Ancil

Where Ancil comes from

Ancil hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,031 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1901
    Peak, #943
    6 babies named Ancil — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1969
    Ancil Elcock born
    Trinidadian footballer
  5. 1986
    Ancil Farrier born
    Trinidad and Tobago footballer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Ancil Elcock · Trinidadian footballer, born 1969
  • Ancil Farrier · Trinidad and Tobago footballer, born 1986

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.