Ontario
A boys’ name of Iroquoian origin, meaning great lake; place name used as given name.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Ontario by the numbers
Ontario was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 35 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ontario. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a gift
Like Ontario, each of these has a gift in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Matthewgift of God11,623 in the US (2017)
- Mateogift of God7,735 in the US (2017)
- Jonathanyahweh has given; god's gift6,476 in the US (2017)
- Theodoregift of God2,638 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kennedymisshapen head; an Irish surname used as given name4,277 in the US (2017)
- Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ontario
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