Nash

Where Nash comes from

The dictionaries list Nash as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname, of modern America usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,589 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1973
    Nash Edgerton born
    Australian film director
  3. 1997
    Nash Grier born
    American Internet personality
  4. 2021
    Peak, #233
    1,588 babies named Nash — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern America usage.
Namesakes
  • Nash Edgerton · Australian film director, born 1973
  • Nash Grier · American Internet personality, born 1997
  • Nash Lowis · Australian javelin thrower, born 1999
  • Nash Turner · American horse trainer and jockey, 1881–1937
  • Nash Huot-Marchand · born 2006

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.