Nash

Where Nash comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nash.

  • 1 syllable
Nash through the years
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #1,589 among boys with 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, the most in any year.
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.