Sherwin

Where Sherwin comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sherwin.

Sherwin through the years
  1. 1901
    Sherwin Badger born
    figure skater
  2. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1928
    Sherwin Wine born
    American rabbi
  4. 1935
    Peak, #757
    66 babies named Sherwin, the most in any year.
  5. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,173.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Sherwin Badger · figure skater, 1901–1972
  • Sherwin Wine · American rabbi, 1928–2007
  • Sherwin B. Nuland · American surgeon, 1930–2014
  • Sherwin Seedorf · Surinamese association football player, born 1998
  • Sherwin Rosen · American economist, 1938–2001

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.