The most popular European names for boys

European names for boys were formed under the influence of political, national, cultural and ethnic factors for many centuries. They were created on the basis of two or more language systems, so most of them have a rich heterogeneous sound. Despite the many differences, the common names of the peoples of Europe have much in common. They were united by popularity not only on their native land, but also beyond its borders, as well as deep meaning and beautiful pronunciation.

Different countries, different names

Perhaps no people could save as many ancient and beautiful names as in Bulgaria. The origin of most of it has Slavic roots. The most beautiful European names for boys in Bulgaria are Radan, Luben, Krasimir, Ivale and Zoran.

When it comes to the Netherlands, cheese, windmills, tulips and, of course, easily recognized by the name of the van name are always remembered. But few people know that the names in the Netherlands appeared much earlier, and for this people are very important. Popular in the country of tulips are: Rembrandt, Thomas, Rudolph, Lambert, Rimco, Nikolaus, Madelieuf, Sterre.

At the turn of the 21 century in our lives from television screens poured Spanish films. And the hobby of Russian housewives with serials led to the fact that Alberto, Juan and Pedro appeared in the country. But the European names for boys (modern) in Spain have long been not limited to Luisa and Julio. Now in the country the newborn is called Miguel, Jorge, Enrique or Fernando (Ferdinando).

It is unclear whether the Italians give names to appeal, or the name gives its owner positive energy. Despite the fact that the expressive people piously honor the tradition, it is difficult for them to stay within strict limits. Modern parents are increasingly called boys names of players, stars and idols. For example, the Libero, Anvar, Danilo, Domenico.

Value

European names for boys, However, as for girls, are largely predetermined by their origin. As is known, the basic population of the Old World is Catholics. Therefore many names are borrowed from the Bible. In addition, in most of the European countries, it is still customary to refer to newborn babies for the saints. In this regard, a significant part of the names is of religious significance.

In addition, the origin of some is based on character traits, natural phenomena. You can also find names taken from literary works and mythology.

It is worth noting that European names for boys are often similar in their meaning to female names, but the only difference is that they are less abstract.

List of beautiful names

Alessandro - of Italian origin, is treated as a "protecting man." Among the Russian-speaking peoples, the name (Alexander) was popular in the 20th century.

Gabriel or Gabrielle - a Western European name with Jewish roots means "a helper of God." Especially popular in Italy.

The name Daniel has a literal translation - "God is my judge", but more often has the interpretation of "a fair man."

Francesco - Frankish. The name is popular not only in France, but also in Italy and means "to dominate always and everywhere".

Fernando - is of Spanish origin and means "lover of adventure." Knowing how hot this European people are, one can argue that the key word in the interpretation is "amateur".

Laszlo is a Hungarian name with Slavic roots (Ladislav), the most popular in this European country. According to statistics, last year the name Laszlo was named more than 300 thousand kids.

The most popular European name for the boy (2016)

According to statistics, the opinions of the inhabitants of the Old World on the popular male name are slightly different. For example, in Britain, parents often call the newborn boy Oliver.

The Italians choose the beautiful name of Francisco. In Spain in 2016, a lot of Daniels were recorded, and in Poland - Yakubov.

Travel to the country of Jewish names

In this country, the origin of names has a special history, which is associated with a difficult and tragic fate. But, as is known, the Jewish people not only accepted foreign culture, but also gave part of it. Now you can meet not one European name of a boy with Jewish roots. For example, In almost every Muslim country, Abraham, who became Ibrahim, lives, and the Christians changed their name to Abraham. By the way, Slavic peoples have long been considered to be "native" by the Slavic peoples, but very few people know that they have a Jewish origin: Ilya, Zakhar, Ivan.

Names reflecting power

Time passes, fashion changes, and as it turned out, fewer parents give their children Slavic names, replacing them with popular European ones. The names of boys, first of all, should inspire strength, courage and masculinity. For example:

- Alonso in Spanish means bold, wise and resourceful.

- Andrzej, or Angej - the name of the Greek origin: brave and courageous.

- Valentine is a Latin name that has 4 important characteristics for a boy: strong, powerful, healthy, strong.

