"boy's name" meaning in English

See boy's name in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: boys' names [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|boys' names}} boy's name (plural boys' names)
  1. A given name to a young male person or boy. Categories (topical): Onomastics Related terms: girl's name Translations (name given to a male): drengenavn [neuter] (Danish), jongensnaam (Dutch), pojan nimi (Finnish), nom de fils (French), Jungenname [masculine] (German), nume de băiat [neuter] (Romanian), nume de fiu [neuter] (Romanian), pojknamn [neuter] (Swedish), erkek adı (Turkish), erkek ismi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-boy's_name-en-noun-YHM0hMXL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for boy's name meaning in English (1.9kB)

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      "word": "drengenavn"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "jongensnaam"
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      "sense": "name given to a male",
      "word": "pojan nimi"
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      "sense": "name given to a male",
      "word": "erkek adı"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name given to a male",
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    }
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  "word": "boy's name"
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