Chandler

Where Chandler comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Chandler.

  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Chandler through the years
  1. 1900
    First appearance
    #1,310 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1998
    Chandler Canterbury born
    American actor
  4. 1999
    Chandler Riggs born
    American actor
  5. 1999
    Peak, #151
    2,395 babies named Chandler, the most in any year.
  6. 2004
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #282.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Chandler Riggs · American actor, born 1999
  • Chandler Canterbury · American actor, born 1998
  • Chandler Parsons · American basketball player, born 1988
  • Chandler Stephenson · Canadian ice hockey forward, born 1994
  • Chandler Massey · American actor, born 1990

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.