Roswell

Where Roswell comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Roswell.

Roswell through the years
  1. 1835
    Roswell Pettibone Flower born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys, with 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1891
    Peak, #386
    20 babies named Roswell, its best rank.
  4. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1935
    Roswell Rudd born
    American jazz trombonist and composer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Roswell Rudd · American jazz trombonist and composer, 1935–2017
  • Roswell Pettibone Flower · American politician, 1835–1899
  • Roswell K. Colcord · American politician, 1839–1939
  • Roswell B. Mason · American politician, 1805–1892
  • Roswell Farnham · Union United States Army officer, 1827–1903

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.