Flint

Where Flint comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Flint.

  • 1 syllable
Flint through the years
  1. 1901
    Flint Rhem born
    American baseball player
  2. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,496 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1955
    Flint Dille born
    video game script writer
  4. 1959
    Peak, #761
    100 babies named Flint, the most in any year.
  5. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,091.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name
Namesakes
  • Flint Dille · video game script writer, born 1955
  • Flint Rhem · American baseball player, 1901–1969

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.