Arnett

Where Arnett comes from

Arnett 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. 1893
    First appearance
    #907 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1897
    Peak, #652
    11 babies named Arnett — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1898
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1918
    Arnett Cobb born
    American jazz tenor saxophonist
  5. 1990
    Arnett Moultrie born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Arnett Moultrie · American basketball player, born 1990
  • Arnett Cobb · American jazz tenor saxophonist, 1918–1989
  • Arnett E. Girardeau · American politician, 1929–2017
  • Arnett Howard · jazz musician, born 1950

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.