Original Forename
269,733rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 905 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
American Samoa
Original Forename Definition:
A male name. used as a christian name in the 16th-18th C, usually for a first-born s.
Original Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 75% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Nigeria | 63% | 148 | 1:1,199,759 | 28,630 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 110 | 1:671,160 | 22,021 |
| Afghanistan | 93% | 108 | 1:302,070 | 6,441 |
| Russia | 78% | 40 | 1:3,605,843 | 19,731 |
| United States | - | 33 | 1:10,985,969 | 107,679 |
| India | 58% | 30 | 1:40,495,932 | 746,646 |
| South Africa | 100% | 27 | 1:2,019,728 | 59,997 |
| Zambia | - | 19 | 1:834,463 | 14,732 |
| Brazil | 100% | 13 | 1:16,479,704 | 171,823 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| England | - | 9 | 1:6,178,102 | 52,254 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| France | - | 6 | 1:11,078,390 | 32,981 |
| Spain | - | 5 | 1:9,305,993 | 18,112 |
| Philippines | 80% | 5 | 1:21,201,895 | 240,180 |
| Uganda | 67% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Indonesia | - | 3 | 1:85,987,889 | 1,072,651 |
| Lebanon | - | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Netherlands | 58% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2 | 1:26,394,160 | 73,301 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Sweden | - | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Canada | - | 1 | 1:33,133,372 | 113,810 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Germany | 50% | 1 | 1:96,677,876 | 95,912 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Italy | 60% | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Liberia | - | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Malaysia | - | 1 | 1:30,449,940 | 373,101 |
Original (1,351) may also be a surname.
Original Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. used as a christian name in the 16th-18th C, usually for a first-born s.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Original Forename Popularity
Original Demographics
Original Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 8 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Original Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Original in the Russian language | ||
| Оригинал | original | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Original