Dexter

Where Dexter comes from

Variant of Dyster. Also partially from Latin dexter (“right (handed)”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Dexter
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1923
    Dexter Gordon born
    American jazz saxophonist
  3. 1966
    Dexter Fletcher born
    English actor and director
  4. 1968
    Peak, #262
    760 babies named Dexter — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1974
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #408.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Dexter Gordon · American jazz saxophonist, 1923–1990
  • Dexter Fletcher · English actor and director, born 1966
  • Dexter Jackson · American bodybuilder, born 1969
  • Dexter Blackstock · Antigua and Barbuda footballer, born 1986
  • Dexter Darden · American actor, born 1991

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.