Boy · Old English
Remington
Say it: REM-ing-tun
Meaning
From an English surname taken from Rimington in Yorkshire, from an Old English stream name and tun 'settlement'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Associated with the Remington firearms and typewriter companies; rising in the US from the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 23,920 babies given this name since 1955
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 1,100 boys
- 2,458 babies in 2020
Through the ages
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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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