Derwin

Where Derwin comes from

Derwin hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #2,543 among boys, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1965
    Peak, #638
    139 babies named Derwin — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,149.
  4. 1986
    Derwin Kitchen born
    American basketball player
  5. 1994
    Derwin Martina born
    association football player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Derwin Kitchen · American basketball player, born 1986
  • Derwin Martina · association football player, born 1994

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.