Dewitt

Where Dewitt comes from

From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dewitt
Along the way
  1. 1822
    Dewitt C. Leach born
    American politician
  2. 1830
    Dewitt Clinton Senter born
    American politician
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #305 among boys — 30 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1893
    Peak, #258
    46 babies named Dewitt — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #384.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Dewitt Clinton Senter · American politician, 1830–1898
  • Dewitt C. Leach · American politician, 1822–1909
  • DeWitt Menyard · American basketball player, 1944–2009
  • Dewitt Jones · American photojournalist and filmmaker, born 1943

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.