Linton

Where Linton comes from

Linton 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
  1. 1863
    Linton Hope born
    British Olympic sailor
  2. 1883
    First appearance
    #892 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1889
    Peak, #581
    11 babies named Linton — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1952
    Linton Kwesi Johnson born
    Jamaican dub poet
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Linton Kwesi Johnson · Jamaican dub poet, born 1952
  • Linton Hope · British Olympic sailor, 1863–1920
  • Linton Johnson · American basketball player, born 1980
  • Linton Townes · American basketball player, born 1959
  • Linton Garner · American musician, 1915–2003

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.