Leverett
Where Leverett comes from
Leverett 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
- 1783Leverett Saltonstall I bornAmerican politician 1783-1845
- 1882Debut at its peak, #943#943 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
- 1883The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births.
- 1892Leverett Saltonstall bornpolitician and United States Army officer 1892-1979
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Leverett Saltonstall · politician and United States Army officer 1892-1979, 1892–1979
- Leverett Saltonstall I · American politician 1783-1845, 1783–1845
- Leverett George DeVeber · Canadian politician, active in provincial politics and member of the Canadian Senate, 1849–1925
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.