Boy · Old English, through Scots
Stuart
Say it: STOO-urt
Meaning
From a Scottish surname meaning 'steward', from Old English stigweard 'house guardian'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The surname of the Stuart royal house, it became a given name in the 19th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1960s
In the United States
- 68,957 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1960, about 1 in 1,000 boys
- 59 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Stewart
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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