Dashiell

Where Dashiell comes from

French de Chiel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dashiell
Dashiell through the years
  1. 1979
    First appearance
    #4,403 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2015
    Peak, #1,105
    174 babies named Dashiell, the most in any year.
  3. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,387.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

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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.