Clint

Where Clint comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Clint.

Clint through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #325 among boys, with 27 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1930
    Clint Eastwood born
    American actor and film director
  3. 1959
    Clint Howard born
    American actor
  4. 1980
    Peak, #195
    1,274 babies named Clint, the most in any year.
  5. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #321.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Clint Eastwood · American actor and film director, born 1930
  • Clint Howard · American actor, born 1959
  • Clint Walker · American actor, 1927–2018
  • Clint Capela · Swiss basketball player, born 1994
  • Clint Mathis · American soccer player, born 1976

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.