Mansfield

Where Mansfield comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Mansfield.

Mansfield through the years
  1. 1822
    Mansfield Lovell born
    Confederate Army general
  2. 1859
    Mansfield Smith-Cumming born
    Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
  3. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1890
    Peak, #667
    9 babies named Mansfield, its best rank.
  5. 1891
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Mansfield Smith-Cumming · Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, 1859–1923
  • Mansfield Lovell · Confederate Army general, 1822–1884
  • Mansfield Merriman · American civil engineer, 1848–1925

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.