Burleigh

Where Burleigh comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Burleigh.

Burleigh through the years
  1. 1853
    Burleigh F. Spalding born
    American politician
  2. 1892
    Debut at its peak, #956
    #956 among boys with 6 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1893
    Burleigh Grimes born
    American baseball player and manager
  4. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Burleigh Grimes · American baseball player and manager, 1893–1985
  • Burleigh F. Spalding · American politician, 1853–1934
  • Burleigh Cruikshank · American football player, 1890–1982
  • Burleigh B. Gardner · American anthropologist, 1902–1988
  • Burleigh Drummond · American musician, born 1951

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.