Preston

Where Preston comes from

From Old English prēost (“priest”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Prestatyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Preston
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #241 among boys — 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.