prompter: Hey, can you give me a list of male names for a newborn baby together with their meaning?

assistant: Sure! Here's a list of popular male names along with their meanings:

Liam - Strong-willed warrior
Noah - Rest, comfort
Ethan - Strong, constant, firm
Oliver - Peaceful
William - Resolute protector
James - Supplanter
Benjamin - Right hand son
Elijah - The Lord is my God
Lucas - Light
Mason - Worker in stone
Alexander - Defender of mankind
Michael - Who is like God?
Elijah - The Lord is my God
Daniel - God is my judge
Matthew - Gift of God
Note: Name meanings can vary based on cultural and historical context.

prompter: Benjamin - Right hand son
I don't quite understand what right hand son is supposed to mean, could you explain?

assistant: Benjamin is a Hebrew derived name (it's notable for being the name of Jacob's youngest son). In numerous cultures, the Ancient Israelites included, the right hand side is associated with blessings which are bestowed with the right hand. The meaning would better be described to someone without that cultural context as "blessed son" or "chosen son"

assistant: One interpretation could be as follows.

Many of the names on the list are Biblical in nature.

That being the case, Benjamin would refer to the son of Jacob.

Benjamin's mother Rachel died in childbirth, as she was dying she named the newborn Ben-Oni meaning "son of my sorrow."

Jacob, in his grief, could not bear to think of Rachel's death every time he looked at his son and changed the name to Benjamin meaning "son of my right hand, who is very dear to me, set on my right hand for a blessing, the support of my age, like the staff in my right hand."

Another meaning could be the right hand signifies a place of honor, above all others.

These are two interpretations of what the right-hand son could signify.

prompter: I'm looking for more contemporary sounding names, what about some names that are not of Biblical origin?

assistant: The bible does not explain the etymology for Benjamin's name, Modern scholars have proposed "son of the south / right" is a reference to the tribe being subordinate to the more dominant tribe of Ephraim. Some more medieval commentators have two explanations, "Son of the south", with south derived from the word for the right hand side, referring to the birth of Benjamin in Canaan, as compared with the birth of all the other sons of Jacob in Aram. Another possible explanation is that it means "son of days", meaning a son born in Jacob's old age.

prompter: Are there any famous people with these names?

prompter: I thought it referred to the fact that Benjamin's mom Rachel died giving birth so his dad Jacob renamed him out of grief.

Genesis 35:18
"And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Ben-oni: but his father called him Benjamin."

assistant: Here are some common male baby names along with their meanings:

• James - means 'supplanter' or 'follower'

• Michael - means 'who is like God'

• William - means 'resolute protector'

• David - means 'beloved'

• Matthew - means 'gift of God'

• Joshua - means 'God is salvation'

• Christopher - means 'Christ bearer'

• Daniel - means 'God is my judge'

• Joseph - means 'God will increase'

• Jacob - means 'supplanter'

• Samuel - means 'God has heard'

• Luke - means 'bringer of light'

• Ethan - means 'strong'

• Caleb - means 'faithful, devotion, brave'

• Benjamin - means 'son of the right hand'

• Isaiah - means 'God is salvation'

• Sebastian - means 'venerable'

• Jonathan - means 'God has given'

• Gabriel - means 'God is my strength'

prompter: Thanks. Now please put these names in order, with the most popular name first, and the least popular name last. Do this for the year 1998, and then the year 2020.

assistant: Ok sure! But I must warn you as a large language model these rankings are not necessarily up to date or entirely accurate as the dataset I was trained on could contain errors.

1998:
1. Michael
2. Jacob
3. Matthew
4. Joshua
5. Christopher
6. James
7. David
8. Daniel
9. Joseph
10. William
11. Samuel
12. Luke
13. Ethan
14. Caleb
15. Benjamin
16. Isaiah
17. Sebastian
18. Jonathan
19. Gabriel
2020:
1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Ethan
4. Oliver
5. William
6. Elijah
7. James
8. Benjamin
9. Lucas
10. Mason
11. Michael
12. Elijah
13. Alexander
14. Elijah
15. Aiden
16. Jackson
17. Logan
18. Daniel
19. Matthew

assistant: OK. In 1998, in order of popularity starting with the most popular, it is: 

• Michael
• Jacob
• Matthew
• Joshua
• Christopher
• Joseph
• Daniel
• David
• William
• James
• Jonathan
• Samuel
• Benjamin
• Ethan
• Caleb
• Gabriel
• Isaiah
• Luke
• Sebastian

In 2020 it is: 

• William
• James
• Benjamin
• Michael
• Ethan
• Daniel
• Jacob
• Sebastian
• Samuel
• Joseph
• David
• Matthew
• Luke
• Gabriel
• Christopher
• Isaiah
• Joshua
• Caleb
• Jonathan

assistant: Sure here are some examples:

Michael- Hebrew: Who is like god?
David- Hebrew: Beloved
Liam- Irish: strong-willed warrior
Daryl- Irish: Darling
Alexander- Greek: I defend man