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Napoleon

boy name · Italian origin · 4 syllables

Meaning

of uncertain origin, possibly lion of Naples or new city; immortalized (comedically) by Napoleon Dynamite in Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Napoleon peaked in the 1890s.

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