Foster

Where Foster comes from

English surname, reduced from Forster; also from the noun foster.
— Wiktionary's entry for Foster
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #442 among boys — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1894
    Peak, #278
    40 babies named Foster — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1911
    Foster Furcolo born
    US politician
  4. 1912
    Foster Brooks born
    American actor and comedian
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Foster Furcolo · US politician, 1911–1995
  • Foster Brooks · American actor and comedian, 1912–2001
  • Foster Moreau · American football player, born 1997
  • Foster McGowan Voorhees · American politician, 1856–1927
  • Foster V. Brown · American politician, 1852–1937

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.