Homer

Homer is not just the anglicized form of Ὅμηρος (Homeros). It is also the standard form of Homeros in various other languages, such as:

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• Azerbaijani: https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Azerbaijani)
• Bosnian: https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Bosnian)
• Catalan: https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Catalan)
• Croatian: https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Croatian)
• Danish: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Danish)
• German: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in German)
• Luxembourgish: https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Luxembourgish)
• Macedonian: https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80 (in Macedonian; Homer is written as Хомер in Macedonian Cyrillic)
• Norwegian: https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Norwegian)
• Polish: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Polish)
• Romanian: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Romanian)
• Serbian: https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80 (in Serbian; Homer is written as Хомер in Serbian Cyrillic)
• Slovenian: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Slovene)
• Ukrainian: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80 (in Ukrainian; Homer is written as Гомер in Ukrainian Cyrillic)
• Uzbek: https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer (in Uzbek)

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At least in the Nordic countries, Homer has also actually been bestowed as a given name upon newborn males (albeit rarely):

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https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Homer (in English)

In 2018, 67 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Homer who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1, 205th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.

The name Homer was given to 29 boys born in the US in 2015.