Aleck
Where Aleck comes from
Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Aleck.
Aleck through the years
- 1884First appearance#971 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
- 1886Peak, #7587 babies named Aleck, its best rank.
- 1888The fadeThe 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.