Boanerges Forename

94,746th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 5,124 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Nicaragua

Boanerges Forename Definition:

Bo-an-er'-jees, sons of thunder. A name given to James and John. Mark iii. 17.

Boanerges Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil
100%
1,7761:120,6286,307
Nicaragua
100%
7341:8,199948
Ecuador-4541:39,0461,576
Guatemala
100%
3611:44,6221,599
Mexico
100%
3241:383,1624,923
El Salvador-2811:22,5691,112
United States
100%
2031:1,785,89630,909
DR Congo
100%
1921:384,51914,440
Honduras
100%
1321:66,7992,634
Colombia-1201:398,1586,874
Dominican Republic-1111:93,9754,991
Costa Rica
100%
1061:44,9812,090
Venezuela
100%
821:368,31610,881
Congo
100%
771:65,0554,588
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
Philippines
92%
 
261:4,077,28874,793
Indonesia-241:10,748,486334,727
Panama
100%
191:205,6087,846
Peru
100%
161:1,986,96620,449
Nigeria
100%
81:22,195,545185,172
Belize
100%
71:50,6163,777
Canada-71:4,733,33948,640
India
100%
51:242,975,5942,326,743
Chile
100%
51:3,521,44219,163
Cameroon-51:4,322,10163,776
Puerto Rico-21:1,775,1506,781
Russia
100%
21:72,116,852125,484
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
England-11:55,602,921189,715
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
11:191,9975,295
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Uganda-11:40,956,920131,348
Cape Verde
100%
11:529,1516,361
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299

The alternate forms: Boanergès (2) are calculated separately.

Boanerges (113) may also be a surname.

Boanerges Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bo-an-er'-jees, sons of thunder. A name given to James and John. Mark iii. 17.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: sons of thunder.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

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