Boy · German
Horst
Say it: HORST
Meaning
Uncertain; usually linked with the German word Horst 'thicket, wooded hill, eyrie'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Very common in Germany in the 1920s to 1940s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 83 babies given this name since 1934
- At its height in 1967, about 1 in 134,200 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Horst Buchholz, actor
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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