Bronson

Where Bronson comes from

From Middle English Brun (“a man named Brown's”) + son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bronson
Bronson through the years
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Bronson Pinchot born
    American actor
  3. 1997
    Bronson Rechsteiner born
    American professional wrestler and football player
  4. 2015
    Peak, #667
    386 babies named Bronson, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Bronson Pinchot · American actor, born 1959
  • Bronson Rechsteiner · American professional wrestler and football player, born 1997
  • Bronson Pelletier · Canadian actor, born 1986
  • Bronson Arroyo · baseball player from the United States, born 1977
  • Bronson M. Cutting · American politician, 1888–1935

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.