Newt

Where Newt comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Newt.

Newt through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #600 among boys, with 10 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1883
    Peak, #460
    15 babies named Newt, its best rank.
  3. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #848.
  4. 1922
    Newt Arnold born
    American film director
  5. 1943
    Newt Gingrich born
    American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Newt Gingrich · American politician and former speaker of the United States House of Representatives, born 1943
  • Newt Arnold · American film director, 1922–2000
  • Newt V. Mills · American politician, 1899–1996

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.