Jennings

Where Jennings comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jennings.

Jennings through the years
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,066 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1897
    Peak, #244
    50 babies named Jennings, its best rank.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #457.
  4. 1902
    Jennings Randolph born
    American politician
  5. 1915
    Jennings Lang born
    American actor
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Jennings Randolph · American politician, 1902–1998
  • Jennings Lang · American actor, 1915–1996
  • Jennings Franciskovic · American volleyball player, born 1995
  • Jennings Michael Burch · American writer, 1941–2013
  • Jennings Clark · American professional soccer player, born 1990

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.