Dow

Where Dow comes from

Variant of Daw from David or daw, and of Duff from Scottish Gaelic.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dow
Dow through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Dow W. Harter born
    congressman
  3. 1893
    Peak, #650
    10 babies named Dow, its best rank.
  4. 1894
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1929
    Dow Finsterwald born
    American professional golfer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Dow Finsterwald · American professional golfer, 1929–2022
  • Dow W. Harter · congressman, 1885–1971
  • Dow Constantine · American politician, born 1961

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.