Felton

Where Felton comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Felton.

Felton through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #815 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1904
    Peak, #515
    18 babies named Felton, its best rank.
  3. 1934
    Felton Jarvis born
    American record producer, singer
  4. 1945
    Felton Perry born
    American actor
  5. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #7,640.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Felton Perry · American actor, born 1945
  • Felton Jarvis · American record producer, singer, 1934–1981
  • Felton Spencer · American basketball player, 1968–2023
  • Felton Messina · Dominican Republic karateka, born 1953
  • Felton Hervey · aristocratic English politician from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk;, 1712–1773

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.