Easter

Where Easter comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Easter.

Easter through the years
  1. 1874
    Easter Wiggins born
    American supercentenarian
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #492 among girls, with 12 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Peak, #411
    21 babies named Easter, its best rank.
  4. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #950.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Easter Wiggins · American supercentenarian, 1874–1990

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.