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Washington
Say it: WOSH-ing-tun
Meaning
The surname of George Washington, from a place name in northern England meaning 'estate of Wassa's people'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Given in honour of George Washington from the 1780s onward.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 2,610 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 4,600 boys
- 10 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Washington Irving, American author
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.