparsely used. [Brantt, Brannt, Brandt, .. 1 more]

Charles▼
.. Naturalist Charles Darwin; French president Charles .. Adoption of Charles, Charlie, etc. as children's names in 2018 was down 14.9% compared to a decade ago. [Karoly, Karolik, Karolek, Karl, Karel, Chaz, Charls, Charlie, Cary, Carrol, .. 17 more]

Cleanth
.. of a Stoic Greek philosopher, Cleanthes .. Cleanth, Kleanthes, etc. were not Top birth names in 2018. [Kleanthes, Kleanth, Cleandro, .. 6 more]

Clement▼
.. the early Christian theologian Clement of .. Less used today. Clemente was the variant last found (2000) in the Top 2000. [Kliment, Klemens, Clementius, Clementino, .. 9 more]

Cyril▼
.. saints, including the theologians Cyril of .. Used somewhat widely as children's names, Kyril, Cyril, etc. are comparable to the conventional Kyrie. [Kyril, Cirilo, Cirillo, Cirilio, Ciril, .. 5 more]

Darwin
.. Darwin, 19th century naturalist, was the .. Darwin is a conventional (TOP 48%) men's name, while Darwon, Darwyn, Derwin and Derwynn are rarely used. [Derwynn, Darwon, .. 2 more]

Eldridge▼
Source fr. German language. "Sage ruler." Used somewhat widely as boys' names, Eldridge, Eldrick, etc. are comparable to the conventional Edrick. Also a variant of Elbridge or .. [Eldrige, Eldrick, Eldredge, .. 2 more]

Emerson▲
.. a poet and philosopher who wrote .. Emerson has gained in popularity since 1997. [Em]

Epicurus
A philosopher of great influence, who .. Epicurus is not a Top 2000 name.

Erasmus
.. century Dutch humanist philosopher Geert Geerts .. Erasmo is a common (UPPER 90%) men's name, while Erasme, Erasmios, Erasmus, Ras and Rasmus are uncommon. [Rasmus, Ras, Erasmo, Erasmios, .. 1 more]

Eusebius
.. fourth century Italian bishop and theologian. A rare baby name. [Eusevios, Eusevio, Eusebe, Eusaio, Esebio, .. 7 more]

Francis▼
.. philosopher Sir Francis Bacon; composer Franz .. Francis has waned in popularity as a birth name circa the 1910s. [Proinsias, Pacorro, Frasquito, Franzen, Franz, Frantz, Frants, Fransisco, Frans, Frann, .. 33 more]

Frederick▼
.. philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche; musician Fred Durst. Frederick has diminished in favor as a children's name circa 1880-1889. [Rikki, Rikke, Ricky, Rich, Fritzl, Fritz, Friedel, Fredrick, Fredric, Frederico, .. 31 more]

Fulbright
.. through the Fulbright Scholar program, which .. Less used today. Philbert was the form last appearing (1950-1959) in the Top 2000. [Phillbert, .. 3 more]