Fenton
Where Fenton comes from
Fenton 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
- 1828Fenton John Anthony Hort bornIrish-born British Anglican theologian
- 1883First appearance#892 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1895Peak, #7389 babies named Fenton — more than any year before or since.
- 1896The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births.
- 1935Fenton Robinson bornAmerican Chicago blues singer and guitarist
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Fenton John Anthony Hort · Irish-born British Anglican theologian, 1828–1892
- Fenton Robinson · American Chicago blues singer and guitarist, 1935–1997
- Fenton Johnson · American novelist, born 1953
- Fenton Johnson · American poet, 1888–1958
- Fenton Jones · American musician, 1907–2003
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.