Shadow

Where Shadow comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Shadow.

Shadow through the years
  1. 1987
    First appearance
    #6,089 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1993
    Peak, #2,162
    36 babies named Shadow, the most in any year.
  3. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,341.
  4. 2017
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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