Dwight

Where Dwight comes from

Probably from a Middle English female name Diot, a pet form of Dionysia, the feminine form of Dionysius.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dwight
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1890
    Dwight D. Eisenhower born
    president of the United States from 1953 to 1961
  3. 1953
    Peak, #122
    2,698 babies named Dwight — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #216.
  5. 1971
    Dwight Yorke born
    Trinidad and Tobago association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower · president of the United States from 1953 to 1961, 1890–1969
  • Dwight Yorke · Trinidad and Tobago association football player, born 1971
  • Dwight Howard · American basketball player, born 1985
  • Dwight Filley Davis Sr. · American politician and tennis player, 1879–1945
  • Dwight Schultz · American actor, born 1947

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.