Preston

Where Preston comes from

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Prestatyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Preston
  • 2 syllables
Preston through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #241 among boys, with 47 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1898
    Preston Sturges born
    American film director and screenwriter
  3. 1900
    Preston Foster born
    American actor, vocalist
  4. 2007
    Peak, #114
    3,797 babies named Preston, the most in any year.
  5. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #217.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Preston Sturges · American film director and screenwriter, 1898–1959
  • Preston Foster · American actor, vocalist, 1900–1970
  • Preston Tucker · American businessman, 1903–1956
  • Preston Brooks · South Carolina politician., 1819–1857
  • Preston Smith · governor of Texas, 1912–2003

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.