Luther

Where Luther comes from

From German Luther.
— Wiktionary's entry for Luther
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1849
    Luther Burbank born
    American botanist and horticulturist
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #64 among boys — 260 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1887
    Peak, #63
    267 babies named Luther — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1951
    Luther Vandross born
    American R&B singer
  5. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #988.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of Martin Luther.
Namesakes
  • Luther Burbank · American botanist and horticulturist, 1849–1926
  • Luther Vandross · American R&B singer, 1951–2005
  • Luther Adler · American actor, 1903–1984
  • Luther Blissett · English association football player, coach and manager, born 1958
  • Luther Allison · American blues guitarist, 1939–1997

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.