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Boy · American pet form
Lonnie Say it: LON-ee
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Meaning An American pet form, probably of Alonzo or Lawrence.
Uncertain several explanations, none settled.
Used in the US from the 1880s, especially in the South.
Its wave through time Fading since the 1940s
In the United States 0 0.5 1 1.5 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1906 Boys 1901 per 1,000 babies of that sex 100,909 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1948, about 1 in 860 boys 107 babies in 2020 Famous bearers Lonnie Johnson, American blues musician Names worth a look Javier Boy The Spanish form of Xavier, from the Basque place name Etxeberri 'new house', the birthplace of St Francis Xavier. Renaissance · peak 2001 Omar Boy From Arabic ʿUmar, usually linked to the root ʿ-m-r 'to live, flourish'. Modern · peak 2007 Grayson Boy From an English surname meaning 'son of the steward', from Middle English greyve 'steward'. It is not from 'grey'. Modern · peak 2018 Maxwell Boy From a Scottish surname taken from a place near Kelso, 'Mac's stream' (the personal name Maccus and Old English wella). Modern · peak 2014 Darren Boy A surname of uncertain origin, sometimes linked to Irish Ó Dearáin; its use as a first name is a 20th-century… Modern · peak 1965 Kerry Girl or boy From the Irish county of Kerry, Ciarraí 'Ciar's people', Ciar being a personal name from ciar 'dark'. Modern · peak 1971 · forgotten Linda Girl Probably a short form of Germanic names ending in lind ('soft' or 'linden shield'), later associated with Spanish… Victorian · peak 1948 Leonard Boy From Germanic leon 'lion' and hard 'hard, brave'. Middle Ages · peak 1920 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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