Beowulf

Meaning

bee-wolf, a kenning for bear; the monster-slaying hero of supreme strength

Popularity, 1890–2024

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Beowulf has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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