Old Forename

240,121st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,104 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Old Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Old Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan
96%
 
3341:97,6753,439
Egypt-1301:706,93015,746
United States-1201:3,021,14144,058
Russia
97%
 
1181:1,222,3209,793
DR Congo
90%
 
681:1,085,70031,208
Pakistan
 
97%
291:6,701,98956,824
Portugal-281:371,8176,212
India
 
76%
271:44,995,480799,701
Papua New Guinea
70%
 
171:479,54836,558
Netherlands
96%
 
171:994,24017,340
Qatar
100%
101:236,96022,379
Belarus
75%
 
91:1,053,5985,565
Nigeria
100%
81:22,195,545185,172
South Africa
100%
81:6,816,581127,931
Thailand
59%
 
81:8,758,227128,595
New Zealand-71:648,00610,842
Belgium-71:1,641,43416,483
France-71:9,495,76330,047
Liberia
 
67%
61:735,34418,173
Italy
89%
 
61:10,177,01531,373
Hong Kong-51:1,550,5457,446
Ivory Coast
100%
51:4,615,18769,481
Taiwan
100%
51:4,753,93676,486
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Congo-41:1,252,30119,043
Scotland-41:1,337,59211,885
Indonesia-41:64,490,917960,943
China-41:341,513,94678,144
Canada-41:8,283,34367,579
Turkey-41:19,450,42745,600
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
Philippines
100%
31:35,336,492343,681
Israel
100%
31:2,800,97324,529
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Ireland-31:1,547,8407,573
Spain-31:15,509,98821,126
Malaysia-31:10,149,980208,386
Romania-31:6,683,99244,661
Mauritania
100%
21:2,047,62019,390
Kazakhstan
100%
21:8,873,42235,327
Germany
97%
 
21:48,338,93872,742
Singapore-21:3,143,52727,876
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Wales-21:1,547,15412,610
Colombia-21:23,889,46363,722
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Zimbabwe-11:15,423,817113,731
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Turkmenistan-11:5,472,8703,925
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Czechia
85%
 
11:10,656,16211,509
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Cuba-11:11,506,55213,531
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Chile-11:17,607,20848,996
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Azerbaijan
100%
11:9,642,94442,290
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Niger-11:19,183,99477,442
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Lebanon-11:5,627,57119,299
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Estonia-11:1,315,3808,883

Old (8,887) may also be a surname.

Old Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gold8664,704/
Ould8612,655/
Hold8688/
Olds8643/
Oldt864/
Oeld863/
Oold862/
Oild862/
Olhd861/
Oldd861/
Uold861/
Ol8012,547/
Gould75284/
Holds7573/
Holdt7519/
Goold7517/
Hould757/
Goldh756/
Goldd755/
Oiled754/
Ocild752/
Hoyld752/
Goyld752/
Holdd751/
Goldt751/
Holld751/
Oldph751/
Oldsh751/
Oglid751/
Oaldw751/
Otldp751/
Oseld751/
Holdë751/
Gol67162,043/
Ole67105,558/
Hol671,403/
Oil67447/
Ool67329/
Uol67284/
Eld67267/
Oul67223/
Oll67175/
Ald67163/
Olė6773/
Ohl6730/
Olt6727/
Osl6720/
Olp6715/
Uld6713/
Oyl6710/
Olh678/
Ojl674/
Otl673/
Gouldd671/
Oyledt671/
Outled671/
Olì671/
O'L671/
Olë671/
Hoolds671/

Old Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Old in the Russian language
Олдold-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Old