Late Sixteenth Century English Given Names
Men's names listed by frequency
by Talan Gwynek
(Brian M. Scott,
bmscott@stratos.net)
© 1994, 1999 by Brian M. Scott; all rights reserved.
Revised 24 Aug 1999
| Total Frequency
of this Block | Cumulative
Frequency |
 |
| John | 1215 (20.3%) |
| Thomas | 805 (13.4%) |
| William | 786 (13.1%) |
| Richard | 534 (8.9%) |
| Robert | 372 (6.2%) |
|
3712 (62.0%) | 3712 (62.0%) |
|
| Henry | 204 |
| George | 172 |
| Edward | 169 |
| Nicholas | 129 |
| James | 114 |
|
788 (13.2%) | 4500 (75.2%) |
|
| Francis | 86 |
| Christopher | 80 |
| Edmund | 72 |
| Roger | 70 |
| Peter | 58 |
|
366 (6.1%) | 4866 (81.3%) |
|
| Anthony | 54 |
| Ralph | 51 |
| Walter | 47 |
| Barnard | 46 |
| Hugh | 46 |
|
244 (4.1%) | 5110 (85.4%) |
|
| Humphrey | 42 |
| Stephen | 37 |
| Phillip | 34 |
| Simon | 31 |
| Matthew | 29 |
|
173 (2.9%) | 5283 (88.3%) |
|
| Lawrence | 26 |
| David | 25 |
| Giles | 23 |
| Andrew | 20 |
| Leonard | 19 |
|
113 (1.9%) | 5396 (90.1%) |
|
| Roland | 19 |
| Michael | 19 |
| Arthur | 18 |
| Charles | 15 |
| Alexander | 15 |
|
86 (1.4%) | 5482 (91.6%) |
|
| Gilbert | 13 |
| Daniel | 12 |
| Bartholomew | 12 |
| Geoffrey | 11 |
| Godfrey | 11 |
|
59 (1.0%) | 5541 (92.6%) |
|
| Jerome | 11 |
| Martin | 10 |
| Oliver | 10 |
| Morgan | 10 |
| Reginald | 10 |
|
51 (0.9%) | 5592 (93.4%) |
|
| Samuel | 10 |
| Gregory | 9 |
| Alan | 9 |
| Lewis | 9 |
| Gabriel | 9 |
|
46 (0.8%) | 5638 (94.2%) |
|
| Griffin | 9 |
| Cornelius | 9 |
| Maurice | 8 |
| Ambrose | 8 |
| Owen | 8 |
|
42 (0.7%) | 5680 (94.9%) |
|
| Paul | 8 |
| Brian | 8 |
| Augustine | 8 |
| Vincent | 8 |
| Miles | 7 |
|
39 (0.7%) | 5719 (95.6%) |
The following 5 names occurred 6 times each, making 0.50% of the total:
Adam, Arnold, Clement, Jasper, Valentine.
The following 5 names occurred 5 times each, making 0.42% of the total:
Abraham, Lancelot, Randolph, Sampson, Tristram.
The following 8 names occurred 4 times each, making 0.53% of the total:
Ellis, Isaac, Jenkin, Joos, Joseph, Mark, Nathaniel, Rees.
The following 14 names occurred 3 times each, making 0.70% of the total:
Barnabas, Benjamin, Christian, Dionisius,
Elias, Evan, Fulk, Gerrard, Harman, Howell, Meredith, Paschall, Randall,
Salamon.
The following 26 names occurred twice each, making 0.87% of the total:
Adrian, Augustus, Basil, Bertram, Eli,
Elizeus, Emanuel, Emery, Erasmus,
Garret, Gawen, Gervase, Gillam, Griffith, Guy, Hamond, Hercules, Jeremy,
Jerman, Marmaduke, Osmund, Pierce, Timothy, Tobias, Watkin, Zachary.
The following 84 names occurred once each, making 1.4% of the total: Aaron,
Abacuck, Adlard, Albert, Alveredus, Anchor, Annanias, Archibald, Archilai,
Bellingham, Benedict, Bennett, Bevil, Blaise, Botolph, Cadwallader, Cesar,
Chroferus, Chroseus (?), Ciriacus, Conrad, Court, Cuthbert, Cutlake,
Denton, Didimus, Digory, "Diricus", Drugo, Dudley, Ebulus, Edi, Edwin,
Emmanuel, Emmett, Enoch, Everard, Faustinus, Felix, Ferdinand, Garnett,
Gentile, Goughe, Hansse, Harry, Hector, Helegor, Heneage,
Hieronimus, Holland, Ingram, Jesse, Jordan, Joshua, Josias, Jucentius,
Julius, Justinian, Kenelm, Lambert, Lionel, Lucas, Machutus, Manasses,
Melchior, Newton, Ninion, Noe, Ottewell, Polidore, Pompey, Prospero,
Quivier, Roman, Rook, Sander, Silvester, Thadeus, Theodosius, Warham,
Wilfred, Wombell, Wymond.
Introduction
Name listed alphabetically (with derivation notes)
Abbreviations and Bibliography
Editted & published by Arval Benicoeur