Traditional Names

Names with centuries of continuous use behind them, usually carried by the church, the crown or the family Bible rather than by fashion.

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25 names, very rare — fewer than 25 babies a year, in United States

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Amaury Amaury is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "work-ruler," and two crusader kings of Jerusalem carried it.
Boy French 23 in 2025
Oisin Oisin is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little deer" or "fawn," from the Irish os, a deer.
Boy Irish 22 in 2025
Maxime Maxime is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "greatest," the French form of the Roman cognomen Maximus.
Boy French 21 in 2025
Eoghan Eoghan is a boy's name of Irish origin usually read as "born of the yew," and it gives County Tyrone its Irish name.
Boy Irish 19 in 2025
Oran Oran is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little dun one," the anglicized spelling of Odhrán, whose saint was the first buried at Iona.
Boy Irish 19 in 2025
Caoimhe Caoimhe is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "gentle," "beautiful" or "precious," from the Irish caomh.
Girl Irish 24 in 2025
Ruairi Ruairi is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "red king," borne by Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair, the last High King of Ireland.
Boy Irish 23 in 2025
Mathilde Mathilde is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "mighty in battle," and its bearer commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry by tradition.
Girl French 21 in 2025
Euan Euan is a boy's name of Irish origin usually read as "born of the yew," and it is one of three separate names that collapse into Owen in English.
Boy Scottish 14 in 2025
Aodhan Aodhan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fire," from Aodh, the name of a fire god.
Boy Irish 14 in 2025
Hamish Hamish is a boy's name of Scottish origin, the anglicized form of Seumas — which is the Gaelic for James.
Boy Scottish 14 in 2025
Senan Senan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little old one," understood as little wise one.
Boy Irish 12 in 2025
Lorcan Lorcan is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little fierce one," from the Irish lorc. It ranks 55th in Northern Ireland and belongs to the patron saint of Dublin, who was archbishop when the Normans took the city.
Boy Irish 9 in 2025
Yassine Yassine is a boy's name of Arabic origin taken from two letters that open a chapter of the Quran and whose meaning nobody knows.
Boy Arabic 9 in 2025
Darragh Darragh is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "oak" or "oak grove," from the Irish dair.
Boy Irish 9 in 2025
Idriss Idriss is a boy's name of Arabic origin usually read as "studious" or "one who instructs," borne by a prophet named in the Quran.
Boy Arabic 8 in 2025
Amine Amine is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "trustworthy," and it was the title the people of Mecca gave the Prophet Muhammad before his mission.
Boy Arabic 8 in 2025
Padraig Padraig is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "nobleman," the Irish form of Patrick.
Boy Irish 7 in 2025
Lochlainn Lochlainn is a boy's name of Gaelic origin meaning "land of the lochs," which was the Irish name for Scandinavia — so in use it meant Viking.
Boy Irish 7 in 2025
Alban Alban is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "white" or "of Alba," and its saint was the first Christian martyr in Britain.
Boy French 6 in 2025
Cahir Cahir is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "battle-man," and the County Tipperary town of the same spelling takes its name from a different word entirely.
Boy Irish 5 in 2025
Orlaith Orlaith is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "golden princess," and it was borne by a sister of Brian Boru who was executed for adultery.
Girl Irish 6 in 2025
Kassim Kassim is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "one who divides" or "distributor," and it was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's first son.
Boy Arabic 5 in 2025
Odhran Odhran is a boy's name of Irish origin meaning "little dark one," from odhar, a dun or sallow color.
Boy Irish 5 in 2025
Assia Assia is a girl's name of Arabic origin usually read as "one who consoles," borne in Islamic tradition by the wife of Pharaoh who defied him.
Girl Arabic 5 in 2025

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