Boy · English
Dwight
Say it: DWYT
Meaning
From an English surname, probably from the medieval woman's name Diot, a pet form of Dionysia.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in America from the 19th century, in honour of the Dwight family of New England, and boosted by Eisenhower in the 1940s and 1950s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1950s
In the United States
- 78,621 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1953, about 1 in 731 boys
- 82 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th US president
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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