- Karl - the ancient German name: brave.

- Armando - a popular Italian name, in translation means "brave man."

The rarest

Too rare a name at times makes it strange for the people around, in the end the child often becomes an object of ridicule and a "black sheep". At the same time, calling a boy a common name, you can slightly shake his self-esteem: it is difficult to feel the individuality when around a few people with the same name.

If the parents decided to give the kid a rare name, we suggest looking at the beautiful Eastern European names of the boys:

- Alan - has several variants of his origin. The first version: the name of the tribe of the ancient people, wandered from Spain to the Caucasus Mountains. The second version is that the name Alan is of Celtic origin and translates as "rock."

- Amil is of Arab origin, meaning "lord."

- Andres - in translation from the Greek: brave, courageous. Many people think that the name is equivalent to the Slav name - Andrei. In fact, this is one of the rarely used variants of the pronunciation of Andreas.

- Daniel is an old name of biblical origin. In Muslim countries it sounds like Denmark.

- Camille - one (popular) version, the name of Arab origin, on the other - comes from the Roman cognomen, that is, a generic nickname. In Italy, the name will sound like Camillo, in Portugal - Camille, in Holland, Romania - Camille, and in the Kingdom of Spain - Camilo.

- Marcel - one of the variants of French pronunciation Markell. In Germany, it will sound - Marcellus, in Greece - Markellos, in Ireland - Marsil.

- Emmanuel - has Hebrew roots: "God is with us." This is a very important name for people who preach Christianity. Emmanuel is the second name of Christ. There are many other pronunciations of the name: Manuel, Immanuel, Emanuel, Manole, Maulo, Manulo. It is very common among Jews living in Europe.

Names with sexual energy

Last winter, a foreign Internet resource "Baby Name Wizard" (Baby Name Wizard) published a list of the sexiest names for boys with a European bias.

Several tens of thousands of readers took part in the voting. In their opinion, the hot name was Alessandro. Also in the top ten erotic are the following:

- Lorenzo - Catholic, of Latin origin. The European analogue of Lavrenty and means "came from the city of Laurent".

- Rhett is an American name, often found in Europe. A child with this name is distinguished by independence and extraordinary courage, with age, leadership qualities are manifested.

- Romeo - a name of Italian origin, means "arrived in Rome." The peak of popularity of this name came in 1979.

- Mateo - another Italian name, which is of Roman origin. Most Matteo have creative potential.

- Demetrius - is of Slovene origin. The main features inherent in this name: sexuality, activity and will.

- Dane is a British name, meaning "Dane". Boys with this name are curious and independent from the very childhood.

- Marcello is an Italian name, which in turn has two origins: a Latin "hammer" and an ancient Greek "Frenchman" on behalf of Mark.

- Remy - a name of French origin, with Roman roots, translates as "rower."

- Dante - despite the European pronunciation, there is a version that it happened from the Slavic-Tatar name.

As the founder of the Internet resource said, it took five years to study this statistics.

Name by date of birth

Since the majority of the inhabitants of the Old World are Catholics, let us turn our attention to the most popular European names for boys in the holies.

January: Isidore, Francois, Erard, Lando, Dominique.

February: Stefano, Oliver, Filias, Emilian, Manett (Manetto).

March: Adrian, Roger, Keran, Romeus, Martin.

April: Gerard, Richard, Markell, Herman, Savva.

May: Amator, Evermare, Edoardo, André, Adam.

June: Arnest, Ian, Arembald, Gerard, David.

July: Olaf, Kamelian, Ugo, Dario, Arseny.

August: Marin, William, Cassian, Exent, Blahan.

September: Donat, Mansuet, Ammian, Diderick, Adrian.

October: Bavo, Jan, Domenico, Dimitri, Abraham.

November: Caesar, Julian, Manuel, Pietro, Diego.

December: Alexander, Thomas, Stefan, Marcantonio, Mansuet.

Conclusion

Whatever the beautiful European names for boys, it is important to know that they must be in tune with the surname and patronymic. Therefore, choosing for your son the beautiful Spanish name Luis Carlos or Juan, think about whether your child will be comfortable in the future when Fedya, Misha and Sergey are around.