Jameson

Where Jameson comes from

From James + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jameson
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    Jameson Adams born
    British Antarctic explorer
  2. 1922
    First appearance
    #3,872 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1947
    Jameson Parker born
    American actor
  4. 2019
    Peak, #77
    4,674 babies named Jameson — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Jameson Parker · American actor, born 1947
  • Jameson Adams · British Antarctic explorer, 1880–1962
  • Jameson Mbilini Dlamini · Prime Minister of Eswatini, 1921–2008
  • Jameson Taillon · Canadian-American baseball player, born 1991
  • Jameson Williams · American football player, born 2001

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.