Aleck

Where Aleck comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Aleck.

Aleck through the years
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #758
    7 babies named Aleck, its best rank.
  3. 1888
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of Scottish usage, variant of Alec.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Aleck in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.