Bear is a boy's name of English origin meaning “brown.” In 2024 it was given to 300 boys in the United States.
Bear belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “brown” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Bear first appears in Social Security records in 1975. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #763 in 2022, and in 2024 300 babies received the name — 3,066 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bear means “brown” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bear is a boy name. In 2024, 300 babies received the name in the US.
Bear comes from the English & American tradition.
Bear first appears in US records in 1975. Its best-ever ranking was #763 in 2022, and 300 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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