Raider
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 32 babies a year in the US.
Raider by the numbers
Raider was given to 32 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Raider
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Raider. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raidenthunder and lightning god; thunder deity815 in the US (2017)
- Rainerwarrior; judgment warrior47 in the US (2017)
- Riderone who rides; a mounted warrior or messenger41 in the US (2017)
- Rayder18 in the US (2017)
- Rydermounted warrior, cavalry soldier3,324 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Raider
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