Dolph

Where Dolph comes from

Dolph 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. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #595
    #595 among boys with 9 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1923
    Dolph Briscoe born
    American politician
  4. 1957
    Dolph Lundgren born
    Swedish actor and martial artist
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Dolph Lundgren · Swedish actor and martial artist, born 1957
  • Dolph Briscoe · American politician, 1923–2010
  • Dolph Schluter · evolutionary biologist, born 1955

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.