Bauer
A boys’ name of Old High German origin, meaning farmer or dweller.
Babies a year
47
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Bauer by the numbers
Bauer was given to 47 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bauer. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Bauer
Names that are said the same way as Bauer, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Bairone who bears or carries6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Bauer, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bauer
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