Richmond

Where Richmond comes from

From Middle English Rychemund, from a name cognate to French Richemont (“town in Normandy”). Equivalent to rich + mound.
— Wiktionary's entry for Richmond
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1898
    Richmond Landon born
    athletics competitor
  3. 1899
    Peak, #424
    19 babies named Richmond — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,058.
  5. 1993
    Richmond Boakye born
    Ghanaian footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Richmond Boakye · Ghanaian footballer, born 1993
  • Richmond Landon · athletics competitor, 1898–1971
  • Richmond K. Turner · Admiral in the United States Navy, 1885–1961
  • Richmond Arquette · American actor, born 1963
  • Richmond Forson · Togolese footballer, born 1980

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.