NewName Shortlist 0 Boy · Latin
Rex Say it: REKS
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Meaning From Latin rex 'king'.
Certain scholars agree on this meaning.
Noble
Used as a given name since the late 19th century, popular in the US in the 1920s.
Its wave through time Timeless: in steady use for over a century
In the United States 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1951 per 100,000 babies of that sex 58,834 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1951, about 1 in 1,300 boys 371 babies in 2020 Famous bearers Rex Harrison, English actor Names worth a look Earnest Boy A spelling of Ernest influenced by the English word earnest; Ernest is from Germanic ernust 'seriousness, vigour'. Victorian · peak 1919 · forgotten Lyle Boy From the Norman surname de l'Isle 'of the island', from Old French isle. Victorian · peak 1922 Ollie Girl or boy A pet form of Olive or Olivia for girls (from Latin oliva 'olive') and of Oliver for boys, whose origin is uncertain. Victorian · peak 1893 Hubert Boy From Germanic hug 'heart, mind' and berht 'bright'. Early Medieval · peak 1916 · forgotten Elliott Boy From an English surname derived from medieval pet forms of Elias, from Hebrew Eliyyahu 'my God is Yahweh'. Victorian · peak 2020 Homer Boy Uncertain. Greek Homēros also meant 'hostage', but whether that explains the poet's name is unknown. Victorian · peak 1880 Roxanne Girl From Greek Rhoxane, from an Old Persian name probably meaning 'bright, shining'. Greece · peak 1954 Roxie Girl A pet form of Roxanne, from Old Persian Roxana, usually explained as 'bright, shining'. Victorian · peak 1901 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source 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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