Boy · English surname
Thurgood
Say it: THUR-gud
Meaning
From the English surname Thoroughgood, literally 'thoroughly good'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Thurgood Marshall was born Thoroughgood and shortened his name as a schoolboy.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 1993
- At its height in 1993, about 1 in 392,200 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Thurgood Marshall, first African American Supreme Court justice
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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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